Tom
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On Sunday I was mostly volunteering to clean up a section of my local (derelict) canal.
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the Nob End section (titter tee hee), or Prestolee Locks to avoid rudeness, we cleaned up all the years of shite that had accumulated. I couldn't do the Saturday due to work, so did Sunday.
There are 6 locks here, 2 groups of 3 staircases separated by a pound. The whole thing is derelict but most of the stonework is still intact, among other things. Its a beautiful area and will look great once fully restored.
Manchester Bolton and Bury canal working party - a photoset on Flickr
This is how it used to look when in operation:
And a few months before we started:
After (there are 2 of these cobbled sections we cleared, I did one of them, this bloke did the other):
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the Nob End section (titter tee hee), or Prestolee Locks to avoid rudeness, we cleaned up all the years of shite that had accumulated. I couldn't do the Saturday due to work, so did Sunday.
There are 6 locks here, 2 groups of 3 staircases separated by a pound. The whole thing is derelict but most of the stonework is still intact, among other things. Its a beautiful area and will look great once fully restored.
Manchester Bolton and Bury canal working party - a photoset on Flickr
This is how it used to look when in operation:
And a few months before we started:
After (there are 2 of these cobbled sections we cleared, I did one of them, this bloke did the other):