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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......

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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

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......

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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......

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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,......

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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......

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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

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’......

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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......

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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......

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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

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......

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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......

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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......

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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,......

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DAVE: Irlam Old Bridge ......

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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......

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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......

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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......

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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......

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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]]...

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