tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772469946571497931.post386586684426954512..comments2024-01-18T01:32:42.588+00:00Comments on Halfie: Cruising plan decidedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772469946571497931.post-59993771282686133192015-07-13T22:09:02.554+01:002015-07-13T22:09:02.554+01:00Sue, I do hope we'll meet. We're intendin...Sue, I do hope we'll meet. We're intending to get to Wigan on 22nd July on our way to Liverpool, then pass through Wigan on our great west-to-east cruise around the beginning of August (all timings subject to change etc.)<br /><br />We know Jubilee fits the Calder and Hebble as we did that last year on our way to Sheffield having done the Rochdale. (Manchester's all right!)Halfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167481543065324357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772469946571497931.post-51392447757005585902015-07-13T14:38:01.695+01:002015-07-13T14:38:01.695+01:00We're coming West on the L & L over the ne...We're coming West on the L & L over the next few weeks (just outside Leeds at the moment)- hope we see you! Chance meetings with boatiing friends is something we've missed in our exploration of the North :-)<br /><br />Not sure if we'll got to Liverpool this year - decision to be mae when we get to the bottom of the Wigan flight...<br /><br />Sue, nb Indigo Dream<br /><br />p.s. would Jubilee fit the Calder and Hebble locks? We can recommend crosssing the Pennines on the Aire/Calder/Rochdale - even if it does mean finishing the ring through Manchester!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772469946571497931.post-4944931904055017762015-07-13T10:53:03.585+01:002015-07-13T10:53:03.585+01:00Dave, a little research on the internet has reveal...Dave, a little research on the internet has revealed that there was indeed a Lewis's store in Hanley, but it is now Debenhams. Nothing to do with the John Lewis Partnership. If you haven't seen it, then take a look at this website http://thepotteries.org/advert_wk/129.htm for some wonderful old adverts etc. It will bring back memories for you, I'm sure. The 1967 Christmas window display looks a right mess - and not at all Christmassy!Halfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167481543065324357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772469946571497931.post-74162109018916217122015-07-13T10:33:56.078+01:002015-07-13T10:33:56.078+01:00Chris, the 26th is exactly when I have calculated ...Chris, the 26th is exactly when I have calculated we'll be on the last leg from Aintree to Liverpool. I'll contact CRT and see if we can get on the same booking. I suppose it doesn't make much difference to them that it's a Sunday (apart from less traffic to hold up at the swing bridges).<br /><br />Dave, that's interesting. There's no mention of a John Lewis store at Hanley (or anywhere else in Stoke) on their website.Halfiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167481543065324357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772469946571497931.post-71664774640799000692015-07-13T07:14:52.864+01:002015-07-13T07:14:52.864+01:00John Lewis was in The Potteries Centre in Hanley l...John Lewis was in The Potteries Centre in Hanley last time I was there (about two months ago) and has been in the same location (but not the same building) since at least the 50s (when I saw Santa there).Dave Robertsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1772469946571497931.post-37320789026003699402015-07-12T23:01:46.477+01:002015-07-12T23:01:46.477+01:00We're headed for Liverpool too, booked our pas...We're headed for Liverpool too, booked our passage on the 26th July, so we still get 2 weeks in Salthouse Docks as the stay changes to 1 week after 1st August. <br /><br />Regards<br /><br />Chris & JoyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com