Sunday 2nd May 2015: Working Party, Daisy Nook
One-day working party, mainly comprising vegetation clearance.
Why not come along and join in and make a difference? Even if you have not been on a working party before, you will be made welcome! Big muscles are not essential as you can be given work to suit your capabilities!
Meet at Daisy Nook Car Park, Stannybrook Road, at 9.30 am. Strong footwear and waterproof clothing recommended. Bring own lunch and drinks. Alternatively, hot drinks and snacks are available at the café.
Please phone our Working Party Organiser, Mike, on 0161 683 4470 if you need more information.
Sunday, 7 June 2015
Friday, 29 May 2015
Event: Canal and Tram Walk
Date of event: Sunday 7th June 2015
Members and friends are invited to take a walk along the line of the canal - and return by tram!
The walk of around 6 miles will start at Fairfield Junction, Droylsden, and follow the route of the Hollinwood Branch Canal through Littlemoss and Daisy Nook to Hollinwood and then the line of the Werneth Canal to Washbrook. This includes following by road sections that have long been filled in.
Return to Droylsden will be by Metrolink tram, changing in Manchester. An off-peak Day ticket for the Metrolink can be bought from a machine on the platform for £5.00.
Concessionary passes are valid for travel on Metrolink, but only for pass holders who live in Greater Manchester.
Meet at Lock Keepers Court, Droylsden (opposite Tesco) at 10.30 am on Sunday 7th June. Room for car parking at Lock Keepers Court. Lunch at Daisy Nook where toilets, hot drinks and snacks are available. Stout footwear and waterproof clothing advised.
The walk will pass the location of the long-gone Bradley Bent Basin that featured in the recent Newsletter and follow the course of the four locks that were in Hollinwood.
Hollinwood Canal near Littlemoss
Members and friends are invited to take a walk along the line of the canal - and return by tram!
The walk of around 6 miles will start at Fairfield Junction, Droylsden, and follow the route of the Hollinwood Branch Canal through Littlemoss and Daisy Nook to Hollinwood and then the line of the Werneth Canal to Washbrook. This includes following by road sections that have long been filled in.
Return to Droylsden will be by Metrolink tram, changing in Manchester. An off-peak Day ticket for the Metrolink can be bought from a machine on the platform for £5.00.
Concessionary passes are valid for travel on Metrolink, but only for pass holders who live in Greater Manchester.
Meet at Lock Keepers Court, Droylsden (opposite Tesco) at 10.30 am on Sunday 7th June. Room for car parking at Lock Keepers Court. Lunch at Daisy Nook where toilets, hot drinks and snacks are available. Stout footwear and waterproof clothing advised.
The walk will pass the location of the long-gone Bradley Bent Basin that featured in the recent Newsletter and follow the course of the four locks that were in Hollinwood.
Hollinwood Canal near Littlemoss
Monday, 4 May 2015
Working Party Report
Big thanks to all those who turned out for yesterday's working party. In spite of heavy rain all night, the rain stopped around 9.30 am and it remained dry for the rest of the day! The volunteers got the chance of a bit of exercise in beautiful surroundings!
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Saturday, 25 April 2015
Event: May Working Party
Sunday 2nd May 2015: Working Party, Daisy Nook
Our first one-day working party of the year, mainly comprising vegetation clearance.
Why not come along and join in and make a difference? Even if you have not been on a working party before, you will be made welcome! Big muscles are not essential as you can be given work to suit your capabilities!
Meet at Daisy Nook Car Park, Stannybrook Road, at 9.30 am. Strong footwear and waterproof clothing recommended. Bring own lunch and drinks. Alternatively, hot drinks and snacks are available at the café.
Please phone our Working Party Organiser, Mike, on 0161 683 4470 if you need more information.
Our first one-day working party of the year, mainly comprising vegetation clearance.
Why not come along and join in and make a difference? Even if you have not been on a working party before, you will be made welcome! Big muscles are not essential as you can be given work to suit your capabilities!
Meet at Daisy Nook Car Park, Stannybrook Road, at 9.30 am. Strong footwear and waterproof clothing recommended. Bring own lunch and drinks. Alternatively, hot drinks and snacks are available at the café.
Please phone our Working Party Organiser, Mike, on 0161 683 4470 if you need more information.
Thursday, 20 March 2014
Event: Fairbottom and Park Bridge Walk
Date of event: Sunday 6th April 2014
A walk has been arranged for members and friends on Sunday 6th April 2014. Thus will be a circular walk of around 5 to 6 miles including some hills.
Walkers will see where the coal staithe, featured in the newsletter, was situated and look at the other features of the Fairbottom Branch, then on to Fairbottom Bobs, Rocher Vale and Park Bridge, returning by an alternative scenic route.
Meet at 10.30 am outside the café at Daisy Nook car park, Stannybrook Road, off Newmarket Road. bringing a packed lunch and sturdy footwear.
Buses 168/169 and 231 stop at the junction of Newmarket Road and Stannybrook Road.
Postcode for SatNav: M35 9WJ but look for signs into the car park near the top of the hill. If you are driving via Ashton, be aware that the A627 Oldham Road will be closed in both directions at the railway bridge near IKEA, so allow a few minutes extra for the diversion.
A walk has been arranged for members and friends on Sunday 6th April 2014. Thus will be a circular walk of around 5 to 6 miles including some hills.
Walkers will see where the coal staithe, featured in the newsletter, was situated and look at the other features of the Fairbottom Branch, then on to Fairbottom Bobs, Rocher Vale and Park Bridge, returning by an alternative scenic route.
Meet at 10.30 am outside the café at Daisy Nook car park, Stannybrook Road, off Newmarket Road. bringing a packed lunch and sturdy footwear.
Buses 168/169 and 231 stop at the junction of Newmarket Road and Stannybrook Road.
Postcode for SatNav: M35 9WJ but look for signs into the car park near the top of the hill. If you are driving via Ashton, be aware that the A627 Oldham Road will be closed in both directions at the railway bridge near IKEA, so allow a few minutes extra for the diversion.
Saturday, 8 March 2014
Ten Years On
February 2014 saw the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the Hollinwood Canal Society. To mark the occasion we have put together a bumper edition of the Newsletter, which members will be receiving shortly. This edition includes old photographs never previously published.
The Spring 2014 Newsletter includes an extended article on the Wood Park Colliery Tramway, from which coal was loaded onto canal boats at a loading staithe near the Waterhouses Locks in Daisy Nook. The article is accompanied by photographs from the 1960s never shown publicly before.
The Spring 2014 Newsletter includes an extended article on the Wood Park Colliery Tramway, from which coal was loaded onto canal boats at a loading staithe near the Waterhouses Locks in Daisy Nook. The article is accompanied by photographs from the 1960s never shown publicly before.
Thursday, 12 September 2013
On the Road
Marple Locks Festival
The Canal Society has been out and about with its 'roadshow' this year, visiting Marple Locks Festival (above) and North Cheshire Cruising Club at High Lane (below).
North Cheshire Cruising Club
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