 The Burgies

The Burgies (or Burgy Bank) are two slag heaps in the Laffak area of St Helens, Merseyside, England, divided by Islands Brow road and bordered on the west side by the rail line connecting Liverpool Lime Street with Wigan North Western.They are on the site of the old Rushy Park coal mine, the first mine to use the revolutionary Anderton Shearer Loader.