So, I have yet to ask Andy what he was was doing in Worsley as the sun was waking up.
But then Andy is a keen photographer and his search for scenes of Greater Manchester takes him everywhere.
Usually he is following the story of disused buildings, which he then records as they are demolished, the land cleared, followed by the builders breaking ground and the rise of a new residential or commercial property.
He has now amounted a fine collection spanning a decade which will be invaluable for historian wanting to chart the transformation of the twin cities as well as great chunks of Greater Manchester
On Saturday he was on the move, and thirty minutes later “it was 7.30 and the early morning mist was still around. The Moorings pub, flanked by the Bridgewater Canal taken from a not too safe looking bridge”.
Happily, the bridge proved safe enough and later with the sun high in the sky he had moved deeper into Boothstown, but that is another story.
Leaving me just to quote my Wikipedia which tells me, "Boothstown is a suburban village in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England.
The village is within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, west of the City of Salford, bordered to the north by the East Lancashire Road A580 and to the south by the Bridgewater Canal.
Historically, it was a hamlet partly in Worsley township in the parish of Eccles, and partly in Tyldesley in the parish of Leigh.
Once known for its mining community, Boothstown is now a mainly residential area”.*
But then lots of people will know that.*
Location; Salford
Pictures early morning, Salford, 2022, from the collection of Andy Robertson
* Boothstown, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boothstown
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