Back in the 1970s watching men at work on the canal

Earlier in the week I posted three pictures of the Castlefield area taken by David Easton.

And here are two more.

All were taken from a moving train and David apologised for “the quality of these images. 

I hope they are of some interest though. 

Those of Castlefield were taken from a moving train and have been scanned from ageing slides. 

This was about 1972/3 when there was still some barge traffic on the Ship Canal. 

Some barges occasionally found their way onto the Bridgewater Canal although I think the warehouses were already out of use.”

Pictures; from the collection of David Easton