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[[Category:Walking Tours]]
On Thursday 22nd June 2017, Phil Cook led a History Walking Tour from the Corner of Boughton and Hoole Lane to Westminster Road Bridge.<ref>''<small>Research by Phil Cook - Article composed and submitted by Linda Webb</small>''</ref>▼
▲On Thursday
The development of the Shropshire Union Canal and of industry along it, followed by the arrival of the railways and the building of Chester General Station, have helped to shape the lives of the people across Boughton and Hoole. This article introduces a selection of the interesting history explored on the tour with Phil Cook, and could be useful to anyone who also wishes to revisit the areas covered.
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== From the Junction of Hoole Lane and Boughton ==
[[File:11PRD1 Chester 1817.jpg|thumb|396x396px|''<small>Chester 1817 Neele & Son in
Arriving at the junction, standing outside the Health Centre, it is hard to imagine it as the open undeveloped land it was in the early 1800s.
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== An area densely packed with industry and housing==
[[File:11PRD5 Canal 1920s.jpg|left|thumb|283x283px|''<small>The Shropshire Union Canal at Boughton c.1920s</small>'']]
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▲== At the Junction of Hoole Lane and Boughton: The site of Boughton Health Centre==
[[File:11PRD8 Boughton Map 1881.jpg|thumb|373x373px|''<small>Ordnance Survey Map of Cheshire 1881-2 Boughton Sheet (available online)</small>'']]
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The first meeting of The Chester Ragged School Institution had taken place on the 6th September 1851. Its objective, reported in the Chester Chronicle, was to provide instruction for the children of the poor; those who were prevented, by their circumstances, from all other means of improvement, other than by elementary education and industrial training.
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Brindley Place has replaced the buildings destroyed in an explosion and fire. The new complex is named after James Brindley, the great canal builder who surveyed the route of the Chester Canal to Nantwich and Middlewich in 1770.
The site of Chester Engineering Company used to stretch along the canal here, and the site was the location of
The small chapel with a spire dates from the early 1880's. It was St. Paul’s mission, linked to the Church and its parish. It is thought that it may have been provided for the use of the travelling population of canal boatmen and their families. The Mission is also the work of John Douglas, now converted into houses, next to the lock keeper’s cottage.
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There have been three major fires in the area of Lightfoot Street in living memory. On 8th May 1972 the brakes of a freight train failed, and it ran into Chester Station, carrying kerosene, sulphur oil and petrol. One of the tank wagons exploded and a major fire broke out, leading to the evacuation of properties in Lightfoot Street. Fortunately, the train had been routed into a bay in order to prevent its derailment, which might have led to much worse consequences.
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[[File:11PRD11 The Drury.jpg|thumb|''<small>'The Drury' Westminster Road</small>''|266x266px]]
After crossing the railway bridge towards Hoole, on the east side was the British Rail Staff Association Club, complete with its own miniature steam operated outdoor railway. Railway workers formed a close-knit community, working and socialising together. Anti-social working hours affected the way of life of railway families from the area until the mid- to late- eighties when employment patterns and transport changed significantly with the greater reliance on the car.
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