An Album of Thornton-Cleveleys by Catherine Rothwell F.L.A Page Three

Skippool, written Skippon in ancient maps is thought to be derived from the skiffs of ancient Saxons who used the creek. Stanah Clough, River Wyre is pictured in the 1900's but the scene had changed little over many years. When Mr Lewtas built the barque "Hope" in 1930, it proved to be the largest ever built on the Wyre ( 415 tons ). People came in bathing vans from Blackpool to watch and the occasion was declared a holidy. The crowds waiting by the bank at Thornton by Cockle Hall had their clothes drenched as the vessel glided into the river.		Skippool Creek in the 1900's
The rotting platform of Wardleys Ferry		Between the banks of the River Wyre there were at one time six fords at intervals from the sea to Great Eccleston. The first was at Wardleys where the Report of the Regional Planning Committe for the Area of the Fylde, 1937 recommended a bridge should be made, Shard Bridge, built in 1864, being old and inadequate. This photograph shows Wardleys ferry where you could once whistle the ferryman to row you accross. On this spot sailing ships unloaded cargoes of oranges, tallow and flax as far back as the sixteenth century.

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