Now yesterday I posted a mystery.*
It was of a lump of word attached to a canal bridge which puzzled both Andy Robertson and me.
He had been walking along the towpath towards Cornbrook when he came across the lump, but I am happy to say that within minutes Liam and David had supplied the answer which has led to my second mystery, because Andy uncovered two more.
The first appears to be wooden railways sleepers, and Andy always being an inquisitive cove went looking on an old OS map and located them on a snaking railway line which ran just south of what was No. 1 Dock which was situated between the Ship Canal and the Duke’s Canal.
And not content with that relic of the working docks he came up with these tiles close by.
The tiles now stand abandoned in a stretch of open land which will soon I guess will be destined for redevelopment.
So this may be the last time that they will be seen. Looking again at Andy’s map there are plenty of buildings close by which could once have boasted these tiles as a floor covering.
Location; walking the canal to Cornbrook, 2018, from the collection of Andy Robertson
Pictures; walking the canal to Cornbrook, 2018, from the collection of Andy Robertson
*Of mysteries and puzzles ....... walking the canal to Cornbrook ...no. 1, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2018/07/of-mysteries-and-puzzles-walking-canal.html
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| Wooden sleepers? 2018 |
He had been walking along the towpath towards Cornbrook when he came across the lump, but I am happy to say that within minutes Liam and David had supplied the answer which has led to my second mystery, because Andy uncovered two more.
The first appears to be wooden railways sleepers, and Andy always being an inquisitive cove went looking on an old OS map and located them on a snaking railway line which ran just south of what was No. 1 Dock which was situated between the Ship Canal and the Duke’s Canal.
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| Abandoned floor tiles, 2018 |
The tiles now stand abandoned in a stretch of open land which will soon I guess will be destined for redevelopment.
So this may be the last time that they will be seen. Looking again at Andy’s map there are plenty of buildings close by which could once have boasted these tiles as a floor covering.
Location; walking the canal to Cornbrook, 2018, from the collection of Andy Robertson
Pictures; walking the canal to Cornbrook, 2018, from the collection of Andy Robertson
*Of mysteries and puzzles ....... walking the canal to Cornbrook ...no. 1, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2018/07/of-mysteries-and-puzzles-walking-canal.html
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