Leeds & Liverpool Canal Locks
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Office Lock (Leeds) - 14th June, 2008
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Office Lock (Leeds) Lock Keeper Peter Roberts with 'Barron'
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Sadly, Peter passed away, aged 51, after a short
illness, on Monday, 13th May, 2002
He was cremated at Lawnswood Crematorium, Leeds, on Monday 20th May, 2002
Condolences are expressed for his Wife Gill, Daughter Janine, Son Gareth and
their Families
Mel Ashton - May, 2002

A Typical Leeds-Liverpool Canal Ground Sluice (Box Clough)
Some have fixed 'T' bar - note chain to hold windlass / 'T' bar
ALWAYS use ground sluices BEFORE gate sluices

Peter & Gill's Narrowboat 'Polestar'
(a replica of original 'Polestar' - sister ship of 'Apollo')

1935 Traditional Narrowboat 'Purton' below Office
Lock
('Purton' was shortened by British Waterways to work in local waterways)

The late singer Frankie Vaughn
'Highway' TV program with the late Harry Seacombe