Wigan Album

This Photo was taken on the stetch of canal between Dover lock and Plank lane, If you stand on Dover Bridge you can see this stetch of Canal.

The houses on the left hand side are the council houses in Crankwood.Where the tall trees are on the right is the old
sewerage farm.

That takes me back. I was a Sea scout at Abram, and e canoed this stretch.

Hi Phil remember the clay hole

I think if they had put one more cob of coal in that barge it would have sunk?

Both my Great Great Grand Dad John Wild of Hockerly (1793-1860)and Great Dad had barges on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal John Wild of Leigh (1820-1888). The latter captained his father's barge when only 8 years old. They used to carry lime. He was a very strong swimmer in later life and rescued over a dozen people from the canal. His last rescue was in 1880, but declined to accept the RHS medal for the act.

my great grandad Richard Unsworth Glover also worked on the barges on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in the 1800s

This may well be Ambush towing Viktoria