[john conway]

Kate, that’s where I started, I Googled Hacking Boat and got some information about a ferry that was later replaced by a suspension bridge in the 1950's at Dinckley and it also said that the ferry boat was in Clitheroe Museum. I was confused because Dinckely was not the place where I use to go as a kid, so it was nice to hear other people from Accrington talking about the place I remember as a kid. Maybe there were two ferry's that crossed the Ribble? I'm not sure of the exact date when the suspension bridge at Dinckley was built, but it was in the 1950's when I was taken to Hacking Boat for picnics. I certainly remember the walk I did it often enough when I was fishing the Calder as a kid. I also remember walking all the way from Accrington a couple of times when I wanted to get to the river at dawn or I didn't have the bus money both ways. It's hard to think of doing that now, all the way to Hacking Boat in wellies.