The BARMERE's Story so far

Stage One: The Leaving of Liverpool: As found in the Stanley Locks of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal; taking her backwards into the docks; strapped to a tug to the lifting site; up she comes; the state of her rudder; the move was funded by KELLOGG'S, for whom she traded 1948 - 74; on the East Lancs Road; arriving at Pilkington's City Road Works.

A good start was made in the efforts to restore her. Men on a Training Scheme run at Pilkingtons at City Road did the initial work of stripping the years of gunge off the hull . However, we had to move her when the works closed, and Heatons generously gave us space in Lock Street, beside the Sankey at Pocket Nook. Here the hull was sand-blasted, and the extent of the welding repairs needed was discovered.

A welder was brought in to bend and weld new plates to the bottom and the lower sides, and the inside was given a thorough cleaning by our own Work Party.

Things went wrong at this point - we were refused permission to put her on the canal in St. Helens, and the project stalled.

Happily, things are on their way again - Halton Borough Council want her, and once the work identified by the Surveyor has been carried out, she will be on the road again - to sit on the Sankey at Spike Island, Widnes.

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