2021
SJ8990 : Pigeons at the Bear Pit
taken 3 years ago, near to Stockport, England
Pigeons at the Bear Pit
Bear baiting was abolished in the 1830s but prior to that bears were kept in large caves cut into the sandstone at the foot of High Bank Side.
The Bear Pit in its present form was created in 1935 as part of the Mersey Square Improvements. The River Mersey is culverted beneath it, emerging on the right under an archway of the Wellington Road viaduct. Extensive repair work took place in 2014. Today it is populated by pigeons including a white one.
SJ8990 : A white pigeon.
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