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<\/a>Rememberance ceremony in front of Congleton station<\/p><\/div>\n
This was a local theatre group, commissioned to do remembrance presentations in Cheshire County villages to mark the centenary of the start of WW1. They were accompanied by a small band: sax, flute, a squeezebox accordian, and a proper keyboard accordian, and a drummer. They had a series of announcements, small speeches, and a series of period songs, all sung in full harmony. It was by far one of the more effective commemoration ceremonies I have ever seen.<\/p>\n
We then casually upped stakes, and moved along to Astbury, with one of the oldest parish churches around. Not open, but very striking.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Astbury parish church<\/p><\/div>\n
We are now moored in Scholar Green, the last easy place to moor before Anne and Mike depart tomorrow. We’ll do the last stop lock, then join\u00a0 the Trent and Mersey canal at Kidsgrove where the train station is located. (Scholar Green station closed in the Beeching era- prompting the team of Flanders and Swann to write this piece of music- interpreted by the Kings Singers http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o0bfRvfW3WA<\/a><\/p>\n 114 locks, three canals (Huddersfield Narrow, Peak Forest and Macclesfield), and two weeks of the very best that touring of the English canal system offers. We’ve had a memorable time. Bosley bottom lock: 114 locks since we left Huddersfield<\/p><\/div>\n cottage in Astbury<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What a wonderful couple of weeks. We’ve ended Anne and Mike’s boating adventure with two more days of sunshine and warm temperatures. We spent last night in Congleton, with one of the most moving ‘remembrance’ ceremonies I have ever experienced. … Continue reading <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>