General   (General discussion, talk about anything.)

Thank you Jo anne and Tommy. In your photo Jo anne, the stump looks more upright that it is now. I wonder if it is the ground sinking into the actual canal bed that has tipped it slightly? The houses on Canal Street and those on The Grove near to the Old Conq pub were demolished because of unstable ground beneath them. Some of the families, including my wife's, moved to Darlington Street East in Scholes, to the houses set back from the road next to the Silverwell pub. The family of the girl on the right in the photo of Canal Street in 1967 being one of them. Her brother still lives there apparently. I will post more here as I uncover the history of the area. John