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Originally Posted by Eric
Driking by the canal can be dangerous ... someone could get so drunk that he might fall in and sober up  I know; it happened to me about 50 years ago   |
When I was about 10 I remember the canal behind my school in Clayton (St Mary's) swarming with police and we heard that a man's body had beeen found in the water...
Been doing some research this week and it seems there was a plaque commemorating the deaths of 68 men and boys in an accident in 1883 at the pit in Clayton, on the canal bridge nearby - wonder if it's still there?
Some of the boys were only 12, they came from Ossy, Church, Altham, Clayton and Accy...