Irlam,Cadishead,Rixton with Glazebrook old photos
Old Barton by J Sharples.
Cadishead and Irlam Guardian 1969
Irlam man's painting in Eccles Exhibition
A PAINTING entitled "Old Barton" painted by artist J Sharples in 1890 and owned by Mr Gerald Roberts of Irlam, is now on display at Monks Hall Museum, Eccles, among exhibits in an historical exhibition of Eccles and district.
The story behind the painting goes back about four years when Mr Roberts bought it from a shop in Eccles to take to his father in Canada. Before Mr Roberts could make the trip, however, his father died and he kept the picture himself.
When he heard of the exhibition at Eccles, Mr Roberts approached the curator at the museum who included the painting in the exhibition. It shows the port of Barton upon Irwell at a time when Manchester had only a wharf. On the left of the painting is a barge leaving the port being towed (into a strong current by the look of the rope) by a horse on the river bank. It seems strange that the man leading the horse should be wearing what looks like city clothes and a bowler hat - but perhaps that is what the well-dressed bargee wore in those days!
Behind the barge can be seen the old corn mill which stood on the river bank and next to that the former All Saints Roman Catholic School.
The old Barton Road bridge is in the centre of the painting with a weir underneath and, behind that, although it may not show in reproduction, another horse is pulling a barge over the old Brindley aqueduct.
Below the white house on the right is a lock into the Port of Barton and a barge can also be seen leaving this while the land at the bottom right of the painting is named as an old racecourse.
Despite the apparent stillness of the water, there was apparently, quite a current at this point and the waters were famous for their trout and salmon and it was quite usual to see salmon jumping the weir.
Image: The painting of "Old Barton" in 1890, owned by Mr Gerald Roberts, of Irlam which this week has been on display at an exhibition of Eccles and District at the Monks Hall Museum, Eccles.
Old Barton by J Sharples.
Cadishead and Irlam Guardian 1969
Irlam man's painting in Eccles Exhibition
A PAINTING entitled "Old Barton" painted by artist J Sharples in 1890 and owned by Mr Gerald Roberts of Irlam, is now on display at Monks Hall Museum, Eccles, among exhibits in an historical exhibition of Eccles and district.
The story behind the painting goes back about four years when Mr Roberts bought it from a shop in Eccles to take to his father in Canada. Before Mr Roberts could make the trip, however, his father died and he kept the picture himself.
When he heard of the exhibition at Eccles, Mr Roberts approached the curator at the museum who included the painting in the exhibition. It shows the port of Barton upon Irwell at a time when Manchester had only a wharf. On the left of the painting is a barge leaving the port being towed (into a strong current by the look of the rope) by a horse on the river bank. It seems strange that the man leading the horse should be wearing what looks like city clothes and a bowler hat - but perhaps that is what the well-dressed bargee wore in those days!
Behind the barge can be seen the old corn mill which stood on the river bank and next to that the former All Saints Roman Catholic School.
The old Barton Road bridge is in the centre of the painting with a weir underneath and, behind that, although it may not show in reproduction, another horse is pulling a barge over the old Brindley aqueduct.
Below the white house on the right is a lock into the Port of Barton and a barge can also be seen leaving this while the land at the bottom right of the painting is named as an old racecourse.
Despite the apparent stillness of the water, there was apparently, quite a current at this point and the waters were famous for their trout and salmon and it was quite usual to see salmon jumping the weir.
Image: The painting of "Old Barton" in 1890, owned by Mr Gerald Roberts, of Irlam which this week has been on display at an exhibition of Eccles and District at the Monks Hall Museum, Eccles.