Now today Andy walked one of my favourites.
It once meandered down from what Hardy Lane, across the township of Chorlton-cum-hardy and by degree over Turn Moss before ending up in Stretford near the parish church.
I misnamed it the Old Road, and over the years have written about it on countless occasions.*
And for those who like me have been drawn back to the place, it has the prize of both running under the Duke’s Canal and giving access to the towpath, from where you can look across the water at the Watch House.
Andy was there yesterday for his “essential walk”, and as he always does, he took his camera, sending over four pictures and adding, “One of the pictures is the Watch House. Reputed to be the oldest building in Stretford ; once a farmhouse it was there before the canal was built
Location; Hawthorn Road
Picture; down by the Duke's Canal, 2020, from the collection of Andy Robertson
*The Old Road, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Old%20Road
I misnamed it the Old Road, and over the years have written about it on countless occasions.*
And for those who like me have been drawn back to the place, it has the prize of both running under the Duke’s Canal and giving access to the towpath, from where you can look across the water at the Watch House.
Location; Hawthorn Road
*The Old Road, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Old%20Road
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