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Tue 01 Apr 2025
 
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Thu 17 Apr 2025
 

Meccano Bridge.

Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal.

The Meccano Bridge was designed and built by Liam Curtin in 2012. It is made of scaled up 10times meccano.
Meccano picnic table.

Manchester, Bolton & Bury Canal.
Back in 1999 I saw Fred Dibnah describing the Mount Sion Steam Crane on the canal near Radcliffe. He remembered visiting it with his Dad and described how it was used to unload coal from the canal barges and lower it to the paper Mull down the embankment below. It's only taken me 26 years to get round to visiting the crane which is now grade 2 listed. The crane was made by Thomas Smith of Leeds and the only similar crane I know of is located above Slaidburn and was used for the construction of the Stocks Reservoir scheme to provide drinking water for the Fyle and Blackpool in 1932.

Mount Sion Steam Crane.

Mount Sion Steam Crane.

On the towpath.

The Slaidburn Steam Crane.

A nice evening view of the Cherry Blossoms on School Brow.
 
 
Tue 15 Apr 2025
 


Another visit to Chorley Cemetery. The datestone 1856, nobody knows for sure what the C.C. stands for.
John and members of Chorley Historical Society.

Cemetery gatehouse 1856.
1856 C.C.
 
 
Sat 12 Apr 2025
 
A big thanks to John Harrison of Chorley Historical Society for a conducted tour of Chorley Cemetery this morning. John told us about the various memorials & graves to the great & the good & not so good. Mill owners, lawyers & doctors who made Chorley what it is. All fascinating stuff.
John and members of Chorley Historical Society.

By the Lawence family memorial.

Chorley Cemetery.
 
 
Wed 09 Apr 2025

Chorley Cemetery.

Grave of Richard Smethurst.

Grave of Richard Smethurst.
 
Tue 08 Apr 2025

Chorley sign at the Astley Village Centre.
 
Mon 07 Apr 2025

Judging the Annual Photo Competition
at Chorley Photographic Society.
 
Fri 04 Apr 2025
 

Today was Uncle Roy’s funeral but unfortunately something important came up and I was unable to attend.
Roy Wilding.
(2nd Jan 1926 - 9th Mar 2025)
Funeral at Charnock Richard Crematorium 15:30
Roy Wilding.
(2nd Jan 1926 - 9th Mar 2025)

Uncle Roy


Uncle Roy with cousin Doreen.
Sat 22nd Oct 2022 at Park Street Chapel, Chorley.
 
 
Thu 03 Apr 2025
 

A new pair of Peter Storm boots from Go Outdoors.		  



Recently erected clock on Waterhouse Green, Whittle-le-Woods.		  
 
 
 
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