O n the morning in question, the witness, Stuart X, was proceeding in a southerly direction along the old Delph Donkey Railway Line in the direction of Dobcross.
Whilst investigating the undergrowth – for reasons best known to himself, Stuart X discovered the dismembered torso of an LNWR telegraph pole. The crossarm supports of which were in a rusted condition with the remaining two of its original complement of four insulators suffering severely broken ceramics. Evidence also exists of a steel ligament to at least one of the supporting pegs. 
Further investigation by Mr X revealed more deceased telegraph pole torsos. Their time of demise all believed to have been at some time after the railway’s final closure to freight traffic which was around 19:63.
The remains were subsequently removed to a garage in Uppermill where they are likely to undergo an intensive restoration process towards becoming an item of whimsical garden furniture.
Meanwhile, in mid-Wales, the severed head of a GPO pole was discovered in a farmyard near Llanfair Caereinion. Police are not investigating.