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Leeds and Liverpool Canal

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Ship's lifeboat 'Inheritance'.
Ship's lifeboat 'Inheritance'.
Photo: Mick
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Item #: 29730
Hope you don't mind Ozymandias, I've given your photo a tweak to remove the fading.

Comment by: . Ozymandias . on 15th September 2017 at 20:23

Cheers Mick, that's brilliant, there was some sort of sepia kind of thing going on in the original wasn't there? Well, now that we can see them, I can reveal that the couple sat in the area generally referred to in naval parlance as ' the pointy bit ' are Bob Merry and his lovely wife Margaret. Bob worked in the highways department at Wigan council for quite a number of years, and may possibly be known to one or two people on this site. By the way Mick, I don't suppose there's anything you can do with item # 29705 with regards to clarity by any chance is there mate? Thanks again. Respect. Ozy.

Comment by: Mick on 15th September 2017 at 20:54

Ozymandias - if you can give me a pointer as to which album I can find item # 29705 in, I'll have a look what I can do.
It's not coming up on any searches.

Comment by: Poet on 17th September 2017 at 11:00

The oldest section of the cut this. Originally part of the Lancaster canal.

Comment by: JoeM on 21st June 2020 at 10:01

The location is near Haigh Saw Mill House.
The packet house is in view behind on Wigan Road New Springs.

Comment by: chris k on 5th February 2021 at 15:32

nice seeing this, my dad built this boat in the mid 70s from an old lifeboat hull. it used to live at the douglas valley cruising club in appley bridge.

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