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Runcorn, The Locks c.1955
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The Duke of Bridgewater has been called 'the parent and father' of our canal system. In 1760 he employed the pioneering engineer James Brindley to create a waterway connecting his coal mines with Manchester. This is a historic view, as these locks, linking the Manchester Ship Canal and the Bridgewater Canal, were infilled in 1966. There were 10 chambers, each one duplicated to speed the flow of traffic.

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Memories of Runcorn, the Locks c1955

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Runcorn, The Locks c.1955

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Parish School Sports Day
when I was 9yrs old my 1st memories of top locks were very frightening. We had our sports days on the fields in picow farm road which are still there today, but with the parish school being in Church street we had to walk up ashridge street and along top locks and walk across the very narrow lock gates to the other side to reach the field .When you looked down off the gates it was a very very long way ...see more
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