From London Road Bridge, Stockton. 01/09/1957

Grid Ref: SJ 6155 8578 [BWm-031-130]. Looking east

Stockton Heath. 24/03/61

Steps on the off side, 10m east of Stockton Bridge. Grid Ref: SJ 6156 8578 [BWm-031-110]

Stockton Quay. Date: C1910

Grid Ref: SJ 6148 8575 [BWm-031-210]. London (or Stockton) Bridge in the background.

Warehouses at Stockton Quay. 01/09/57

Grid Ref: SJ 6148 8575 [BWm-031-210]. Now replaced by housing.

Bridgewater Canal. Brooklands 1976

Marsland Bridge, looking south. Grid Ref: SJ 78434 91226

Narrowboats breasted up near Walton. 19/01/1958

Probably looking west from near Hough's Bridge. Grid Ref: SJ 6033 8516 [BWm-032-560]

'Lindsay' at Hough's Bridge, Walton. 11 March 1961

'Lindsay' was an Admiral Class boat, built by Yarwoods of Northwich about 1959. Grid Ref: SJ 6033 8516 [BWm-032-560]

'Perch' at Hough's Bridge, Walton. 11 March 1961

'Perch' was built in 1935 by Yarwoods of Northwich for Fellows Morton & Clayton. Grid Ref: SJ 6033 8516 [BWm-032-560]

Narrowboat near Walton. 19/01/1958

Looking west from about Grid Ref: SJ 5981 8514 [BWm-033-080] towards Walton Lea Bridge.

Preston Brook Junction. 19 June 1960

Straight ahead to Runcorn, past the Noreton warehouses; left to Preston Brook Tunnel; right to Manchester. Photographed from the A56 at Preston on the Hill, before the M6 was built. Grid Ref: SJ 5672 8100 [BWm-039-050]

Narrow boat “Hyperion” moored at Preston Brook Wharf. 6/7 May 1961

Grid Ref: SJ 5677 8074 [BWp-001-270]. RCHS Chester weekend. The boat is conveying the party to Runcorn, and has paused for refreshments. Photo taken near the Chester Road bridge (A56 aka Preston Brook Bridge) looking north towards Waters Meeting [eastern one] junction of the Bridgewater Canal Main Line, and the Bridgewater Canal Preston Brook Branch. M56 motorway crosses just this side of the junction now.

View from Preston Brook Bridge looking south. 8 September 1963

Grid Ref: SJ 5682 8065 [BWp-001-340]. The building on the left when it was the Neptune Club was variously the North Staffordshire Warehouse, the Stafford Warehouse, the Old Number One Pub and since being burnt out and rebuilt is now apartments.

Interchange sidings at Preston Brook. Date: 22/03/58.

Picture taken from near the site of the former goods shed. Grid Ref: SJ 5684 8025 [BWp-001-770]

Preston Brook. 1973

Probably the approach to the tunnel. Grid Ref: SJ 5703 7991 [BWp-002-150]