Joe Green – Midget Submarine
About 15 years ago (2002) the late Joe Green of this village asked me to undertake research into his claim that he witnessed the passage of a mini submarine on … Continue Reading →
Category: Rivers
Cormorant Café.
Worried about the effect on the river population by the avaricious cormorants and to a lesser extent the common tern. Then worry no more, the picture attached has been computer … Continue Reading →
Canal Diversion
In March 1988 after some unsuccessful piling repairs, the north bank of the river Aire (the old river) breached at a point some yards downstream from Lemonroyd locks. The Opencast … Continue Reading →
From Russia with…..
It was quite some time after completion of the new river construction that we decided to go and see it for ourselves. The plan was to drive to the marina … Continue Reading →
Ha’penny (Caroline) Bridge
The hamlet of Astley lies between the River Aire and the Aire and Calder canal (Yorkshire Evening Paper 1959) One of the houses was formerly the Caroline Inn. The toll … Continue Reading →