BURY KNOWSLEY STREETPHOTO GALLERY1969 to 1970[Source:
Paul Wright and Alan Young]
 Looking west at Bury Knowsley Street from a Rochdale to Bolton service on 16 September 1969. Despite having only a local service of DMUs the station still has the appearance of a main line facility. That would all change within eight months when features the canopies would be removed
as a prelude to closure. Photo from the John Mann collection  The western end of Bury Knowsley Street station on 18 September 1969. The Bury Bolton Street 'Bury East Fork' line can be seen curving off to the right. By this time the through lines have fallen out of use. Photo from the John Mann collection  The street level building at Bury Knowsley Street seen in 1969.Photo from the Ted Burgess collection 
A view looking west along the up platform of Bury Knowsley Street in June 1970. Demolition of the canopy on the down platform has begun.
Photo from the Jim Lake collection  Bury Knowsley Street station looking south-east from the street in 1970. Photo from the Ted Burgess collection  The down platform of Bury Knowsley Street had lost its canopy by August 1970. Only one section of it is left in situ as it supports the signals that control the junction of the Bury Bolton Street line. It can be seen in this view towards the midpoint of the platform. The removal of the canopy shows clearly that in contrast to the up platform, on which there were substantial buildings, much of the down platform was backed by a screen wall.Photo from the John Mann collection  A view from the summer of 1970 looking west at the BR(LMR) footbridge erected in 1953 after the LYR structure had collapsed on 19 January 1952 (click here to read about the Bury Knowsley Street footbridge accident). Photo from the Courtney Haydon collection  Bury Knowsley Street station looking west in the summer of 1970. Photo from the John Mann collection  The up platform of Bury Knowsley Street in the summer of 1970. The canopy was in the final stages of demolition making the station appear disused when it fact it still had a frequent service of passenger trains. Photo from the John Mann collection  The unwelcoming interior of Bury Knowsley Street station in 1970. Photo from the John Mann collection  Looking west along the up platform in the summer of 1970. Photo from the John Mann collection  Looking south across the 1953 footbridge at Bury Knowsley Street in the summer of 1970. It was from this point on Saturday 19 January 1952 that Blackburn Rovers football fans set off to cross to the down platform. While they were crossing the footbridge it collapsed killing two of them and injuring 173 (click here to read about the Bury Knowsley Street footbridge accident). Photo from the John Mann collection
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