Thursday 19 June 2003

WALKABOUTSVERSE 61 OF 230

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

By Bridgewater Canal; 22/6/2021

Bridgewater Canal meeting the Leigh Branch
(below pic), at Worsley Village; 22/06/2021

Mock-Tudor Court House, Worsley; 22/6/21

Bridgewater Hotel, Worsley Village; 22/6/21

Boats at Worsley Dry Docks; 22/6/2021

Mining monuments, Worsley Delph; 22/6/21

'Canal-formed island' by the Delph; 22/6/21

Old Warke Dam; by Worsley Brook; 23/6/21

Quarried Worsley Delph & tunnels; 22/6/21 

"Antique Worsley Village"; 22/6/21