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Nigel Blair: Pictures brought back very happy memories of staying on my uncles boat that was moored on the canal behind the power station in the early 70s. Great site, keep up the good work....

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

anon (cpe-68-173-176-107.nyc.res.rr.com): the address to the scrap yard is 300 w broadway (bewtween canal and grand st.) New York, NY 10013(area code) Phone number-(212)-343-2557...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

gane 2: the address to the scrap yard is 300 w broadway new york, Ny betwwen canal street and grand st. the phone number is (212) 343-2557...your welcome!!..lol...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Peter: to those that keep asking for the location, let me just mention (for like the 5th time in this thread) that its at 300 {w. broadway}, between {canal} and {grand}. i mean, i know its realllly......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Montrealbunny: I finally got around to taking another walk in this direction. This is the back of the building at 4000 St Ambroise. There is a french cuisine resto tucked away there that I......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

Peter: you have a point, though youd be surprised how many anal-themed photos ive snapped around {canal street}... enough to make a series, thats for sure, hahaha......

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

joey: i think we turned off of canal rd into a driveway leading to some gravel business truck loading zone. i almost felt like a trucker in the kia suv rental car we were driving. you......

in response to: Cleveland in May by joey

Peter: it is indeed a good store. many of their products are a bit on the pricy side ($10 for two ounces of [[goo:krink]], etc), but in all cases, you get a very good product, and......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya Dean, I was telling my older sister about your grandma's dare devil stunts, she wasn't surprised, then went on to recall that while she lived in Harewood road she went to Urmston swimming baths......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Ken : I loved walking along the Lachine Canal and stopping at the St. Gabriel Locks in Pte. St. Charles, when I was living In Pointe St. Charles back in 2005...

in response to: Lachine Canal at Dusk by Montrealbunny

Montrealbunny: This is along the canal going west past the market and the train tracks. Here's a shot from a bit further back - I bet you'll recognize it in an instant by the tip......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

EvilGentleman: I know the area well. CE and I have biked around this area before. Sunsets there are quite beautiful, with the sun reflecting off the tops of the colourful buildings, and that in turn reflected......

in response to: Lachine Canal at Dusk by Montrealbunny

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Jenny and Janet(Sutton), I lived at No 42 Harewood Road and I do remember you living there also I remember the field that belonged to your granddad, it came at the side......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Gary Sparkes: found this site by accident,great to see so many of my childhood memories i went to irlam endowed, irlam high,used to play at tarzan bridge ,steel works ,jezzies,princess park,the maypole,we once stole a wooden rowing......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

James: This is great site, have just discovered it. I have many happy memories of schooldays at Irlam in the 1960s. Spent half my time down at the canal watching the big ships pass through, especially......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James: This is great site, have just discovered it. I have many happy memories of schooldays at Irlam in the 1960s. Spent half my time down at the canal watching the big ships pass through, especially......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Steve M: Hi Deb I was brought up in Collins Close during the 1970s. I remember the cat story. I can't confirm whether this was true or not, even though I worked at the pub briefly......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Deb Your aunt ( born 1929) can only identify her Mum and Aunt Edie,and the photo was probably taken in the garden of the newly built Princess avenue houses opposite the Margarine works entrance. The......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

anon (cpe-72-225-146-236.nj.res.rr.com): yea ^... and its on west broadway between canal and grand on the west side of w. broadway more towards canal....

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Hi Alan, I agree with Rob, please keep trying... and I am keen to know what your response to me is.... my email is msi31309@bigpond.net.au if you don't have any luck here. Norma, my dad didn't......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob Really interesting old photos.I can all but see the "back entrance" under the railway to the Steelworks canteen. I wonder if there were many loyal workers there as my father-in- law was, after spending 50years......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob, Thanks for resourcing the old Irlam area map.Even from the small version I believe I can recognise what would be Silver street and Fiddlers lane.It is interesting to see where the Manchester Ship Canal......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

bnh: [[img:26244]] new york graffiti artist cope2 on a box truck on canal street...

in response to: Metro Cope2 by METRO KD OTB DMC

Andrew Smith: Thought I'd try and take a few of the more urban side of Irlam... If ever your playing Irlam Town, get yourself to that football ground...now home of Irlam FC [[img:26236]] Most of the streets in this area......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Glenn Wrench: Hi, does anyone remember my father "Alan Wrench" he is 55 now, used to be the local boat boy taking people across the canal......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Alan Taylor: Hi Marissa, Three different books, The Salford Council inspired book as you have, another of same size called The Manchester Ship Canal, then a rather older one in A5 size Irlam to 1914 by James GOODIER,......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Joanne Amorello-minor: Cadishead and Irlam Guardian Fri Dec 3rd 1976 front page Died after overdose An Irlam man with a "tremendous amount to live for" was......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Does anyone from Cadishead remember the piece of land opposite Victory Road between Liverpool Road and the canal. It was owned by someone called Wilkie who it was said, used to chase kids off with......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Keith Ogden: loads of memories from this site.I was born and grew up in cadishead 1939-1960 The train on irlam park was what my father drove at the soap works.I remeber Irlam hall being demolished, i was christened......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Mike Fleming: Wow what a great site, brings back some great memories of a good place to have grown up in and some nice people I met in my early years.I always said that living in the......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Janet .Witcomb(nee Sutton): To add to the info. from my sister Jenny Foster. .we lived at 48 Harewood Road. I went to Eccles Grammar School in 1952. I also attended St Johns Sunday School . Does anyone rember......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Karl Daniels (lived here all my life in irlam): The original bandstand, I dont know if this has been said, but the corncrete is still there if you dig your heals in the grass, it runs next to the scateboard ramp to the left......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Keith Smith: Hi Cadisheaders,I used to live on Atherton lane behind the George hotel,and spent years down the bamas fishing on the newt pond,had a great bonfire every year on the bamas,shooting slug guns on the railway......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jack: out. usually i drop my son off in the east village and i take the west street to the fdr drive and get off at houston, but this time i went into canal and......

in response to: Soho Thru the Windshield of My Car and Mind, Like a Wheel Within a Wheel, Like the Song That They Were Singing, Like the Windmills of My Mind. by jack

Peter: that first one... on {canal}... you must have been going into/out of the tunnel!...

in response to: Soho Thru the Windshield of My Car and Mind, Like a Wheel Within a Wheel, Like the Song That They Were Singing, Like the Windmills of My Mind. by jack

Roger Whitfield: Hi Guys and Girls from Cadishead I was born and bread there and fetches back memories, first time on this site the George Hotel was built and run by my family and the street at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): : Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): 15th Nov 2007 - 05:01 GMT Have the CWS soap works near the canal all gone? and been built on my thos atrocious brick housing blocks? atrocious brick housing blocks? ...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Have the CWS soap works near the canal all gone? and been built on my thos atrocious brick housing blocks?...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Robert Patten: Finally (for now), three pictures from May 2007 from what we call Teletubby Hills, near the Northbank Industrial Estate and can be seen from the Cadishead Way bypass. [[img:24516]] You can see the Rehau building, and if......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Bob Salmon: Re the Bobs Ferry Accident: As remembered by Bob Salmon, an Inquest Witness. On the morning in question, I was awoken by a neighbour in Lytherton Avenue Cadishead, saying that she thought there was a gas leak......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Stephen Weir: What a great site for all those that grew up in Irlam & Cadishead, a real trip down memory lane.I spent the best part of my childhood (60's early 70's) in Irlam.Bestmemories include venturing on......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

JG: off west end and canal st...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

noone: 300 w.broadway between canal & grand...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

CE: Not where I live. If you look at some of my past {Griffintown} posts, you will find that my neighbourhood is pretty barren and devoid of people or amenities (our only park [other than......

in response to: Griffintown Community Board by CE

Chris Roughneen: Hi, my great-grandfather was one of the last ferrymen who used to run people across the Canal between Irlam & Flixton just upstream from Irlam Locks. Was born in Irlam and have been here......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Dave Smith Email Shedfull@aol.com: Hi all: Our Family lived in Cadishead from 1949 to 1963 in Dean Road fairly well known The Smith boys. Your photographs were great and brought back lots of Childhood memories.My mate Leslie underline......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Matt: There are canals in Venice (CALI) , but it is a residential area a little walking ways from the "boardwalk" (the area you see in the pictures). ...

in response to: Venice Beach by adam

jeeff: looks fun to me. i dig the canals, the barcode graffiti, and that guy on rollerblades was born to be a star!...

in response to: 08-05-07 by chiamattt

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

CE: The picture of the second factory doesn't do its size justice at all. It's a massive building that towers over you when you're near it and even when you're on the other side of......

in response to: Two Factories by CE

Roy Bamber: Does anybody remember the day that the Manchester Ship Canal burst into flames trapping a rowing boat that was ferrying passengers across the canal? One on the passengers who was badly burned but survived lived......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

cyril bagshaw: Hi Natalie,I was just reading your post going back to June 29 06 and the ferryman who powered that heavy boat across the canal with a single oar.I am pretty sure it would have......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Russell Smith: Hi Guys!! im stunned.i now live in Edinburgh after moving up in 1977 when i was 11 and its amazing to see these old pics......i lived In Oak Avenue with my mum ( barbara smith......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Paul - the area opposite Irlam Locks was a bit of green land between the canal and the 'old river' (the River Irwell old course - the Ship Canal swallowed the Irwell). I have always......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

nedflanders: there are too canals in venice cali, aren't there?...

in response to: Venice Beach by adam

CE: I can't believe I've never seen this, it isn't far from my house but I guess I don't ride along the canal nearly enough....

in response to: Bike Trail for Drunk Drivers by EvilGentleman

Frank S. Besner: The strong Socialist/Communist presence in the Pointe has always hit me as something of an obvious necessity. I haven't experienced a neighbourhood in witch the pattern of affluence and scarcity is so tightly sandwiched. The......

in response to: Revolt! by CE

Loretta McKenna: My Father James McKenna worked at 233 Butler St. ASPCA...as a child I played along Gawanas Canal..waiting for his truck to pull in. He eventually was manager of shelterin LONG BEACH..until his death.......

in response to: Forgotten Structure: ASPCA by GGP

Alfonso Criscuoli: My partner is from Cadishead, and like some people have said, there isn't much happening there but that is not a bad thing at all. Living in London, which I hate, I find Cadishead......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

CE: If you go to the one on Notre-Dame in Saint-Henri, there are murals painted on the walls above the shelves. One is a typical picture of the store but the other is of the......

in response to: Fuck the IGA by CE

Tom: The second image is Carrington Power Station, just 2-3 miles from Barton power station, demolished in the 1990's. Irlam Ferry crosses the Ship canal and is roughly between the 2 stations, it is currently not in......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Anonymous - 36: Great !! If someone ever asks me the what was the best time of my life - without a doubt it was 13-16, great memories to last a lifetime. My 9 year old daughter can't......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Gerry: Hello Dave, Trafford Power Station was on the Bridgewater Canal, roughly where M/C United's car park is now.I have a streetmap and a photo. How do I copy them to here?- I have them in "......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Peter: who isnt impatient towards canal street traffic? heh. i always walk in the road down there cause the sidewalks are too thick with slow-moving tourists looking for fake rolexes....

in response to: Jesus Saves, Again by Peter

chimp: i met him in scrapyard in nyc while buying paint...he barged in all flamboyent and was telling some buds of his how he just got out jail...yes...for writting jesus saves...hahahah.........he walks pretty fast and is......

in response to: Jesus Saves, Again by Peter

Dave: Andy - Found a bit of information on Barton Power Station Barton Power Station was constructed in the 1920s and was one of the most advanced power stations of the time, receiving coal from barges on......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Dave: I remember it being demolished and the chimneys being blown up hundreds Watched it,it would of been around 27 years a ago.Unless some one else could give a better date ? Yes your right it is......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Andrew Smith: Dave - Thanks for posting these. How long ago was the power station demolished? I travel over the road swing bridge to work, then through Trafford Park and passed Old Trafford. Am I right in thinking......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Dave: [[img:17931]] The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal resulted in the need to replace the famous stone aqueduct at Barton, which had been constructed as part of the Bridgewater Canal in the eighteenth century. The old......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Dave: [[img:17928]] Barton Bridge was completed on the 17th July, 1761. It was built by James Brindley, and shows the bridge looking downstream and the road bridge is behind. The old bridge was removed for the opening......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

DAVE: [[img:17868]] Tar and other coal products and eventually some chemical wagons were moved from the Cadishead British Rail sidings by locomotives from the Manchester Ship Canal Company and the Sentinel was used to shunt wagons form......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: [[img:17830]] Dont Know who the people are.But shows all the land at the side of the canal before the road(cadishead way)and house,s were built....

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: [[img:17829]] The construction of the Manchester Ship Canal drew large numbers of sightseers, eager to see the vast works in progress. This photograph appears to show some inquisitive members of the public. Other more official visitors......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: [[img:17828]] With the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, sections of the existing railway network had to be rebuilt. Lines which crossed the Canal had to be taken on higher level bridges. With changes to the......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: [[img:17793]] Irlam Ferry T2214. The Manchester Ship Canal Company provided several ferry services to enable pedestrians and vehicles to cross the Canal. Originally known as M.S.C. No.1 Horse Ferry, Irlam Ferry was a cable hauled ferry,......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: Irlam Old Bridge ......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: [[img:17791]] T2533. The Irlam Steel Works was situated next to the Manchester Ship Canal for most of the Twentieth Century. This is a photograph of the wharf, Irlam Wharf, on the Ship Canal used by the......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: The above has the date 1890 [[img:17790]] T1131. This photograph illustrates the huge scale of the Manchester Ship Canal construction. Irlam locks were the third set of locks encountered by users of the Ship Canal. The locks......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: [[img:17789]] T1082. Irlam Viaduct carried Railway Deviation Number 5 over the Manchester Ship Canal. Here we can see the Canal's construction under the Bridge. A line of wagons full of extracted material waits to be taken......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAVE: [[img:17788]] T1208. On the night of 16th March 1969 the Manchester Courage crashed into the gates of Irlam Lock at 23.05 hours. In the Port of Manchester Review of 1969 it mentions that there have been......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Brian - They are very typical of the 'apartments' (flats, we used to call them!) springing up everywhere now. Here's a few more from the Flixton side of the canal the same day [[img:16482]] [[img:16483]] [[img:16484]] [[img:16485]] ...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Rob: This bike actually weighs less than 40 pounds. It also has no trouble steering. Much easier and sharper than a than a tandem. I ride mine down Canal Street during afternoon rush hour. All over......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

adam: joey: no canals in this venice :) biff: you should've seen the 5 seagulls that were staring me down while I was eating pizza.. they looked pretty homicidal, not to much mention fat...

in response to: Venice Beach by adam

joey: where are all the people? what about the canals?...

in response to: Venice Beach by adam

EvilGentleman: Wow, what style... [[img:15540]] What I find amazing is the incredible waste of resources. Water is so precious in the desert, and the Colorado River feeds Western Arizona, Southern Nevada and Southern California (including LA and San......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1 by aer suzuki

Brian: I too emigrated to Australia over 20 years ago and only revisited Irlam for the first time, at the end of last summer, (2005). Irlam and Cadishead are strange places. Isolated to some degree, they lie......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: Don't forget to add the $20 per lock lockage fees for using either the Welland Canal or the St Lawrence Seaway, or $4 per foot of vessel length for a 6-day pass. Unless of course,......

in response to: The Discount Price of $35,000 a Week by Cameo

EvilGentleman: I believe Chris is referring to the many similar abandoned industrial sites of the same design (and possibly the same purpose) that are scattered along the banks of the Lachine Canal here in Montreal and......

in response to: Dereliction by Cameo

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Andrew, I managed to get into the site thru your name search ! I remember sliding down the embankment under the bridge on pieces of cardboard "borrowed" from Quicksave. And dangerously walking along the railway......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Thanks Natalie & Gus. Still live in Irlam. Like going for a walk 'up the Moss' and just take a snap if I fancy it. I'd have loved to have got shots of the old industry before......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jack: they should call it 'asianation'. the fish heads are great for soups. thirty years ago a client of mine invited me to his daughters wedding. it was held at #1 canal street......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

Peter: i really like this post. this, also, is an interesting read: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Ship_Canal]] woah! and this too: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barton_Swing_Aqueduct]]...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Myke: Thanks for the comments every one. Jack it was indeed a Sunday morning. Pic 1: The Beetham Tower. Designed by Ian Simpson Architects, this building is nearly completed and will house a new Hilton hotel......

in response to: Empty City by Myke

jack: oh, dear Lord! there is this story about an old women, sad, lonely and distant from the world. she lingered untill her death in a house near a canal. a brick house......

in response to: Creepy Baby by elaine

Peter: thats the arch on {canal street}, which leads right into the {manhattan bridge}. its on the {manhattan} side, headed towards {brooklyn}. interestingly, the construction you can see in your photo is still going on there,......

in response to: Don\'t Mess With Teddy! by Arcticwoman

EvilGentleman: It seems quite variable. Old buildings, new car dealerships, old 1960's malls, new malls, new apartment blocks, old wood-frame townhouses. It seemed like a decent enough place, but I was only there for 15 minutes......

in response to: Historic Laser Spa by EvilGentleman

elaine: near-ish. halfway through viccy park [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Park%2C_East_London]] there is a joining canal called the heartford union canal [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford_Union_Canal]] that creates a T junction with grand union canal [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal]] which, for some reason seems also to be......

in response to: 3D Bug Art by elaine

elaine: we've got a linear park here, along the canal [[http://www.mileendpark.co.uk/summerflash.htm]] it's improved the neighbourhood no end...

in response to: The Highline Debate... by Nick Aster

anon (194.34.10.2): Cheers Myke, have seen you photo's of the city centre, excellent stuff and promote the area very well. Alright Ste - lets have a few Chesham pictures! The 'jezzies', for anyone wondering, was local slang for the......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith