Poem 61 of 230: WORSLEY VILLAGE
Where earliest of coal-canals meet,
And have their waters ochred
By the seepage of old-deep-mine earth;
Where mock-Tudor is a treat,
And classic boats are newly coated
At dry-docks, before rebirth;
Where miners made tough risky efforts,
Working seams for hours non-stop -
Cramped, often without the room to stand;
Where security experts
Now use the Nailmaker's Workshop,
On a canal-formed island;
Where offices come from granaries,
And granaries from a forge -
Wheel-powered through a brook’s spillage;
Where coal moved down arteries,
And sandstone was quarried to a gorge:
Lies antique Worsley Village.
(C) David Franks 2003
Where earliest of coal-canals meet,
And have their waters ochred
By the seepage of old-deep-mine earth;
Where mock-Tudor is a treat,
And classic boats are newly coated
At dry-docks, before rebirth;
Where miners made tough risky efforts,
Working seams for hours non-stop -
Cramped, often without the room to stand;
Where security experts
Now use the Nailmaker's Workshop,
On a canal-formed island;
Where offices come from granaries,
And granaries from a forge -
Wheel-powered through a brook’s spillage;
Where coal moved down arteries,
And sandstone was quarried to a gorge:
Lies antique Worsley Village.
(C) David Franks 2003
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| By Bridgewater Canal; 22/6/2021 |
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| Bridgewater Canal meeting the Leigh Branch (below pic), at Worsley Village; 22/06/2021 |
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| Mock-Tudor Court House, Worsley; 22/6/21 |
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| Bridgewater Hotel, Worsley Village; 22/6/21 |
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| Boats at Worsley Dry Docks; 22/6/2021 |
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| Mining monuments, Worsley Delph; 22/6/21 |
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| 'Canal-formed island' by the Delph; 22/6/21 |
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| Old Warke Dam; by Worsley Brook; 23/6/21 |
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| Quarried Worsley Delph & tunnels; 22/6/21 |
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| "Antique Worsley Village"; 22/6/21 |
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