Hole in the road mystery solved

Neal Keeling

May 01, 2009

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THE riddle of a crater that suddenly appeared in a Manchester road has been solved.

As reported in the M.E.N. yesterday, a gaping hole opened up in the middle of busy Barlow Moor Road in Didsbury.

Passers-by ran into the road to warn drivers when the crater measuring 8ft by 6ft and at least 6ft deep opened up.

No one was injured and there was no serious damage to vehicles.

Engineers say a collapsed drain caused the problem.

Footage filmed from an office window by Graeme Barry shows the moment the road collapsed.

Graeme, 25, and colleagues at Envantage energy consultants looked out of the window when they heard bangs as cars grounded out on a step forming in the road.

"I had gone back to my seat and then my boss said: 'There's a hole now' so I went into another office and started filming. It dropped through as I was recording."

Barlow Moor Road will remain closed between Wilmslow Road and Palatine Road until repairs are complete. Diversions are in place between Palatine Road, Lapwing Lane and Wilmslow Road.

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Audenshaw Bob (01/05/2009 at 10:39)

Buses should not be travelling down that road. It was once a fairly quiet road but is a nightmare now. Last night I was in Didsbury and travelled to town down through Withy and Rusholme. Whoever decided to rearrange the roads around there needs a good *******. White lins eveywhere, bus lanes with empty buses careering along, pulling out without looking. At the beginning of Rusholme you have to get in the right lane but at the last minute have to nip in to the left if you want to go straight on but that is where the bus lane ends so because there were ten buses coming along and not one would et any of us in the lights changed six times before any car went through.

It took me ages to do what was a quick journey. And before you say I should have got the bus well I was doing a garden so please tell me how I should use a bus with a mower, strimmer, hoe, pitchfork, two dustbins etc.

Knowall, stretford end (01/05/2009 at 10:54)

where was the mystery, I said straight away that will be a collapsed sewer.

Guten Tag, Stress Strabe, Manchester (01/05/2009 at 11:09)

That's a disappointing end to this story. I thought it was End of Days. Was expecting the man himself Satan to appear (yes, in Didsbury) and declare his arrival! Would surely beat all the rest of the news dross at the moment.

Barney Gumball LLB Hons (01/05/2009 at 11:23)

Was it a giant mole by any chance...?

Barney Gumball LLB Hons (01/05/2009 at 12:25)

Didsbury is one big hole...

Mad Welsh Scotsman, Cadishead (01/05/2009 at 12:43)

Why do people instinctively look into holes, what do they expect to see, New Zealand?

The bloke on the video made me laugh, the road collapsed and he walks to the edge of the crator followed by another, what if the hole hadn't finished developing

Miss M, Manchester (01/05/2009 at 13:07)

Why do people instinctively look into holes, what do they expect to see, New Zealand? Mad Welsh Scotsman, Cadishead

People look into holes for the very same reason you write on here, because you are noisy! They want to know whats going on, nothing worng with that is there???

Ted Striker, Banned from being Cunning for no apparent reason it would seem... (01/05/2009 at 13:27)

Didsbury is one big hole...
Barney Gumball LLB Hons,
1/05/2009 at 12:25

Explain yourself?

Audenshaw Bob (01/05/2009 at 15:41)

Ted, I think that he means that it is a hole. A hovel, a bad place etc.

Didsbury use to be nice and in the day time is not bad but at night thugs from Wythenshawe come in and there are always fights. Burglary has been and is still on the up there. Overall what was once a nice nighbourhood is ruined. Good restaurants like Jem and I, Lime Tree etc but you have to fight your way throuh the thugs on the way home.

Lower Broughton Soul, 'Still laughing after 33 years!!' (01/05/2009 at 21:18)

People look into holes for the very same reason you write on here, because you are noisy! They want to know whats going on, nothing worng with that is there???

Miss M, Manchester
1/05/2009 at 13:07

How do you know he is loud...???
Just curious like.

hehehe

Joe Pub, Manchester (01/05/2009 at 22:29)

If that hole is 6 feet deep, how tall is the workman standing in it, and whats his name SIR.

Mad Welsh Scotsman, Cadishead (02/05/2009 at 10:38)

Miss M Manchester, it was a tongue in cheek comment I made, no need to insult me. anyway how can you be NOISY on a written discussion board??

token male, lush green cheshire (02/05/2009 at 17:25)

some one sang a song about a hole, any ideas who it was, he had a cockney accent. Who was it'??

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