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Lymm St./Boundary St. area.

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Canal buddies
Canal buddies
Photo: Allan Greenwood
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Item #: 8713
Circa 1950

Comment by: Gareth on 14th January 2009 at 17:09

This sorta of thing would be all over the front of the Wigan Observer nowa-says.

Comment by: Rev David Long on 14th January 2009 at 17:43

You certainly get headlines when a child drowns whilst playing in the canal, and British Waterways put our regular warnings about the dangers of swimming in the canal, especially in the locks - but you'll still see gangs of kids leaping into the water all the way up the Wigan flight every hot summer's day there is.

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