BOAT FAMILIES

of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and connected waterways

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1		51 - East Marton Double-Arched Bridge Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Bridge No 161. (Photo by Kate Hurst, 2016)
2		52 - Kennet at East Marton The Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society's boat Kennet at East Marton as part of the Canal's 200th anniversary flotilla in 2016. (Photos by Kate Hurst)
3		53 - Busy day at East Marton More boats on show when the Kennet flotilla passed through on Oct 20, 2016.
4		54 - Kennet at Burscough Wharf The bi-centenary flotilla paused at Burscough Wharf, Oct 22 2016
5		55 - Kennet, Ribble and Viktoria at Burscough Wharf
6		61 - Riley's Swing Bridge, Church Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bridge No 114 at Church, near Accrington.
7		62 - Barrowford Locks facing South Under Leeds and Liverpool Canal Bridge No 143a.
8		63 - Barrowford Locks facing North
9		64 - Heading North Signpost on the main Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Top Locks, Lathom, where the Rufford Branch diverts to Tarleton.
10		69 - Bill Gibbons, boatman and clog dancer From a 1969 feature in the Ormskirk Advertiser. (See text in Media/Documents)
11		70 - 'Mr Abram', boat family from Burscough. Dave Middlehurst of Chorley (d.middlehurst@btinternet.com), who is researching music and musicians in Lancashire between 1870-1920, enquired about this photograph, which he says came from a boat family from Burscough named Abram. He seeks help in finding out more about the boat and the music. It shows four men, one in a top hat playing a fiddle (left) and 'Mr Abram' on the right, who may be Thomas Abram b14.5.1903 (on this site). This photo appears in the 2016 edition of Mike Clarke's 'The Leeds and Liverpool Canal' with a caption reading: 'The Wm Robinson was built around 1900, and the crew of four pose at the top of Bingley Five-rise. The open back to the cabin gave easy access to the engine and boiler, though the main controls were on top of the cabin, as was the lever for lowering the funnel.' He says: 'Tommy Abram was one of the top skippers in the 1950s.'
12		71 - Burscough Bridge c1925 From the collection of Phil Watkinson
13		72 - Burscough Bridge from the Canal, 2008
14		73 - Ribble, a 'broad boat'
15		74 - Ribble at Burscough
16		75 - Ribble and a narrowboat
17		76 - The Slipway swing bridge, Crabtree Lane, Burscough
18		77 - The Slipway swing bridge, Crabtree Lane, Burscough
19		78 - The Farmer's Arms, Burscough
20		79 - Effects of Tow Ropes on Gregson's Bridge, Martin Lane, Burscough
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