EAW021995 ENGLAND (1949). The area between the Bridgwater Canal and Manchester Ship Canal, Runcorn, 1949

La SCALA,CINAMA,DANC HALL, BINGO, RIPED DOWN.

PICOW FARM, FARM THEN.

SAINT JAMES STREET.

GILBERT ST.

OLD ROPE WORKS,1900s THEN TREVORS STILL SAME INSIDE BEATEN EARTH FLOORS, VERY UNEVEN,DUSTY,LARGE WOOD VATS, AND EVEN LARGER RATS,ALL OAK BEAMS,UPRIGHTS,NO HEATING VERY POOR LIGHTING ,OLD CANDLE STICK PHON IN THE OFFICE,B4 THIS PIC,STILL SAME 1960s

THREEOFF, 4 STEAM CRANE GRAB HOPPERS ALFA,BETA, AND DELTA LATER SOLD TO WESTMINSTER DREDGING COMP, STILL WORKING IN THE 1960s ONE OFF.

BRIDGEWATER HOTEL,PUB

NAGS HEAD,PUB

MARINER'S HOTEL, PUB

LORD ST LEFT. TO RIGHT.

THIS IS THE TOLL BOOTH FOR THE FOOT BRIDGE BETWEEN THE LAST HOUSE AND THE BRIDGE IN LORD ST AND WHAT A CLIMB OVER 75FEET RAMP THEN STEPS WITH YER BIKE ON YR SHOULDER AT 5.30 ON A WINTERS MORNING AN ANOTHER 4 MILES 2 WORK 12 HR DAY 7 DAYS WEEK ULESS U COULD AFFORD THE TIME OFF, GOOD OLD DAYS,EH

SLAUGHTER HOUSE, PERCIVAL LANE

LOCKFIELD COTTAGE, THE ONLY HOUSE ON AND ISLAND.

RESEVOIR FOR ORIDGINAL LINE OF LOCKS

RUNCORN RAIL STATION AS OFTHEN.

SITE OF WW2 BOMB CRATERS,FILLED IN BUILT ON.

RUNCORN SWIMMING POOL AND BATHS, EX MARKET HALL, NOW COVERED OUT DOORS BEHIND POOL.

SPARE LOCK GATES 2.

BRIDGWATER CANAL, TOP LOCKS

VICTORIA ROAD

STEAM CRANE ON COASTER, WRONG AGAIN !!!!MSC GRAB HOPPER DREGER.,

RNA CLUB

GREENWAY ROAD

RUNCORN CENATOPH,

SALT PORT AS THE CANAL WAS BUILT SECTION FLOODED AND USED B4 THE GRAND OPENING.

LOCK IN TO WEAVER CANAL,WITH PIER TO TO THE RIGHT RIGHT

OLD RIVER WEAVER

MSC SLUICE WEAVER BEND.

ICI CASNER KELLNER WESTON POINT POWER STATION EXTENDED UNTILL FOUR CHIMNEYS,THEN REMOVED 1950s AND ONE THATS IN PLACE NOW

MASONIC HALL

Coaster

Abandoned Merszey flat and narrow boat

Big Pool Graveyard For Mersey Flats and Narrow boats

Abandoned Mersey flats and narrow boat

Old Quay Lock

Mersey Flat and coaster on slipway

Old Quay Yard

Broadway Crosville Depot

Ethelflda railway viaduct toll office it cost 1 old penny to cross the footpath on the bridge

Widnes Transporter Bridge NOT RUNCORN

Abandon Narrow boats dumped

Mersey flats demasted Dumb Barages

Crosville Bus Depot

Runcorn Old Locks - taking the Bridgewater Canal down to the Manchester Ship Canal.

Old Runcorn transporter bridge.