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MERSEY TUNNEL CLEANER

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MERSEY TUNNEL CLEANER
MERSEY TUNNEL CLEANER
Photo: GE0FF GASKELL
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Item #: 29693
MERSEY TUNNEL CLAENER MADE IN WIGAN

Comment by: Albert. on 3rd September 2017 at 10:05

Has Wigan, like it had in the past, as demonstrated here, still got a well structured, and sound engineering foundation?.

Comment by: A.W. on 3rd September 2017 at 11:45

Looks like the sort of thing Walker Brothers would have made.

Comment by: . Ozymandias . on 3rd September 2017 at 13:56

Interesting photo Geoff, I wasn't previously aware that William Heath Robinson had evidently honed his skills in the design room at Walkers. Every new day produces another little gem does it not?

Regards. Ozy.

Comment by: Ray Smyth on 3rd September 2017 at 16:31

This is a Pagefield Lorry, made by Walker Bros at Pagefield
Works, Wigan. The lorry is pictured in the Mersey Tunnel
entrance, opposite Old Haymarket in Liverpool. I hope there
are no comments regarding the picture not being of Wigan.

Comment by: Roy on 4th September 2017 at 09:53

Ray, it doesn't matter to me if the pic was taken in Timbuktu, if the subject was MADE in Wigan, that's enough.

Comment by: Tony on 4th September 2017 at 10:17

A valuable addition to this photo collection, showing the ingenuity and know-how of one of Wigan's (and the country's) finest engineering firms.

Comment by: Albert. on 4th September 2017 at 11:00

I sincerely hope that the values of the past, in Wigan's workmanship, in engineering, will grow, as well as in science, technology in general, and in other essential manufacturing contributions. It will be sorely needed, with Brexit on the horizon.

Comment by: . Ozymandias . on 4th September 2017 at 12:00

I shouldn't worry too much about brexit if I were you Albert, I can't see anything much changing in our time. One thing's for sure though, whatever goes wrong in the future will doubtless be blamed on brexit, just as any calamity that ensued had we elected to remain within the EU would have been blamed on staying in. Maybe I'm just a born sceptic, but we got along quite well before the EU, so what's to say we won't get along fine once more?

Regards. Ozy.

Comment by: GW. on 4th September 2017 at 18:25

Terrific photo Geoff. Skeptic or optimist Ozzy? [Does Brussels have a tunnel?]

Comment by: John G on 4th September 2017 at 19:25

GW: Apparently we own half of one,so it must be are right to blow it up.

Comment by: Ray Smyth on 4th September 2017 at 19:26

Yes GW, Brussels does have a tunnel. Part of the Northern
section of the Brussels Inner Ring Road has a very long
tunnel directly beneath the original Ring Road.

Comment by: . Ozymandias . on 4th September 2017 at 19:50

G'day mate, it's good to hear from you again cobber. A quick glance at Google maps ( I' nt milk brilliant ? ) would appear to indicate that Brussels, or Bruxelles, to give the dump its Sunday name, has no less than at least half a dozen tunnels, none of which fortunately emerge on the eastern shore of this sceptred isle. Blimey, how many blinking tunnels do we need? We already have at least two under the Mersey,( I just know that someone is poised to correct me ), one under the Tyne, another one ( or two if you count the pedestrian tunnel ),under the Clyde, several under the Thames, a railway tunnel under the Severn, and no doubt a lot more that I've either forgotten about, or am not even aware of. Oh yes and the one that everyone could have done without, although we never got a say in the matter, the tunnel sous la manche. I reckon this country is just about tunnelled out mate, so don't get me started on tunnels.

Regards. Ozy.

Comment by: GW. on 4th September 2017 at 20:47

....and Wigan is full of tunnels Ozy.

Comment by: . Ozymandias . on 4th September 2017 at 21:35

I think a certain shopkeeper's daughter from Grantham closed most of those down GW, along with pretty much everything else around here, which brings us nicely full circle back to Albert's original comment.

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