Lymm
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Map of Cheshire
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Lymm books (10 available)
- 3 photos on Lymm appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Lymm
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Cheshire memories
life in High Legh
I started school at High Legh school in 1949-teacher Miss James I think.
I lived at Holly Cottage on the way to Arley.
My dad worked at the water tower for the council, repairing water pipes.
My mother worked for Stanley Morton & son the milk rounds people
Anyone remember us.
A memory of High Legh contributed by Geoff Bowes
Parrot
Childhood memory, the post office door had an actual brass bell fitted to it, on entering if the post master was in the back their parrot used to scream 'Wipe your feet' followed by 'No stamps today'.
Richard Oxley
A memory of Thelwall contributed by First name Last name
Happy Days
I was known as David Armitage not William I have so many happy memories of Chaigley Mr Goynes was headmaster. I would love to hear from any old boys who remember me especialy Bob Price from Scunthorpe.
A memory of Thelwall contributed by William Armitage
Swimming
I remember the old swimming pool we had back then and I was not allowed to swim because I had a bad ear. We used to sneak in during the long staff meeting sessions. I remember playing on the den site and what a football pitch we had!
A memory of Thelwall contributed by roy meanley
Extracts From Lymm & Cheshire books
The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire. An empty pair of boats (the one in front is the ‘Clio’) head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal. It is unusual that the butty has no steerer, although the tiller is in place. Perhaps he/she had just popped below to put the kettle on. Heating and cooking was performed on a coal-fired range, whose chimney we can see behind the tiller. On the right, in front of the bridge, there is a lifting winch.
An extract from from"Canals and Waterways".
The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire. An empty pair of boats (the one in front is the ‘Clio’) head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal. It is unusual that the butty has no steerer, although the tiller is in place. Perhaps he/she had just popped below to put the kettle on. Heating and cooking was performed on a coal-fired range, whose chimney we can see behind the tiller. On the right, in front of the bridge, there is a lifting winch.
An extract from from"50 Classics - Canals".
The Bridgewater Canal flows through the pretty town of Lymm in Cheshire. An empty pair of boats head towards Manchester, probably to collect coal. Unusually, the butty has no steerer, although the tiller is in place. Perhaps he/she had just popped below to put the kettle on. Heating and cooking was performed on a coal-fired range, the chimney for which can be seen behind the tiller.
An extract from from"Canals and Waterways".
A few yards from the site of photograph L122026, a pair of loaded boats head south towards the Trent & Mersey Canal. They were owned by Horsefield Ltd. Early versions of holiday cruising boats can be seen tied up on the right.
An extract from from"Canals and Waterways".
A pair of Horsfield’s craft are carrying coal, the once horse-drawn butty (the ‘Marjorie’) towed by the motorised narrow boat. By the time this photograph was taken, commercial carrying in narrow boats was almost at an end; it was kept going in many cases by early canal enthusiasts, for whom working long anti-social hours in all weathers was actually a pleasure.
An extract from from"Canals and Waterways".