The water company has outlined plans for a three-year ‘upgrade’ project, costing more than £60 million. If permission is granted, the impact on the Woodend Road area of Reedley is said to be ‘huge’ with the tanks protruding 40 feet out of the ground and just 20 metres from residents’ front doors. The work will also see trees removed along with tons of soil and spoil, some of which contains Japanese knotweed, balsam and asbestos. Carole Johnson, a Woodend Road resident, said: “We were first made aware of this by a resident who found a document dated May 21, which by this time gave us only five days to object.
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Carole Johnson and Keith Sharp with the new exhibit
The small but fascinating museum on Woodend Road, off Barden/Greenhead Lane, hosts a collection of mining memorabilia second to none, much of it donated by local miners who still visit on a regular basis.
The displays have all been cleaned and reorganised, lighting has been improved and new items added to the collection, making the whole experience more enjoyable and informative for visitors.
A major new attraction is a full-scale working model of a Clayton Undertype Steam Wagon. The model which took thousands of hours to make, has been completely handmade by Mr Keith Sharp of Duckworth Street, Barrowford, who works at the museum, and is shown here handing it over to Carole Johnson, custodian and curator of the collection.