Tag: Bridgewater Canal, drowning, eccles, monton, Monton Mill
50 years ago on Bank Holiday: Fishermen find drowning four-year-old in dramatic Bridgewater Canal rescue
The August Bank Holiday is here and while most are letting their hair down, for one young girl it was moments away from ending in tragedy. The Eccles and Patricroft...
50 years ago in Eccles: ‘Son of Jaws’ lands boy in hospital
I should imagine we have all heard fisherman’s stories about the size of the one that got away, however one young Eccles lad lived to tell the tale of the one that...
BBC to screen Manchester Ship Canal history documentary
A new series charting the impact of canals in the formation of the country’s industrial and social history will be broadcast tonight on the BBC. Manchester-born...
Appeal: Teenage boy robbed at knifepoint on Eccles canal path
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage boy was robbed of his phone by a man who pulled a knife on him in Winton, Eccles. At around 6pm on Tuesday 12 May, the...
Salford canal rape claim was fake, say police
A woman who reported being raped on a canal tow path in Eccles was making it up, say Greater Manchester Police. Officers issued this description of a man in his 50s...
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