Comments about old bridge

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Rudy: As of this posting, no other information is known to the schedule for when the tunnel will be re-opened. I phoned the commissioner's office that handles the tunnel operations and she told me that no......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Jewels: Was the one under the bridge before Yarraville the one with the milk crate erection? Two have been destroyed near Newport. One has the crates hung on the fence and the other thrown......

in response to: Milkcrate Man by Selig

Heather: I've thoroughly enjoyed the photos and information here. Fellow Barton and Trafford folk might like to know that the Grade 1 listed All Saint's Church (just over Barton Bridge, opposite B&Q) is trying to raise......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

snolan: For any of you interested. There is a Kensington reunion at Lighthouse Point in NJ. It is at ShawCrest Marina on the right hand side of of rte 47. Right before the bridge that goes......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Cecilia Midiri: Read backwards Joseph, you brought up the race card: JOSEPH BRIDGE: 22nd Jun 2008 - 12:21 GMT yeah, white flight. that about sums it up. I'm white and I know that that is when people started moving out...I......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Dave Moore: Stumbled on the site while attempting to get images of King Street in Stretford from the 60's and 70's. Excellent images. Brought back memories from when I worked near to Barton Bridge (Manchester Oil Refinery)......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Ella Street: Hey bill yes we are still over the bridge. Got a trailer in cape may court house if you and Alie get down that way get my # from john and give me a call.......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on......

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

Charlie Gouldie: I was born in Weir St 1960 and went to St Margarets, I still stay in Plantation next to the new Squinty Bridge. I still go round to the Stanley Bar where a lot of......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Michael Aronne: I grew up at Barren Island Marina in the early 1980's thru late 2000 and still go back. I grew up sein netting and combing those beaches from the one bridge the belt Pkwy goes......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

treee: do some hiking around where the old bridge ranch is, see troy regas has had teh ranch and licence and property in his name a few years ago ( cuz he owns......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Gary Sparkes: hey ,has anyone got any more photos of irlam shopping centre (maypole) also what happened to tarzan bridge, isnt it there anymore??? you cant find ropeswings like that any more, i remember tying one......

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

James cashan: hi norma , yes i remember brian,may know your brothers by face,we would get anywhere from 1 to 2 hundred people down at tarzan bridge,crossie was a regular face at our shin digs and would often......

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

Stan Hodgson: Hi Great site, was directed to it by Benny Hilton, I was born in Windsor Ave 1944 then moved to Carlisle Drive about 1963,along with my older sister Patricia and brother Bill, . We all......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Rob..... think I'm forming a reputation here... and I told you in confidence!! hahaha. James - I remember my younger brothers (Stuart & John), talking about Tarzan Bridge. They are the same age......

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

James cashan: RE: Jon Burgess, ha ha well spotted jon i dont think that public demand, finance nor desire is great enough for that. K.O.T.S. Fans and those that remember us are a rare commodity,although i......

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

marlene: Winnipeg definitely deserves to be on the list. Its skyline is distinctive--especially in the dead of winter when its really cold and ice fog clouds are in the air and the sky is clear......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Harold Sewell, NB Canada: Peter, thanks ever so much for this collection of bridges... I have traveled over many of them... and I also like the movie "Queens Logic" which has the Hell's Gate bridge in it. Thanks again....

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

EvilGentleman: I have an old pic from 1994 or 1995 posted in one of my posts in the [[3039:Train Derails on Bridge]] series. I am currently about 305 pounds (people always guess me at about 250......

in response to: Lachine Canal at Dusk by Montrealbunny

Jon Burgess: Hi, its great to see old photies of the place i grew up, my dad (John burgess) and his dad (Tom Burgess) used to work at the steel works and my dad also worked at......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: On the Warrington side of the Cadishead bridges there was an old thatched cottage, almost opposite what was The Lombardian store near Fir St. Does it still exist,and has anyone had heard of the ghost......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

BELROC IOF: Well it's on Metro-North property and that little stone bridge that you have to cross is historical. They should work with the state to make it some kind of park. The kind you can paint graffiti......

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

cyril bagshaw: Hi Sheila Yes, that was Lennies, There was also a furniture business near there called Motlers,who also had another shop in Eccles,but I dont know when they ceased trading along with The Lombardian store the other......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril, I came across some (confusing to say the least)information relating to Woolden Hall. Make of it what you will: "Woolden appears as Vulueden in 1299.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

anon (ool-43562e97.dyn.optonline.net): THESE FLICKS ARE NUTS!! Your freights are insane! and i love the old school pics of the BK bridge! I just recently came across one of your peices and snapped a flick. Definitly a dope artist!...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

michele bangs: i'm so glad i found this site! i was born in kensington and raised in kensington.Married in visitation church, raised my three son's there.i divorced 20 years ago, and went back to my maiden name.......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Rob Tynan: Before the "new road" was built through Irlam in the early 1800s Platts brook was open with a bridge over it. The Old Road, going towards Cadishead, went up Boat Lane, down Ferry Road,......

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

L.Barry: I have drove through it many of times because it was a handy route to go instead of the Ship Channel Bridge. It was far better than that Dark and dingy old Baytown tunnel......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Alan Taylor: A few more oldies The Boathouse [[img:26017]] Irlam Locks showing the completed sluice gates [[img:26018]] Digging their way under the rail bridge [[img:26019]] ...

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Rob, Yes I certainly remember that wilderness and the stories but my time period in there and along the River Glaze to the footbridge that connected Glazebrook to Cadishead over a big rough n wild......

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

Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type.: Hello JA From Mist1 Sheffield England uk. I was first in Nyc in 1989 and saw SANE eveywhere. At the top of the World trade centre, not much bigger that this text on the screen.I......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

rick: There was the spice factory that took up the whole block between Crown St. and Montgomery on the west side of Franklin. We always passed it and enjoyed the smells (not as much as Bond......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rob Tynan: Natalie, They have put the train just past the new bridge which cuts underneath the old partington coal basin line - on the new by pass....

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

EvilGentleman: My hometown is {Kahnawake}, across the {Mercier Bridge} from {Lasalle}. I have been living in {Dorval} for the last two years, and I have also lived in {Lachine} and {Verdun}. I am also very familiar......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi John, what great pics. I remember a couple of incidents with that bridge in cadishead. Once during heavy rain, it became flooded, and much to the delight of all us kids, there was a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: More Newtown Creek. yes, the water really is that icky green color [[img:23987]] Through the bridge grating [[img:23988]] Dead rat in the creek [[img:23989]] ...

in response to: Newtown Creek by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Certainly is Stark, Abe or not. I vote Queens Plaza, right off the 59th street bridge most ugly....

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

Lynsey: I was taking my dog for a walk on this path by where I live in the middle of the day. When I turned around this guy was stood on this bridge with his instrument......

in response to: Pervert Masturbates on Subway by Peter

anon (82-44-1-121.cable.ubr01.tonb.blueyonder.co.uk): I've just started at Goldsmiths. New cross isn't beautiful, but it's fine and your're one dtop from london bridge...about 7mins to get easy access to central london....

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

Kim: Yes it's me.One of the Pearsall girls.Kaeleen & Helen's sister.I really like this site.Hope more people see it and join in.Those 2 day dances were a riot and the dam,wow!!!life was so uncomplicated then.The memories......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

106!!: well well.... i guess us cycling types need to band together to protect one another.... a few years ago my girlfriend bought me a new bike for my bday!! i was my first new bike......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Wyoming Native: I live in WY, recently visited NYC, stayed in Manhattan for a week. Rode the J train to Brooklyn for a bagel, then walked back to Manhattan over the Brooklyn bridge. My area of interest......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Belroc: Thank you!! I did have alot of my pieces at the Nest in Bridgeport. The guy that ran the shows is an old friend of mine.. Thanx for your reply.. Heres some pictures from the Nest.. [[img:22656]] [[img:22657]] ...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Peter: yo bazz, i used to live right in that neighborhood... 45th and 4th ave, actually. that area is great. be sure to walk up to 5th avenue for the good shopping, diners and amazing produce.......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Andy: This bridge is called "Hungerford Bridge". I think it is because of the Monet painting called "Charing Cross Bridge" that the confusion arises. Even the footbridges to either side are officially the "Golden Jubilee Bridges"......

in response to: charing cross bridge by Steelisreal

zinzee: For those of you looking to move here: I live in Bushwick off of the Jefferson L. I'm one block from the L train. I really do enjoy the neighborhood. I did get......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Queensboro bridge, how I love thee......

in response to: NYC. 3.3.07 by barry

Jamie: was this man irish, jack? and what kind of a uniform were you wearing? i like how i can be away from here for so long and come back to find the same people doing......

in response to: Gherkin Sneaks Up on You by elaine

iR: Thanks for the visual memories. I to grew up in Fredericton and lived on the north side up on Highland Ave. I can recall as a teen getting up in the......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

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

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

John: Old? I remember trainspotting on Spital Bridge in the mid to late '50's. [What do you mean? Of course the 1950's - I'm not that old!] Born in Boroughbury, [Geneva Street], brought up in Gladstone Street.......

in response to: Peterborough and the Smells of Pollution, Etc... by Colin James Watling

DAVE: Irlam Old Bridge ......

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

Naomi: Someone asked about the High Bridge-It is closed currently, but residents of the Bronx neighborhood of Highbridge have apparently been campaigning to have the bridge reopened. The city very recently announced a plan to......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Aaron J Ban: As a resident of the neighbourhood, and an artist, and as a person that recently purchased a home at West Side Lofts I can't say enough how rediculous your argument is to make 48 Abell......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

jack: i find that espresso coffee with a chicken parm hero at midnight usually makes me sleep like a lamb. of course i gained a lot of weight. so i got a job starting......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

Lake Erie Graphics, Cleveland: We are a printing company next to the bridge depicted here, and we are wondering whether we might be able to use one or two of these images for some promotional materials. Do you have......

in response to: Lorain-Carnegie Bridge by procyon

Micah: Ah, the north side. I am so glad I grew up on the south side. The only good thing I remember about the north side is the awesome pool-with-twisty-waterslide at Nashwaaksis Junior High. Those......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Alexa: Great bridge pics! Beautiful! I have a fear of bridges, yet I enjoy looking at them. I don't think I could ever drive across the massive bridges of NY........not sure I could......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

EvilGentleman: Sirhcbre - Take the metro to Longueuil, walk south on Boulevard Lafayette (next to Autoroute 20) until you are almost under the Jacques-Cartier Bridge (it's not very far, look it up on Google Earth), and......

in response to: The Last Bird by Biff

Susan Lopez: I was born in Yuba City, CA. and I have been looking in websites to see if I could find some old pictures of Yuba City during the 60s. Yuba City has great memories for......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

ReaL SFC: yo b he's been rocked nyc for years he doesnt have to do anymore graff ever, hes still a legend regardless. 5000 wouldnt cover the damage this man has done lmao, DESA was locked down......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

CJ: I buy most of those but would suggest Ottawa would beat out Yellowknife or Moncton. If you don't buy that then even HULL, seen from the Ottawa side of the river, is quite impressive. Next......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, interesting. I have never encountered this data before. I know that if you look at a topographic map, you can see an easily identifiable line of hills and mountains sticking out of the flat......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: I will always remember all the stories my grandmother told me about wartime New York. Blackouts in case of a surprise Nazi air raid, or perhaps a U-Boat could get close enough to bombard the......

in response to: To Jersey Shore by jack

jfilip: I haven't been over the bridge in years. I kind of miss it. Although nothing can beat the feeling of being a little kid driving over there. The drive on the bridge......

in response to: Beat the Current by zagg

Spooky: haha. jamie mate, if you want to see the best graff in pbro dont go any further away than the train station. jump off the end of the platform going towards spalding if......

in response to: followup graffiti hunt by Jamie

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I went to a rave in the Brookly Bridge in about 1995. It was literally in the space within the Brooklyn side of the bridge. I may have been the only person not on E......

in response to: Who else smiles when they see this sign at Times Sq-42st Station? NYC by Chaossix6

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: It was John Betjeman, Come, friendly bombs, and fall on Slough It isn't fit for humans now There is not grass to feed a cow Swarm over, death! Thank you, St Gregorys Roman Catholic Comprehensive School (Tunbridge Wells) for beating......

in response to: A Hidden Gem from the Past by I.T.U.C.

Chris Erb: Where does the bridge take you to and from. it looks like a nice walk, we have something similar here where they turned an old train bridge into a walking bridge. There's a......

in response to: Bridge Seat by Tyfoid Kid

Chris Erb: Just called. Had a fun conversation with someone who works at MoMO. He lives in Brooklyn. He told me that the weather is quite nice, told me a bit about new York,......

in response to: Bored at Work by Peter

Elicar: [[img:10973]] I forgot to include this. The TTC subway track under the Bloor Street Viaduct[[http://www.answers.com/topic/bloor-street-viaduct]]. The viaduct itself became the centre of controversy when the city council approved in 1998 the construction of a barrier due to......

in response to: From Underground to Above Ground by Elicar

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: He's praying for the $9.50 toll to take the bridge....

in response to: Praying to the Verrazano by Peter

arkon1: heres some info from tacoma news trib. about the trailer on 56Some of the most exquisite work around is by the late Plus, who painted for 10 years before he died at 25 about......

in response to: graffiti trailer by fuzzytank

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Looks just like the Verrazano Bridge. [[http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/verrazano-narrows]]...

in response to: Bosphorus Bridge by sen

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I'm thinking he'll do it by himself. When he last visited we walked over the Brooklyn Bridge. He couldn't look down through the cracks in the wood to the East River without feeling woosy. ...

in response to: Fire Escape by Elicar

Peter: the owner of this bike was unfairly arrested by the {nypd} in their monthly {critical mass} crackdown... [[http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/powerplays/archives/002384.php]] "It was completely unsafe, it was unbelievably reckless," said Bridget Kennedy, a 27-year-old Columbia University law student who......

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

JAE: Suicide, fell of a bridge & what else??? I heard that maybe by chance it was the NYPD that pushed him of that bridge into the river. I did a paper on graf years ago......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

EvilGentleman: I thought you might like that, Peter. You really seem to be a proud {New Yorker}. My family has always had connections to New York, too. My dad lived under the {Brooklyn Bridge} (NE corner......

in response to: WTC Builders Speak Up by EvilGentleman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Wow! I'm too excited. I don't know where to start. Love the Buddha’s with the buds. The underside of the bridge is trippy and looks like the wallpaper in my bedroom from childhood that still......

in response to: The Old Sing Sing by Noah

hoopoe7: I won't have it said! New Cross is one of the most marvelous places to live in London! Cute victorian station one stop from Ldn Bridge, Beautiful victorian and georgian conservation areasfor housing......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: ooooooh under-vertigo. Cool shot. I dig bridges....

in response to: Under The Bridge by Cheesy_Member

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Bridges are cool....

in response to: Forth Rail Bridge by Cheesy_Member

elaine: taxi drivers might not know it as the hand car, but they do respond to 'it's the turning just before the old texaco garage'. there is a bp garage on cambridge heath road, opposite the......

in response to: Hand Car by elaine

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I only had to do the trek three times. And today, my dogs are barking. Not to denegrate the messenger guy ('cos I'm sure he had been walking for days), but he was the slowest......

in response to: Transit Strike and the 59th Street Bridge by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I made an attempt to go to work, but took one look at the backed-up traffic and hundreds of people walking toward the 59th street bridge and turned back. If I can avoid walking 4......

in response to: Vermin to Some by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

NET ONE 156 KRT: Words of the Prophets Take to the Rooftops by Cathy Hong SUBJECT — The Extreme Graffiti Hall of Murals LOCATION — Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens Les had no equipment but a backpack full of spray cans. (He......

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I like the big red kisses in the first two pics. It's a love bridge. ah!...

in response to: Carroll Street Bridge by Peter

elaine: hum. west end is where the theatres and big shops are and tourists go and the queen lives. not that many people live there, but it would be good to live there if you were......

in response to: abject objects by elaine