Tuesday 16 September 2008

BERNARD DEVLIN, A STROLL ALONG, ( WALNEY CHANNEL )

THIS IS A FILM I TOOK, ( ALONG WALNEY CHANNEL, )
LOOKING ACROSS TO ,
BARROW TOWN,
WERE, THE OLD INDUSTRIAL CHIMNEYS OF OUR FOUNDRIES, ONCE FAMOUS ADORNED THE SKIES,
ALL THERE IS TODAY, FOR ME,
IS BITTER SWEET MEMORIES, OF WHAT WAS.
IT DOES' SEEM SAD TODAY, THAT ALL THOSE, FOUNDRIES, HAVE GONE WITH NO , MONUMENT AS TO WERE THEY ONCE STOOD, FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO SEE, AND TO REFLECT ON HOW OUR TOWN WAS MADE FAMOUS FOR ITS INDUSTRIAL CAREER

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Loved the memories..... I've walked along this side of the canal many a time - the view was different then!