THE setting of the 17th century stocks at Ringley has been improved, thanks to Stoneclough Women's Institute Millennium Project.
Thwaites Brewery has paid for new railings, Bolton Council has put in cobbles and Canal Conservation Volunteers dug out the ground area inside and beneath the railings.
John Kirby from the local pub, The Horseshoe, paid for the gravel and a plaque, which tells about the original wooden bridge built in 1677, was provided by Heritage Conservation.
To finish off the area, Giant Seat Garden Centre provided tubs and plants, which the Women's Institute will maintain. The renovation of the area was officially marked by Stoneclough Women's Institute president Sylvia Shepherd at a gathering in the Horseshoe pub, who thanked everyone for making it possible.
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