Neighbours investigating what looked like a small burrow in their garden after years of flooding narrowly avoided falling through a mysterious 8ft shaft.
The cavernous hole, which started off small in size, eventually fell through on the fence border of two homes in Runcorn that were purchased in 2015.
The houses were bought on the site of the Barge Pub in Castlefields after it was destroyed in a fierce blaze in 2011. They were sold to the current residents by Keepmoat Homes.
