The Battle of Clifton Junction

In 1849, railway workers from rival companies fought a pitched battle on the train tracks in Salford

Look carefully when you pass through Clifton station on the train to Bolton and you might see a cobbled lane stretching from the bridge down towards the track.

In the trees near the bottom of this lane used to stand another platform that marked the start of a separate line to Bury that no longer exists.

It was on this spot that open warfare once raged be…