200th Anniversary Cruise along the Sankey by the Railway & Canal Historical Society, September 1955
British Waterways sailed the Leeds & Liverpool short boat LEO down the Mersey to collect the distinguished party of transport historians and enthusiasts.
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The party included famous names such as Charles Hadfield and Gordon Biddle, who co-authored the 2-volume David & Charles book "The Canals of North West England" in 1970.
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The Society recorded their progress along the Canal in a series of photographs, which are in themselves an historic archive showing features of the canal which have gone for ever.
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The three R&CHS pictures show, first: the railway swing bridge at Sankey Bridges;
next: the bascule bridge carrying Liverpool Road over the canal at Sankey Bridges;
last: LEO in Hulme Lock, just before the party transferred at Winwick onto a coach which took them to a Civic Reception and Lunch at St Helens Town Hall.
©R&CHS
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