Sidetracked - Kidsgrove Traditional Cache
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We have Motorway Mayhem. We have A-Road Anarchy (cos there aren’t
many Motorways in Wales!). But what about public transport users?
SideTracked Caches are intended to provide quick Cache-and-dashes
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that in this day and age, public transport is under greater
scrutiny than ever before, so, although these caches should be
quick and easy grabs, PLEASE don’t place a Cache where it could
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The History of Kidsgrove Station From the eighteenth century, it
grew around coal mining, although the mines have now closed. Clough
Hall Mansion is in the town, now demolished, was a local theme
park. Modern Kidsgrove is very much a commuter town and many people
now work in the larger cities such as Manchester and Birmingham –
only an hour’s drive away. Thomas Telford designed the Harecastle
Tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal near the town. Kidsgrove also
marks the southern extremity of the Macclesfield Canal. There is an
urban legend regarding a headless ghost that is said to haunt the
Harecastle tunnel. The ghost is said to be that of a young woman
who was once murdered by a canal worker and is referred to as the
Kidsgrove Boggart. Kidsgrove is served by Kidsgrove railway station
which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on October 9th,
1848 as “Harecastle”. This station is still open as a junction.
However there were two other stations on the closed “loop” line
namely “Kidsgrove”, opened November 15, 1875 and “Kidsgrove Market
Street Halt” opened 1905
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