BURY KNOWSLEY STREETPHOTO GALLERY1970 to 1971[Source:
Paul Wright and Alan Young]
 The western end of the up platform at Bury Knowsley Street station in the summer of 1970. The canopy roof has been removed and only its supporting columns remain.
Photo from the John Mann collection  Looking west along the up platform in the summer of 1970. The down platform has lost its canopy completely.Photo from the John Mann collection 
Two passengers wait for a Rochdale train amidst a scene of desolation at Bury Knowsley Street in the summer of 1970.
Photo from the John Mann collection  A view of the down platform at Bury Knowsley Street taken in the summer of 1970 from the up platform. Photo from the John Mann collection  Bury Knowsley Street station looking west from the down platform in the summer of 1970. Photo from the Ted Burgess collection  The entrance to Bury Knowsley Street station was located on the stations namesake. It is seen here looking south in the summer of 1970.Photo from the Ted Burgess collection  A Rochdale service formed of a Class 108 DMU waits to depart from the up platform at Bury Knowsley Street on Saturday 3 October 1970. This is the last day of passenger services at Knowsley Street. The building clearly bears the imprint of the recently-removed ridge-and-furrow canopy. The BR(LMR) running-in nameboard will be noted. Photo by John Howson  Looking east at Bury Knowsley Street station on 3 October 1970. A solitary passenger with a pram is walking away from a Rochdale to Wigan Wallgate service which has just arrived. By this time the supporting columns of the up platform canopy have been removed. Photo by John Howson  The Bury Knowsley Street BR(LMR) running-in board sign of the down platform seen on 3 October 1970. Photo by John Howson  Bury Knowsley Street station looking east on 3 October 1970, the last day of passenger services. The station is a shadow of its former self, shorn of its canopies, apparently bereft of lighting and served only by local trains.Photo by John Howson  Looking west along the up platform at Bury Knowsley Street in February 1971. Passenger services have ceased four months ago but little has changed since then. An English Electric Type 4 locomotive (Class 40) is seen standing at the western end of the up platform. The original track layout remains in situ at this time but the through lines have clearly not been used for quite some time as they appear very rusty in this view. Photo by John Mann  The vandalised street level building of Bury Knowsley Street station looking north in February 1971. Photo by John Mann  In this view from spring 1971 demolition of Bury Knowsley Street station is under way.
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