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Easter Sunday at All Saints Church, Siddington in Cheshire.

The reality is that this is 45699 "Galatea". 45627 "Sierra Leone" was withdrawn in September 1966, and had been cut up by February 1967.

45627 (45699) Crewe
5Z56 10:39 Carnforth Steamtown to Kidderminster SVR

37676 Crewe
5Z56 10:39 Carnforth Steamtown to Kidderminster SVR

67014 Crewe
5Z67 11:07 Crewe CS to Crewe CS

Palm crosses adorn the stone components of the new village war memorial as it waits to be assembled in its final position close to New Road.

The new village war memorial waiting to be installed closer to New Road.

Palm crosses adorn the stone components of the new village war memorial as it waits to be assembled in its final position close to New Road.

Beautiful village setting within a mile of Junction 16 of the M6 motorway

Bridgegate is a part of the city walls in Chester, Cheshire, England. Bridgegate is located at the end of Bridge Street and was constructed in the late 1780s, replacing a medieval gate. It was designed by Joseph Turner, who also designed Water Gate. The original gatehouse on the site is thought to have existed as early as the 1120s.

Built in a neoclassical style using yellow sandstone ashlar, it features a segmental arch over the road and a round pedestrian archway in each abutment. The top of the structure has balustraded parapets on both sides of the footpath. The walls of Chester are largely medieval, with parts built on top of older Roman walls. Bridgegate is a later addition but still a significant part of the city's historical defences. There have been campaigns to improve signage for disabled people, as the ramp up to Bridgegate can lead to steps, causing difficulties for wheelchair users. The area around Bridgegate includes cobbled streets and other historic buildings, contributing to the charm of Chester.

It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1]

The Roman city walls were extended to the south in the 12th century with a wall parallel to the north bank of the River Dee. This section of the wall incorporated the original Bridgegate which must have been built by the 1120s, as the office of sergeant of the gate was recorded in that decade. The gate guarded the southern entrance to the town; the road from North Wales ran through the gateway directly after crossing the Old Dee Bridge. It is possible that the gateway was rebuilt at the time the bridge was rebuilt in the later part of the 14th century. Between 1521 and 1624 the bridge tolls were controlled by the Talbot family, the Earls of Shrewsbury, whose town house, now the Bear and Billet, was nearby.

At the end of the 15th century the bridge consisted of a Gothic arch with a tower on each side. In 1600–01 a square tower was added which contained machinery for lifting river water into the town. This was known as John Tyrer's Water Tower, after its builder, but the tower was destroyed in the siege of Chester in 1644–65. The present bridge was built in 1781 for Chester City Corporation, the architect being Joseph Turner.

Chester city walls consist of a defensive structure built to protect the city of Chester. Their construction was started by the Romans when they established the fortress of Deva Victrix between 70 and 80 AD. It originated with a rampart of earth and turf surmounted by a wooden palisade. From about 100 AD they were reconstructed using sandstone, but were not completed until over 100 years later. Following the Roman occupation nothing is known about the condition of the walls until Æthelflæd refounded Chester as a burgh in 907. The defences were improved, although the precise nature of the improvement is not known. After the Norman conquest, the walls were extended to the west and the south to form a complete circuit of the medieval city. The circuit was probably complete by the middle of the 12th century.

Maintenance of the structure of the walls was an ongoing concern. They were further fortified before the Civil War, and were damaged during the war. Following this they ceased to have a defensive purpose, and were developed for leisure and recreation. The walls are now a major tourist attraction, and form an almost complete circuit of the former medieval city, with a total walkway length of 2.95 kilometres. Upkeep and repair of the walls continues to be a problem.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgegate,_Chester

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_city_walls

Disley, Cheshire

Crewe, Cheshire

Kodak Portra 160
Canon EOS 5
Canon 28mm f/1.8

Historic narrowboat MINNOW was built for Fellows, Moreton & Clayton in 1934 by FMC Saltley.

Sold to British Transport Commission in July 1948.

In 1959 Sold to Waterdale Canal Services, Moore, Cheshire, and full length cabin conversion fitted

Sold to Canal Transport Services, Norton Canes in 1968.

1992 Sold to private ownership, restored over the following two years by Canal Transport Services

Easter Historic Narrowboat Gathering 2025

Easter Historic Narrowboat Gathering 2025.

TUG NO. 2 is a narrow boat built in 1934/5 by Harland & Wolff at Woolwich Shipyard for the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company.

The vessel was originally 70 feet in length, was constructed "composite" (riveted iron or steel sides with an Elm bottom) and was named in a "Star Class" as 'ALGOL'.

Sold to 'Stanton and Staveley Ironworks' Ilkeston, Derbyshire, in June 1940, she was renamed STANTON No 51. Sold to Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd., (Steel Tube manufacturers) Halesowen, West Midlands, in July 1947, they had her shortened and converted to a tug by Harris Dock of Netherton and renamed TUG No 2.

The Halesowen tube works was closed by 'British Steel' in September 1980 and the boat was sold into private ownership.

In 1986 a major rebuild of the stern was undertaken at 'Canal Transport Services'. Pelsall, using traditional hot riveting techniques.

At that time the Elm bottom was replaced, but the timber must not have been good quality, for it failed in fourteen years and the then owner had the Elm bottom replaced with steel at Davis Shipyard, Saul Junction, Gloucestershire. She has had two owners since then.

Today the cabin has oak frames topside and oak gunwales. The hull sides are exactly as original. Her current engine is a 'National Gas & Oil Engine', model DM2 (which would be identical to the engine fitted in 1935). She is now a leisure craft and currently carries the "Stewarts and Lloyds" livery on the cabin sides.

Taken on Macclesfield canal, at gurnett aquaduct, Sutton near Macclesfield, Cheshire

Barthomley was once the largest village in the south Cheshire area and had Crewe, Alsager, Haslington and Balterley in it's parish, now all are bigger settlements and Barthomley is pretty much as it was, a small village with a church and a pub at its heart.

The Church has parts that date back to Norman times and is thought to be only one dedicated to St Bertoline in this country. It was also the site of a massacre in the Civil War, 20 Parliamentary supporters sought refuge in the church on Christmas Eve 1643, Royalist forces then set fire to the church forcing the people out and 12 of the were killed on the spot.

The graveyard has a number of graves of the Crewe family, the Marquess of Crewe having had a house at Crewe Hall a couple of miles away.

Easter Sunday dawns on the Manchester Ship Canal in Latchford, Warrington. Latchford locks and Thelwall viaduct on the M6 are visible beyond the disused railway bridge.

66733 Crewe Salop Goods Junction
4F57 10:58 Hams Hall to Seaforth C.T.

47810 Crewe Horse Landing

I finally got upstairs at Lime Street to see the 11:24 TPx departing, which meant I wouldn't get to Manchester to have the skip to Crewe. Just have to wait for it to come back!

67029 Crewe
1V42 12:30 Manchester Piccadilly to Cardiff Central