A mum from Wigan whose son drowned in the same flooded quarry where a teenager tragically died earlier this month has made a heart-breaking plea for people to stay away. Ann Croston's 17-year-old son Craig drowned in the water filled East Quarry in Appley Bridge on September 26, 1999, after going swimming there with friends.
Ann spoke to LancsLive after returning from laying flowers on his grave. The fun loving teen was the first to die in the quarry in 1999 - but his death was tragically followed by that of 13-year-old Miracle Godson, a promising young rugby player, who drowned there in 2015.
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