The Forgotten Waterway of Manchester and Stockport
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Today we take a walk down through the industrial heartland of Manchester, from near to sportcity the fantastic complex by Manchester City FC and the Etihad stadium, Co-Op Live Arena and the training complex we walk away from the Ashton Canal through Clayton and Openshaw towards Stockport and the Gorton Reservoir and outdoor centre following the yellow brick road. We explore Old Bridges, Aqueducts and discover lots of original parts of the canal including cobbled towpaths and old docks. The area is complete with cycle ways following abandoned railways on the Fallowfield loop which takes in the canal route, could this be a future green highway for people moving around the city? Could a new marina revitalise the area and bring millions into the local economy. Could Man City help to fund it?
This really is a fascinating area and one with massive opportunity to help revitalise an area that’s pulling out of its post industrial decline. Please do follow the links below and see if you can help this fantastic project.
Manchester and Stockport Canal Society – http://www.mscs.org.uk
Manchester and Stockport Canal Society Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068238694666
Fund Britains Waterways petition – https://www.change.org/p/fundbritainswaterways
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Fund Britains waterways – https://waterways.org.uk/waterways/sites/fund-britains-waterways-overview
Keep canals alive (canal and river trust) – https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/support-us/our-campaigns/keep-canals-alive
Rail Map Online – https://www.railmaponline.com
Waterway Routes – https://www.waterwayroutes.co.uk
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and I’m struggling to see why this isn’t happening why this isn’t already a thing why the council everybody involved locally aren’t getting this done now all of this route the whole route apart from some issues potentially on the aqueduct is owned by Manchester City Council one landowner the main issue with clown restoration is dealing with land owners and they don’t have to do it on this canal so why is this not happening so look at this you’ve got people on paddle BS you got boats you’ve got sailing boats over there there was a motorboat on here earlier when I came across You’ got so much potential to bring Canal into here
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Full Video – https://youtu.be/xhjiYSuqrSw
All I could hear was this sort of slightly pervy, disjointed, heavy breathing – like David Attenborough on meth – with a drone being flown voyeuristically over someone's conveniently transparent outdoor dungeon in anticipation of an especially hard core f1st1ng scene – underscored by the extra huff on "whole" which made it sound much more like "HHHHole"….. Was that the effect you were going for?😏
Money that’s why! A few paddle boarders won’t cover the cost required to restore a canal 🙄