View from Captain Clarkes

Looking Back

I do like this view, looking from Captain Clarkes Bridge... on the left is a railway bridge that led to Fox Holes. The buildings to the right of the bridge are known as Thistley Fields.. 
I have spent many happy hours around here. The area where Fox Holes Estate is now was once my play ground... along with Thistley Fields, and of course the canal. 

St Georges Boathouse

We were recently sent in a photo by Jenny Ward. It's of a fabulous painting that was done by her father ,Fred Keating (1918-1966) who was a reporter on the Hyde Reporter and North Cheshire Herald in the 1950s.


St Georges Boathouse by Fred Keating


This is a photo of the boathouse which stood by Captain Clarkes Bridge on the Canal.(Also known as Wood End Canal Bridge)