Boy Drowns in Bootle canal

[Dan]

It carried on for quite a few years Lynne.
This from Parliament in 1966.



Regards

Dan

[lynne99]

Dan, do children still die in the canal? Any idea how many last year? How can you keep children away from the canal. I think education of parents and children would be better. So sad.

[Dan]

Haven't heard of any drownings for years.
Very rare to see unaccompanied young children now.
We were semi-feral growing up. Lived in Netherton, but could be found anywhere between Aintree, Litherland and Hall Road beach, on foot of course.
The cut was for fishing. Sticklebacks, perch and roach using bamboo canes for rods.

Regards

Dan

[Pootle]

Hi Babs,

I am too young to remember your Brother, I'm sorry. I was born in 1965. But my parents lived on Garden Lane and will certainly have known him and possibly your family. They always warned me about mucking around on the canal, telling me that they knew people who had drowned there. This is almost certainly a reference to your Brother.

Regards

[filsgreen]

Welcome to the forum, Pootle.

[Pootle]

Thanks Filsgreen. I am actually a returning member, but I can't remember my username or password!! Bloody old age!

[Dan]

From Hansard.

Leeds And Liverpool Canal Volume 613: debated on Friday 20 November 1959.

The children drowned in the canal in Bootle from 1951 to 1959.

Excerpt from a speech by Simon Mahon MP;