Sluice gates controlling the flow to the Lade
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Sluice gates controlling the flow to the Lade
Image: © Des Colhoun Taken: 20 Jul 1975
This is where most village people learnt to swim due to the absence of swimming baths in the region up to the late Sixties. I learnt to swim here myself and apart from the occasional drowned dog muddying the waters my memories of those days are much treasured.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.78453
Longitude
-7.467166