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Welcome to the official home of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal Society
Chairman's News
We have asked one of our members, Tom Jeffs, to start making some videos of the canal, concentrating on the area around Nob End, including the new bridge. We intend to put the videos on YouTube so that they will be freely available.
Bolton Council is organising a new Local History Day in Bolton Museum on Saturday 19th May; our sales/volunteer stand will be there.
At Nob End the workshops have been reduced to one metre in height; the bricks are stored on site and the slates elsewhere. Liam Curtin gave an excellent talk about his proposed new bridge at Nob End at our April meeting. He has also done a preliminary design for the picnic area furniture which will match the new bridge.
Towpath Guide Updates November 2011
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18 2 2-4 The towpath is now passable
23 2 10 should read: Giant’s Seat Locks
28 1 Milestone 6¾ found behind the Horseshoe pub in 2011
40 1 6 cleared again by WRG in 2010
41 1 10 for ‘is’ read ‘was’; mill demolished in 2009
41 2 6-11 The shed was demolished in 2011
41 2 11-17 The 8¼ milestone is now facing the canal; the privets have gone
43 1 1 Ladyshore Bridge was rebuilt in 1894
45 1 2-3 The pub is once again called the Royal Oak
46 2 6-7 Milestone 11½ is not the last one visible
47 1 5-6 Milestone 11¾ is visible; it is before the slight left-hand bend.
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