Alongside the canal. - Page 3

cashman · 10-08-2011, 20:28

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Originally Posted by walkinman221

Planning has recently been passed for housing on the offside (opposite side to towpath) next to hyndburn seacadets.

Along with a mobile mast.

Alan Gilmartin · 11-08-2011, 09:37

No doubt, Cashy no doubt,

katex · 12-08-2011, 19:33

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Originally Posted by walkinman221

Planning has recently been passed for housing on the offside (opposite side to towpath) next to hyndburn seacadets.

Indeed, Walkinman .. this was it :

Case File

Looks like things could be moving .. demolition request :

Case File

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Originally Posted by Alan Gilmartin

Right Im with you Kate, when I was a boy there were wooden rollers fix to the bridge to guied the ropes thru, from the ground to the bridge roof. They call it the Enfield Wharf. Thats where we used to get the barge to Rishton.

Just realised this week that bridge is called Enfield Canal Bridge ...

walkinman221 · 16-08-2011, 22:24

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Originally Posted by katex

Indeed, Walkinman .. this was it :

Case File

Looks like things could be moving .. demolition request :

Case File

Just realised this week that bridge is called Enfield Canal Bridge ...

Yea thats right kate it is also a change line bridge where the towpath swaps sides ,the next one is at the end of st james road at church just past the half way point of the Leeds Liverpool canal

katex · 20-09-2011, 21:40

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Originally Posted by dusty mears

was down there myself recently with clayton prospects group having assessment of canal with british waterways. we spoke bout this but cant remember what now. Would need to consult cllr collingridge or another of the gang

Speaking to Nick Collingridge today and, seemingly, the plaque that was in there (got nicked) was depicting the half way point between Liverpool and Leeds. Wouldn't apply now as they extended the canal slightly at the Liverpool end.

The stone circles were just decorative as they tried to make a little garden area. Unfortunately, got vandalised and became a hangout for our less socially communicative residents of Clayton..

katex · 20-09-2011, 21:44

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Originally Posted by walkinman221

Yea thats right kate it is also a change line bridge where the towpath swaps sides ,the next one is at the end of st james road at church just past the half way point of the Leeds Liverpool canal

So is this the new half way point then ?

The canal changed sides because the Dunkenhalgh people didn't want us commoners walking near their land...

JCB · 21-09-2011, 17:34

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Originally Posted by katex

So is this the new half way point then ?

The canal changed sides because the Dunkenhalgh people didn't want us commoners walking near their land...

Quite right too .

This photo is of the wall next to the canal approaching Church , but I'm unsure whether it marks the half way point .

Sorry I can't be more definite .

Tealeaf · 21-09-2011, 18:07

Can't you lot get anything right?

The old half way point is clearly marked on the towpath running behind St James's Church, Church Kirk.

I don't know if new signage has gone up to mark the new half way point, but given that the South Dock extension in Liverpool is just under one and a half miles long, then by my calculation that new point is somewhere near where the railway crosses the canal, next to Blythes.

JCB · 21-09-2011, 18:37

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Can't you lot get anything right?

Occasionally .

katex · 21-09-2011, 19:12

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Originally Posted by Tealeaf

Can't you lot get anything right?

The old half way point is clearly marked on the towpath running behind St James's Church, Church Kirk.

I don't know if new signage has gone up to mark the new half way point, but given that the South Dock extension in Liverpool is just under one and a half miles long, then by my calculation that new point is somewhere near where the railway crosses the canal, next to Blythes.

Mmmm.. can only go by what I was told, Tealeaf. Willing to listen to alternative views. Further investigation required methinks.

JCB · 21-09-2011, 19:27

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Originally Posted by katex

Mmmm.. can only go by what I was told, Tealeaf. Willing to listen to alternative views. Further investigation required methinks.

Haven't you a long tape-measure ?

katex · 21-09-2011, 19:30

This is interesting, stating in Clayton-le-Moors, whereby the second link is in Church:

Clayton-le-Moors - Village in Clayton-le-Moors - Visit Lancashire

'Coincidentally, the half-way point of the Leeds Liverpool canal is in Clayton-le-Moors.'

Can't find a date for this.

Halfway Point on the Leeds/Liverpool Canal:: OS grid SD7429 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square!

katex · 21-09-2011, 19:31

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Originally Posted by JCB

Haven't you a long tape-measure ?

Daft sod.

JCB · 21-09-2011, 19:55

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Originally Posted by katex

Daft sod.

Ouch !

walkinman221 · 21-09-2011, 20:21

The half way point of the l&l has been a point of dispute for some time , the l&l incorporates the rufford branch and the leigh branch as well as the main line l&l so including these two arms the canal is 147 miles long with the main line being 127 miles long so depending on which measurement you use depends where the half way point is, the half way point was marked aout 8-9 years ago near the bottom of the donkey back at church i put the lattice metal panels in and i think prospects did the setts and metal pole in the towpath to mark half way. The picture above from jcb post is a mural done about 3-4 years ago just on the west side of simpsons bridge near what us canal workers called the big turn at church the turn is so wide because originally the canal was supposed to go into Accrington on this route