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Congleton, The Canal c.1965
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The Macclesfield Canal passes through the outskirts of Congleton, complete with an elegant iron aqueduct where it crosses Canal Street, and several attractive bridges. This view shows some of the locks at Bosley, three miles north-east of the town. Here, twelve locks, spaced out over nearly a mile, raise the canal from the long pound which passes through Congleton to the one which runs through Macclesfield and on to Marple.

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A Selection of Memories from Congleton

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Congleton

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The Lion & Swan Congleton Cheshire
The Lion & Swan Hotel Congleton Story has it that The Lion & Swan in Congleton was made from ancient timbers, even today there are some solid twelve inch by twelve inch supports on display but who knows where they came from. Cheshire is renowned for its black and white buildings, however, no one has said where the timbers are from. I can’t think that it was from Delamere or surrounding ...see more
Congleton, the Lion and Swan Hotel 1898
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Chilhood Memories.
During the 1960's and 70's l would walk down the old back lane from Buglawton to Havannah village. with my sisters and friend Caroline Beard. we would go to the house at the far end on this photo, where an old lady had a few groceries for sale, along with some sweeties. At this end of the photo there is abridge over the Dane and a wood at the side. We would walk along the woods and cross over the river Dane to get ...see more
Congleton, Havannah, the Deserted Village 1898
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Grim Days
US army military police stationed on bridge during WW2
Congleton, Colley Bridge Mill c1965
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Congleton Park

I have lovely memories of playing in the park during summer and winter, the big high slide was like no other, I remember picking blue bells in the woods, there were hundreds of them, and in winter we used to slide down the bank on 'Hankies' field in the deep snow, I think there was also a little pond in the park with goldfish in. Happy Days!!
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