Originally Posted by
Enoch Mort
It must be an age thing as what he was referring to on the programme as a "canal" was always called the "feeder" when I was a lad as that is what is does - "feed" water to the docks. The "canal" proper, or what was left of it was where North Road car park is now at Blackweir and also at the Melingriffith where it forms part of the nature reserve. I didn't know about the posh room over Burger King but the rest of the items on the programme I thought were quite well known.