The Manchester Ship Canal: The Big Ditch: Manchester's Ship Canal books At her core

At her core

Joan Eardley and the sea

The intriguing tales of the plants that have been used to heal and cure our bodies

canal or road to the North's industrial metropolis

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The Manchester Ship Canal: The Big Ditch: Manchester's Ship Canal books At her coreNowadays most of us think of the Manchester Ship Canal as that bit of water under the Thelwall Viaduct as we sit in one of England's traffic jam black spots but in the days before the M6, the Manchester Ship Canal was an important route from the docks at Salford and industrial Manchester to the world. From banana boats to cattle carriers, from tramp steamers to pleasure steamers, all sorts of shops used this thoroughfare. It wasn't always like this at