http://www.westkirby.org/friday-photo-ashton-park-bridge/ ...keeping you in the know! Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.westkirby.org/friday-photo-ashton-park-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-8 John Matthews Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:16:43 +0000 http://www.westkirby.org/?p=73#comment-8 I think that the bridge was originally glazed between the hoops but might be wrong on this - it wouldn't last 5 minutes these days! As I recall, there are a couple of metal plates, over each trackway at floor level on outside of bridge, that are/were there in order to divert steam coming from passing trains. In years past, we would get someone to shin over and stand on them, then fake-beat on his hands when any unsuspecting member of public passed by, as he 'screamed' for mercy against the fall he was about to (not) take when we broke his grip. Such japes!! I think that the bridge was originally glazed between the hoops but might be wrong on this – it wouldn’t last 5 minutes these days! As I recall, there are a couple of metal plates, over each trackway at floor level on outside of bridge, that are/were there in order to divert steam coming from passing trains.
In years past, we would get someone to shin over and stand on them, then fake-beat on his hands when any unsuspecting member of public passed by, as he ‘screamed’ for mercy against the fall he was about to (not) take when we broke his grip. Such japes!!

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