The story of Didsbury in just twenty objects, chosen at random and delivered in a paragraph or more.
The Mersey has been both a gift to Didsbury and at times a threat.
On the upside it has provided a natural barrier in more unsettled times, driven the mills along its banks, and provided water.
But it remains a powerful and at times a dangerous force, that can breach the defences and flood large parts of the neighbouring land.
Location Didsbury February 1930
Picture; Didsbury February 1930
On the upside it has provided a natural barrier in more unsettled times, driven the mills along its banks, and provided water.
But it remains a powerful and at times a dangerous force, that can breach the defences and flood large parts of the neighbouring land.
Location Didsbury February 1930
Picture; Didsbury February 1930
Fantastic photo .. says it all.
ReplyDeleteI remember well the flooding , right up past the cottages near the the old Parsonage,
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