The Ashton Canal Warehouse, now Portland Basin Museum in Greater Manchester, was built in 1834 and was a transfer point for cargo and goods being taken round England by canal. The museum celebrates all aspects of local life and is beautifully presented with clear information and interactive displays.
The museum has a downstairs, an upstairs and an outside area where narrow boats moor and walks can be taken a long the canal side.
This is a free attraction in East Manchester. The narrow boat trip was reasonably priced as is the lovely café downstairs. Today we visited with 6 adults and 2 young children. The museum appealed to all of us.
I have an extra for love for Portland Basin - I sometimes do freelance work there when schools visit. I love it.
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Thank you Veronica, it’s [email protected].
Hello Diane
If you can let me have your contact details I will do so.
Hi Veronica,
Could you please get in touch with me re The Princes in the Tower and the Portland Basin please? I can’t log on to wizzley for some reason :-(
Half tiled walls were quite common in Victorian times . I like the looks of them.
I think we should support all local places.
Veronica, Thank you for supporting a free museum! The descriptions and photos, particularly of the marina and schoolroom, make me feel like I'm there. I like the green and yellow color scheme: do you know if it's typical of buildings in general or of schools in particular to have tiled walls? I tend to think of tiled walls with a home's bathrooms and kitchens, but maybe that's just my acquaintance with Romance language-speaking cultures.
Maybe it's the garment that you wore to accompany me that is unforgettable. :(
Now that you mention it, somewhere in the deep recesses of distant memory vague details of a visit have arisen.
I have visited Galway and you have married a lady from a West of Ireland. I don't always mean a physical revisit. We revisit our roots in many ways.
And you are totally wrong when you say you didn't know about our grandfather's birthplace as YOU ACCOMPANIED ME to look at catholic church records in the local church and we found his address and several details in the old ledger. Probably around 1984, we went. You were in a big, scruffy, grey- green anorak and I was looking pretty damn gorgeous as ever, 27 years old and standing next to you!
I did not know this fact about our grandfather's birthplace. On the other hand,we have ancestors from the West of Ireland [Sligo, Galway, Limerick.] In what sense have we returned to our roots in respect of these places, for we still dwell in Greater Manchester?