DAF Leyland

 

I was on the search for the famous DAF test track, but sadly it was well sealed off, with the start of building work underway. Instead, I came across this collection of DAF trucks and various bits and bobs and had a quick mooch.

 

 

 

 

DAF Trucks NV is a Dutch truck manufacturing company. Its headquarters and main plant are in Eidhoven. Some of the truck models sold with the DAF brand are designed and built by Leyland Trucks at their Farington plant in

Preston, England.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I spotted this tank, on the way home. It sports the sign "Made in Leyland".

 

 

 

 Stubbins railway station served the village of Stubbins in Rossendale. Opened by the East Lancashire Railway in 1846 on their line from Bury Bolton Street into Rossendale, it closed to passengers in 1972, when the Bury to Rawtenstall service was withdrawn by British Rail. The line remained open for coal traffic until December 1980. The ELR has since reopened the line as a tourist railway, but the station here has not been reinstated.

 

There is little to see, but it is still a nice little find, nonetheless. The underpass has some interesting tiling . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                   Nice to explore in good weather.

Stand Athletic Football Ground

Stand Athletic Football ground at Ewood Bridge, now abandoned for almost 2 decades.

Initially the ground was home to Haslingden F.C.  In 1994, they won the North West Counties Football Division League 2. Haslingden played at Ewood Bridge, later used by Stand Athletic and were members of the North West Counties League between 1993 and 1998. Although Division Two Champions in their first season, Haslingden were not promoted until finishing runners up in 1997. They completed just one season in the top flight, finishing 16/22 before financial difficulties signalled the end of the line for the club based adjacent to the East Lancashire Railway. After 12 matches of the 2002–03 season, Stand Atletic resigned from the North West Counties League, and rejoined the Manchester League for 2003–04, moving back to Whitefield. The Ewood Bridge ground gas been abandoned ever since.

 

 

The club house - now totally trashed!

 

 

 

 

 

                                                           Two rusty goal posts remain.

                                                               The manager's dug-out.

Not a lot to see but a pleasant explore, particularly with the sun out for once!