An appeal has been launched to raise cash to maintain historic bridge for future generations of rail visitors.

Historic railway needs £1.3m to maintain viaduct

The former Oasis frontman and Stone Roses guitarist teamed up to shoot the video at East Lancashire Railway.

Liam Gallagher and John Squire film music video in Bury

Volunteers clear the East Lancs railway line from Rawtenstall to Heywood of debris dumped on the sidings

Teams of dedicated volunteers have stepped up to collect the piles of fly tipped waste left on sidings between Rawtenstall and Heywood

The East Lancashire Railway has been given over £190,000 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to help recover from the impact of lockdown.

The Bury-based East Lancashire Railway was forced to close down last month.

A spokesman for the East Lancashire Railway has said to be hit with such a huge theft over the weekend was 'just gut-wrenching.'