Manchester - Canal Drained

[Alan de Enfield]

Canal drained in Manchester

 

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/rochdale-canal-dukes-92-lock-15790058

 

It's the rare chance to tread where few have gone before.

A section of the canal near Dukes 92 in Castlefield has been drained for urgent lock gate repair work - and an open invitation has been issued for people to climb down to the bottom and take a look.

 

 

Among hundreds of old bricks and bottles dredged up from the canal bed, the drainage also unearthed, bizarrely, a huge plastic tea-pot, a large number of old mobile phones, a Gameboy console and a penny coin dating back to 1919.

[rusty69]

Hey, that's my Pooh! I know your not sposed to chuck poo in the canal, but he fell off the tiller.

[Boater Sam]

Have they found my bike?

[Jennifer McM]

Love anything like this... hope no one finds hooman bones ?

[dor]

If that is a "huge" plastic teapot, how big is that phone?

[Fender151]

Was wondering if my shopping trolley would turn up, but alas!

[furnessvale]

No sign of the 10,000 beer glasses then?

 

[Jennifer McM]

Surely they'll be a few safes in there? 

[Jen-in-Wellies]

1 hour ago, dor said:

If that is a "huge" plastic teapot, how big is that phone?

[cuthound]

Given the notoriety of the "Manchester Pusher", you would have thought they would have found a corpse or two ?

[BruceinSanity]

1 hour ago, cuthound said:

Given the notoriety of the "Manchester Pusher", you would have thought they would have found a corpse or two ?

Don’t be silly – they’d have been eaten by the alligators.

 

[Hudds Lad]

1 hour ago, BruceinSanity said:

Don’t be silly – they’d have been eaten by the alligators.

 

nooooo, the sharks ate all the alligators

[magpie patrick]

I remember when the Rochdale Nine being empty was pretty much the norm... you had to pay a ludicrous sum (£25?) for the privilege of doing battle with recalcitrant lock gear and pounds that were either empty or too full... £25 (I think) at mid 1980's prices for one mile and nine locks

[ditchcrawler]

57 minutes ago, magpie patrick said:

I remember when the Rochdale Nine being empty was pretty much the norm... you had to pay a ludicrous sum (£25?) for the privilege of doing battle with recalcitrant lock gear and pounds that were either empty or too full... £25 (I think) at mid 1980's prices for one mile and nine locks

I thought it was £35 when we did it

[jonathanA]

£32 I recall -  basically to borrow a padlock key for ten minutes 

 

 

[Ray T]

1 hour ago, magpie patrick said:

I remember when the Rochdale Nine being empty was pretty much the norm... you had to pay a ludicrous sum (£25?) for the privilege of doing battle with recalcitrant lock gear and pounds that were either empty or too full... £25 (I think) at mid 1980's prices for one mile and nine locks

Chorus : Locking down the Rochdale Nine You won‘t want to do it a second time Your hands are all blistered, your shoulders in pain And because you‘re in Manchester, down comes the rain When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine   At lock number 1 you pay thirty quid By lock number 2 you‘ll regret that you did They secure number 1 with a padlock and chain In case you change your mind and turn back again When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine At lock number 3 the towpath‘s not there In fact the canal‘s got far more than it‘s share You can‘t get across without straddling the gates While the tillerman curses the rain as he waits When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine  Chorus   At  lock number 4 your feet get all wet But at locks 5 and 6 they‘ll be much wetter yet And as for the scenery it‘s not worth two hoots And you‘d give a week‘s ale for a dry pair of boots When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine It‘s lock number 7, not one boat has passed The water is lapping up right round your raft A local is helping ‘cos the top gate won‘t close And his pet pit bull terrier‘s got hold of me clothes When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine Chorus By lock number 8 you've given up hope Moored to the lock-side by a short length of rope The gate‘s wide enough for the old QE2 But the paddles are leaking so you crash your way through When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine It‘s lock number 9. Thank God, it‘s the end ‘Cos most of your crew have gone right round the bend They‘re shouting and cursing and swearing out loud They sound like a part of the United crowd When you‘re locking the Rochdale Nine Locking down the Rochdale Nine You won‘t want to do it a second time Your hands are all blistered your shoulders in pain And because you‘re in Manchester down comes the rain But you've finished the Rochdale Nine   http://www.waterwaysongs.co.uk/rochdale.htm

Edited February 9, 2019 by Ray T