Protestors on the line at Summerseat station, 1967
Protesters took to the track at the Summerseat station try to save their local train service in 1967.
They walked on the line from Bury forcing a train to stop and two of the protester ended up in court as a result.
The group even wrote to the United Nations to try and persuade British Rail to change its mind - and they succeeded, albeit temporarily, with the line being given a six-year reprieve
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