Could well be. Do I detect a frighteningly young CTG Boucher six from the stern standing ? Not spotted Doc Owen though.
Regards Pete www.thecanalshop.com --- In [email protected], chris potter <chriskpot...@...> wrote: > > There was a picture of the 1961 trip on the site I beleive two of the people > in the boat were the late Dr.David Owen and the late Dr.Cyril Boucher both > prominent canal campainers at that time in the Manchester area. CKP > > > > > ________________________________ > From: bloovee <s.paris...@...> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, 5 June, 2010 11:45:17 > Subject: [canals-list] Re: Standedge Tunnel Site. > > Â > > > From: y2yc <dave.croft@> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Fri, 4 June, 2010 3:17:10 > > Subject: [canals-list] Standedge Tunnel Site. > > > > ÃÂ > > I don't know if this is common knowledge or not but I found this site on a > > railways group. > > I found it fascinating with the history and photo's as good as any site I > > have seen. > > It covers both rail tunnels and the canal tunnel. > > http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=265602590&blogId=499903956 > > I'm not signing up for myspace to leave a message as they asked, but I can > recall a newspaper article about what I think must have been the trip through > the canal tunnel in 1961. It described the scary experience of being in the > quiet of that tunnel when a steam train came through the rail tunnel. I lived > in Manchester, and if someone has the date of that trip, it might be worth > trawling Manchester Central Library for the Evening News or Evening > Chronicle. (I could do it some time.) > > Steve > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
