Tuesday 19th March

Chorley to Adlington (photo 27 of 68)

Barracks Bridge (Bridge 75)

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known locally as Tinkler's Barracks at the bottom of Hoggs Lane off Bolton Rd

Comment by smith - 18th August 2011

Tinklers barracks was where the gypsies used to camp when i was a young girl

Comment by lucy davies Arnold davies - 24th September 2012

My Dad lived there when he was young with his parents & siblings - he & his brothers would get water from the well at the rear of the cottages when the barges came past for money

Comment by Teresa Phillips - 14th February 2020

Hi, my mum was born at tinklers barracks in 1937 Whittle family

Comment by Tina Thompson - 1st April 2020

My great grandad Isaac Woods (1850-1929) was born at Tinklers Barracks. Was a 'little piecer) then signed up for Indian Army for 12 years in 1869. Later worked for Walmesleys Atlas Forge, Bolton. Would welcome any more info on the four cottages and its residents.

Comment by John Kolodziejski - 30th December 2020

1851 Census shows the folk living in the cottages at Tinklers Barracks were mostly cotton spinners and weavers.

Comment by John Kolodziejski - 13th July 2023

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