Entire village just outside Greater Manchester 'executed' and 'wiped off the map' without a trace
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukAn entire village was wiped from the map to make way for development - but then left as wasteland for years. The story of Stormy Corner, a little-known hamlet nine miles west of Wigan, is a sad chapter from the post-war 'New Town' era, in which huge new estates were built to house families from the crowded inner cities.
In 1961, the West Lancashire mining village of Skelmersdale was designated as an 'overspill' community for people from Liverpool.
The project would spell the end of Stormy Corner, a rural hamlet on its outskirts which dated back to the 19th century, but is remembered by few today.
In its heyday, its cottages were served by shops including Fosters, which sold sweets, Dugdale's grocers, and Drapers, the local Co-op.
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