Some lens flare photos i can usually just clone or heal out but thats with a photo not a video.
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Some lens flare photos i can usually just clone or heal out but thats with a photo not a video.
Just give it time:unibrow:Quote:
Originally Posted by scouse smurf
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We can`t call this the end of the canal now,just before Burlington St
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Burlington St bridge where once the canal went under but now filled in and built on
See here for some pics of Burlington Bridge area.Quote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
Thanks Kev,I had seen them.
To think we swam in that water in the "Scaldies"
behind Tate`s so called because of the warm water entering the canal through factory pipes. People drowned surplus kittens and pups which were born and any cats and dogs which died of natural causes. They were put in a sack with a house brick and thrown off the nearest canal bridge.
If we wanted the water a bit cleaner we would catch a tram to Ford or Litherland because we thought that was countryside
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Old Leeds & Liverpool canal bridge in Chisenhale St, built in 1802 it would have been the last bridge on the canal .The canal was filled in later on now buildings are on it.
The building on the left was once a pub anybody know it`s name?
Just found it`s name ,the Bridge Inn,known locally as the Fly House
Joe, I've posted pics of the area including an image of the bridge in 1802: HereQuote:
Originally Posted by gregs dad
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Canal bridge at Netherton known as Swift`s Bridge
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Murals on the walls of the Litherland Road bridge of wild flowers
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This is where the old electric lift bridge spanned the canal at Litherland
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This is the old bridge keeper`s house at Litherland
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The cross over bridge at Bootle used to change towpaths
wow thanks joe ! :handclap:
God, u don't half get around ;)
Excellent pics, GD.
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The Blue Anchor bridge at Aintree with my trusty steed leaning on the wall.
On top of this bridge was a popular viewing point on race days.
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Swing bridge at Aintree, notice the large planks of wood on the right side of the canal these were used to block the canal off for repairs.
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Wally`s Steps at the Old Roan leading down to the canal.Anybody know who Wally was ?
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Trees at Aintree reflecting in the canal water
Thanks Joe :)
Gregs Dad Hi
Is picture number two that of the swing bridge at Wango Lane ?
Of course the bridge is new to when I knew it. In my young days it was wooden and opened by hand, none of this electrickery them days.
I was an inmate at the Cottage Homes in the 40s and I leaned to swim from the old wooden swing bridge.
As you walk down from Longmore Lane, turn right on the towpath of the canal the River Alt is on the right. Am I correct ? only memory is in its final years lol.
Them days it was all farm land but I see it is built up in places now.
Cheers for the memories.
Phredd
Yes phredd,it is the Wango Lane one. When it was the old wooden swing bridge the boat people operated the opening of it themselves,but I was told this week that it now requires British Waterways staff to operate it, so the opening has to be booked in advance. I suppose it`s them H & S laws
It was called Hancock`s Bridge but nobody seems to call it that now.
The Alt runs under the canal just before you reach the bridge.
Hello again GD.
We used to take the no.20 tram to Aintree to get to the Canal in the 30's. Not
sure now whether we were near to it from the Terminus or whether we had
to walk on to the Old Roan. No sweat - we could walk for miles in those days,
mainly because we had to!
Is it my imagination, or has the general condition of the Canal deteriorated
since my day? My recollection is of carefully trimmed banks and overall
tidiness.
Incidentally, we used to get to places like Aintree - in the summer that is - with
special tickets giving 4 rides for a penny, thanks to the Corpy.Another
favourite was the no. 22 to Fazackerly where there was plenty of open
countryside and woodland. Is it still there or has it all been covered over?
Stan H.