Fleetwood, The Ferry 1902
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Memories of Fleetwood, the Ferry 1902
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65th birthday on July 19 - what better way to rediscover lost innocence than a visit to Knott End and a ferry boat trip. So we all piled in to the ageing family MPV and up the M6 and over Shard Bridge we went - recalling the anachronistic way one used to have to pay a toll to the troll who manned the imaginary barrier.
Well quick and clean and quiet the modern boat may be, but nothing could ever beat being ...see more
My grandma's unmarried brother and sisters lived in Knott End. Me and my many cousins - all post-war boom babies - would spend many days there in summer. The biggest buzz of all was when the 'Wyresdale' was operating. How I loved that boat! With its double deck and hissing steam pipes (doomed to meet with a tragic end ..) it was to all of us just like another comment said -'Better than any cruise liner'. A ...see more
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