Above: The article included a photo of Errwood Bridge I hadn’t seen before. The caption read; “Footpaths on both sides of the stream down to Fernilee Reservoir, a quarter of a mile of Shooter’s Clough, and Goyt’s Bridge will disappear when the...
Above: A postcard view of Errwood Bridge (click to enlarge.) The other two bridges in Goyt’s Bridge (click either to enlarge): The ancient Packhorse Bridge above, and Shooter’s Clough Bridge below. Some time back I received a message from Chris Belton...
Above: I think this photo was taken at the same time as the 1932 cine film of Goyt’s Bridge (click to view). Click on any of the photos below to enlarge. Above: This is the oldest photo I’ve seen of the bridge, with a footpath leading up to a gate into...
Click any image to enlarge. Above: This photo shows the suspension bridge being dismantled during the construction of Errwood Reservoir in the mid 1960s. From RS-S: This is quite an interesting old photograph taken before the flooding of the Valley. It...
Above: the small wooden footbridge was destroyed by a fallen tree. It was last year (2011) that a falling tree destroyed the small wooden bridge on the woodland walk above Fernillee Reservoir. It was due to be replaced in March, but it now looks like it’s been...
