EP59 #Narrowboat "POP" Chivers Leaving Skipton towards the Bingley five rise locks.
Channel: Old, Rebellious, Not Out!!
Date: 2024-02-10

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EP 59 Narrowboat "POP" Chivers Leaving Skipton towards the Bingley five rise locks.
Onwards towards Bingley five rise locks, the Leeds and Liverpool canal is very scenic on this stretch. Multiple swing bridges are a challenge.

Links 
Skipton
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skipton

Holy Trinity Church Skipton
https://www.holytrinityskipton.org.uk/
Skipton Castle
https://www.skiptoncastle.co.uk/

Polish War Memorial Bradley
https://awfhs.org/war-memorial/bradley-polish-war-memorial/

Location: Canalside, Low Bradley – alongside the Leeds-Liverpool Canal
A Wellington Bomber took off from RAF Skipton on Swale at noon 23rd September 1943 for a training mission, crashing later on the banks of the canal. None of the crew survived.

Flt Lt Jozef WOLNIK age 31 Navigator instructor
Flt Sgt Franciszek CIASTON age 27 pilot
Flt Sgt Wladyslaw OSTROWSKI age 27
Sgt Boleslaw Josef SWIECA age 28
Sgt Boleslaw RYCHEL age 21
Sgt Jan CZYZEWSKI age 23
Sgt Abram KAWENOCKI age 22
Kildwick
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kildwick