Summer memories

As this is being typed up, the weather is in a dryish spot compared to much of week that's been anything but reminding me more of one family holiday when it rained for nearly all the time we were way to the point we HAD to leave as where we were staying was flooded out.

One memory of that era in the summer was playing out which didn't just include the park which was prone to flooding too but of woodland and not untypically for this district the local canals where we'd watch the narrow boats coming in, chat with people and offer to help for a bit of extra pocket money operating the lock gates.
At that point there were two locks as thanks to salt mining subsidence which is a major problem around these parts a Steel Lock was made and installed in 1958 to get around the effects of subsidence on the conventional lock which was quite notable in England but sadly it proved to be both hard to work and unreliable.
Eventually it was taken out of commission by the then British Waterways Board, the government department responsible for canals and associated infrastructure  but that didn't stop it being a magnet to local children which after a number of incidents lead to it being be demolished.
Looking to the far right, you can just make out the ridge where a prominent folly in North Staffordshire can be found.