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Six go into the woods and come out with a fridge and 38 bags of rubbish!
When Chris put on the NEWT plans to clear the woods of New House Farm playing fields, we were all up for it. On our first venture into...


'Off the rails' - performance piece
Having been working with Bolton North East Wildlife Trail, unearthing and restoring the footings of an old railway footbridge, I wondered...


Come fly with us - NEWT Fly day!
Interview with Chris Banks, Bolton NEWT's Chair and the man in the sky with a camera. What was the purpose of the Fly day? "It was an...


Dig and sniff - the smell of history
The work revealing the footings of the railway foot-bridge continued today, overseen by Pixie who was unearthed early on this morning....


Filming, photos and dirty books
Filming Today the Bolton NEWT group were in Bolton Library shooting a short film for the Bolton Family History Society. The society will...


Where Barbie lost her head.....and it wasn't to Ken
Today we worked on Bolton NEWT's second project - the clearing of rubbish and fly-tipping from Blackshaw Brook. Over the years plastic...


"We came here when the war had ended and danced."
More clearing of the iron bridge footings today. A multitude of moss laden logs were relocated and general undergrowth was removed. From...


Ideas for landmark art #1
Once the bridge footings are cleared, the idea is to make it into a landmark to visit and/or a tranquil place to sit. It would be lovely...


King and Queen of the bridge footing
A great morning with volunteers uncovering a landmark location along the Bolton to Bury Cycle lane: the footings of an old wooden...


A hidden world beneath Bolton
There's a hidden world underneath Bolton if you explore the River Croal. Pictures organized by location, travelling from Churchgate,...
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