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a walk along the Caldon Canal Bridge on Shelton New Road
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Russell
Street Bridge and Hanley Borough Town Wharf
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the route of the Caldon Canal
from Etruria to Froghall
Shelton New Road Bridge on the Caldon
Canal
at the bottom left corner is the Trent & Mersey Canal which also crosses
Shelton New Road
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Russell Street Bridge
on this 1898 map the Caldon Canal passes under Newcastle Road (now called
Shelton New Road)
in the mid 1950's
Russell Street was renamed Shearer Street.
the Town Wharf can be seen on the canal side with the entrance off Pyenest Street
similar view in around 2009 as
the 1898 map above
demolition clearance has already start
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the Caldon Canal approaching
the bridge carrying Shelton New Road
on the right are the houses on Lomas Street
Bridge No. 3
bridge no. 3 carries Shelton
New Road over the canal (this used to be called Russell Street Bridge)
In the background was Leese's corn merchants
to the right - Leese's corn
merchants (later Clarke's wholesale grocers)
the patchwork of brick &
stones in canal side wall reveal the many former gateways to the
canal
from: 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel 'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'
Pyenest Street, Shelton and the
canal side buildings
Purple
Circle = Bridge No. 3 which carries Shelton New Road over the Caldon Canal
Red rectangle = Leese corn merchant
Green rectangle = Hanley Borough Town Wharf
Blue arrow = entrance to the wharf from Pyenest Street
Pyenest Street from the Shelton
New Road side
Hanley Borough Town Wharf
This
wharf originally belonged to the canal company, and by 1907 was the
property of the borough council and known as Town Wharf;
the site was occupied in 1959 by Podmores (Engineers) Ltd.
Town Wharf
Entrance to the Town Wharf from
off Pyenest Street
photo: May 2008 - taken when the street
was being demolished
in 1907 the two houses were occupied by...
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- M. Morris, potter's painter
53 - Isaac Clarke, potter's warehouseman
the storage buildings
built on the site of the Town Wharf
Road
building materials were once kept here at the Borough yard
nd horse drawn carts were used to collect the materials
Leese corn and fodder merchants
Leese corn and fodder merchants
in Pyenest Street
in
1907 houses were occupied by (left to right)...
73 - Thomas Pointon, Clerk
75 - Levi Baggaley, Potter
77 - R. H. Ross, tailor
79 - Christopher Leese & Sons, corn merchants
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interest to me was Leese’s the corn and fodder merchants. Stepping
into their yard was like moving from town to country: the smells were
wonderful, and through the open doorways you could see the sacks of
cattle foodstuffs and bales of hay. On Saturday mornings, if you waited
outside the gates the drivers would sometimes pick you up and take you
out on their deliveries. There were usually two of us and we were more
than willing to help with the unloading at farms, which were sometimes
only a few miles from the town."
Memories of Don Barnes who once lived in Pyenest Street |
the corn merchants premises
were later used by
J. R. Clarke & Sons Ltd., Wholesale Grocers
The view from bridge no. 3 on
Shelton New Road - on the left was J. R. Clarke & Sons Ltd., Wholesale
Grocers
the corn mill buildings of
Leese corn and fodder merchants
doors on the canal side
of the corn mill -
for loading the barges
next: Cauldon
Place Street Bridge and Lock No. 3
Previous: Bridge No. 2 - Bedford Street
Bridge
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related pages Pyenest Street, an unusual name, apparently named because magpies once nested there, was for a child of the time a wondrous street to grow up in. It was full of interest from one end to the other with always something going on. |