Very interesting, such a shame it has been allowed to fall into such dereliction. I spent many an hour with my old faithful Labrador Ghillie, walking along the tow path exploring the inns and outs. I chuckle at some of the names associated with this canal and areas such as Nob end, and the Nob Inn so funny these.
Brilliant video John .. it's hard to imagine how it used to look .. But your right it's truly amazing .. it's a very good design .. shame it's so damaged . Not saved one lock 👍
Thanks. This is one of those areas of the canal that I find quite forlorn. You have the big structures like the aquaduct which are still impressive, but then you have Rhodes Lock which is all filled in with old motor bikes and junk, and it's really sad to see it as it is now, and to see photos of what it was like in its heyday.
90 years old. As a kid I lived at Molineaux Brow and the canal was open then. I remember it collapsing into the river I was a bout 8. And that was tthe end of it.
Hi Ian Your story is amazing. After this horrible lockdown I'd love to pop along with Steve and meet up with you at some point, and record some of your experiences if you'd be happy to do that. We've already recorded a miner who used to work at Ladyshore Collier,y and those sort of experiences are now rare and precious. Thanks John
You probably dont give a shit but does any of you know a trick to log back into an Instagram account..? I somehow forgot the account password. I love any tips you can offer me
@Dustin Elian I really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now. Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
Isn't there someone trying to restore parts of this old canal? Does anyone know how far they've got, assuming they're still trying. And I once discovered a serious breach in the side wall of another part of this old canal near radcliffe which apparently happened in the 1930's and had never been fixed since but just left as it was and it was at a point where the canal ran at high level above a valley and the water had escaped through the breach and someone has since built a brick dam across the canal further along the route to contain water in the remaining section between radcliffe and bury which is now a nature reserve.
Thanks fellas 👌
Very interesting, such a shame it has been allowed to fall into such dereliction. I spent many an hour with my old faithful Labrador Ghillie, walking along the tow path exploring the inns and outs. I chuckle at some of the names associated with this canal and areas such as Nob end, and the Nob Inn so funny these.
Brilliant video John .. it's hard to imagine how it used to look ..
But your right it's truly amazing .. it's a very good design .. shame it's so damaged . Not saved one lock 👍
I should say . Brilliant video guys really .. well done really enjoyed watching
Well done great video
Thanks. This is one of those areas of the canal that I find quite forlorn. You have the big structures like the aquaduct which are still impressive, but then you have Rhodes Lock which is all filled in with old motor bikes and junk, and it's really sad to see it as it is now, and to see photos of what it was like in its heyday.
90 years old. As a kid I lived at Molineaux Brow and the canal was open then. I remember it collapsing into the river I was a bout 8. And that was tthe end of it.
Hi Ian
Your story is amazing. After this horrible lockdown I'd love to pop along with Steve and meet up with you at some point, and record some of your experiences if you'd be happy to do that. We've already recorded a miner who used to work at Ladyshore Collier,y and those sort of experiences are now rare and precious.
Thanks
John
@@johnthecloud Fine. It all seems so long ago. Just before WW2. That changed all our lives.
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing, I walk this area occasionally and its great to watch your video regarding the history of the area.
Thanks for your kind words. It's one of the areas of the the canal that seems to have changed the most, especially around Rhodes Lock.
You probably dont give a shit but does any of you know a trick to log back into an Instagram account..?
I somehow forgot the account password. I love any tips you can offer me
@Makai Fernando instablaster ;)
@Dustin Elian I really appreciate your reply. I found the site on google and I'm waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Dustin Elian it worked and I actually got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thanks so much, you saved my ass!
Amazin' - as you would say
Yes Steve does tend to overuse that word!
Isn't there someone trying to restore parts of this old canal? Does anyone know how far they've got, assuming they're still trying. And I once discovered a serious breach in the side wall of another part of this old canal near radcliffe which apparently happened in the 1930's and had never been fixed since but just left as it was and it was at a point where the canal ran at high level above a valley and the water had escaped through the breach and someone has since built a brick dam across the canal further along the route to contain water in the remaining section between radcliffe and bury which is now a nature reserve.
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Thank you too
I filled those locks in driving the dumper on school hols when l was 9
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