Manchester and Stockport Canal Society |
2/10/24
Last site update :
2023
October
Sunday 8th -
Many thanks to John Foley for his kind donation to the Society following his successful
second-
July
Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th -
Many thanks to IWA Chester Branch for organising this event. Please click here for report and more photos.
Sunday 9th -
It was a lovely day at the event. Please click here for report and more photos.
May
Saturday 27th -
We had a visit from the new Mayor and Mayoress of Stockport! Many thanks to Clare Simpson from Worker Bee Markets for inviting us and offering us a free pitch! Please click here for more photos (thirteen).
Sunday 14th -
We gained a new member at this event in the lovely Monastery. See photos here (eight).
March
Thursday 2nd -
The canal path just north of Alston Road canal bridge, showing improvement works in progress. 42 bags of rubbish were collected. Please click here for report and more photos.
2022
November
Sunday 20th -
This 1950s map shows the location of Gorton House close to the Stockport Branch Canal which was next to the reservoir and continued under Gorton Bridge. Please click here for more photos (nine).
Saturday 19th -
We had a visit from the Mayor! Many thanks to Clare Simpson from Worker Bee Markets for inviting us and offering us a free pitch! Please click here for more photos (sixteen).
October
Saturday 29th -
Some of the 39 collected bags plus fly tip items at Gorton Central on Abbey Hey Lane. Many thanks to Charles for organising the litter pick. Please click here for report and more photos.
Saturday 22nd -
Merchants’ Warehouse over the Bridgewater Canal. Please click here to see photos of the walk (67).
September
Sunday 25th -
Our black and white photos of the canal in the 60’s created some interest, and we gave out plenty of our leaflets. Many thanks to John Foley for the use of the table alongside the WRG.
Saturday 17th -
Waterhouses Aqueduct, which carried the canal across the River Medlock. Click here to see photos of the walk (45).
Saturday 10th -
The end of the walk by Gorton Bridge, where the plaque installed by the Society can be seen on the left. See photos here (49).
Tuesday 6th -
Our stall in the foyer at the car park entrance, where some of the customers expressed an interest in the restoration of the canal. See photos here (nine).
Saturday 3rd -
We had a visit from the Lord Mayor of Manchester. See photos here (26).
July
Friday 29th to Sunday 31st -
Some of the lovely boats on the main canal, near to where we had our stall at this popular event. See photos here (44).
Friday 15th -
Our stall under the canopy by the entrance area, where we gained a new member.
Sunday 10th -
Our stall in the main event area. See photos here (thirty).
Friday 1st -
Our stall under the canopy in the beautiful garden area at this well attended event. See photos here (eighteen).
June
Friday 24th -
Some of the 30 collected bags. There were also fly tip items and two bags of cans which will be recycled, the proceeds from which will be donated to charity. Please click here for report and more photos.
Sunday 12th -
We gained two new members at this very popular event. See photos here (ten).
Saturday 4th -
We had a visit from the Lord Mayor of Manchester! See photos here (three).
May
Saturday 28th -
We gained one new member and had a visit from the mayor! Please click here for more photos (eleven).
Sunday 22nd -
April
The IWA Manchester Branch final Open Talk on 4th April from Maarja Kaaristo on “Short History of the Pomona Island” was very interesting (photo below).
Please click here for some links to various articles and videos regarding Pomona Island in which you may be interested.
March
Please see the latest newsletter from the North West Waterway Recovery Group.
February
From this month Gorton Mill Cafe, close to the canal path (yellow brick road) on Abbey Hey Lane, is now open every day from 9am to 4pm.
Please click here for more photos (total 13), and here to visit the Facebook Page for the cafe, “Pure Coffee Gorton Mill Cafe”. It is part of the recent residential development, Gorton Mill House, which has been built on the site of historic Gorton Mill. Please click here to see a report of the excavation of Gorton Mill carried out by Salford University in 2019, prior to the construction of this residential complex.
January
Please see this latest newsletter outlining further developments after last year’s highly successful meeting with Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham and members of Manchester City Council.
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