Lymm is a lovely small town that straddles the Bridgewater Canal in Cheshire. Every year the town holds a festival that brings the town together and covers lots of activity. On one of the Sundays the theme is transport when the canal and town throng with boats and old cars, tractors, lorries, motorbikes and traction engines which brings lots of people to look, view, ask questions and reminisce about tackle they used to have, or their dad did!
On transport day there are all forms of vintage transport on show including about 20 former working boats on the canal and 12 steam traction engines and rollers on the car park next to the canal.
I went along on the day and concentrated on boats and traction engines as they are my thing.
Pacific is a former Stewarts and Lloyds canal tug built by Yarwoods and launched in 1934. She is now preserved in private ownership.
She was a number of tugs that Stewarts and Lloyds used to tow Birmingham Canal navigation “Joey” boats loaded with coal mined in the Cannock area to their steel tube works at Coombs Wood in the black country.
Colin Wareing 22.6.2025
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Former working narrowboat, “Swallow” is moored on the Bridgewater canal, in front of the traction engines on Lymm transport day on Sunday 22.6.25.
“Swallow” is a former W.H. Cowburn and Cowpar Ltd of Manchester built by Yarwoods and launched in 1934. She is now preserved in private ownership.
W.H. Cowburn and Cowpar Ltd operated a fleet of narrowboats from their works in Trafford Park in Manchester, carrying chemicals.
The canal and town are thronging with boats and people as it is the annual Lymm transport day which is part of the 10-day Lymm Festival.
On transport day there are all forms of vintage transport on show including about 20 former working boats on the canal and 12 steam traction engines and rollers on the car park next to the canal.
Colin Wareing 22.6.2025
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Crowds of folk along the bank of the Bridgewater canal, as historic boats set off to form the finale parade on Lymm transport day on Sunday 22.6.25.
The canal and town are thronging with boats and people as it is the annual Lymm transport day which is part of the 10-day Lymm Festival.
On transport day there are all forms of vintage transport on show including about 20 former working boats on the canal and 12 steam traction engines and rollers on the car park next to the canal.
Colin Wareing 22.6.2025
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Former working boat, “Elk” is moored on the Bridgewater canal for the annual Lymm transport day on Sunday 22.6.25.
“Elk” is a boat from the old Fellows, Morton and Clayton fleet that was built as a motor boat by Yarwoods of Northwich and launched in 1926. She is now preserved in private ownership.
The town and canal thronged with boats and people as it is the annual Lymm transport day which is part of the 10-day Lymm Festival.
On transport day there are all forms of vintage transport on show including about 20 former working boats on the canal and 12 steam traction engines and rollers on the car park next to the canal.
Colin Wareing 22.6.2025
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A canal holiday hire boat from the Andersen Boats company in Middlewich passes the crowds of folk along the bank of the Bridgewater canal and the historic, mainly ex working boats, moored for Lymm transport day on Sunday 22.6.25.
The canal and town were thronging with boats and people as it is the annual Lymm transport day which is part of the 10-day Lymm Festival.
On transport day there are all forms of vintage transport on show including about 20 former working boats on the canal and 12 steam traction engines and rollers on the car park next to the canal.
Colin Wareing 22.6.2025
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traction engines in town for the Lymm transport day on Sunday 22.6.25.
The boat with the sheeting is ex W.H. Cowburn and Cowpar Ltd of Manchester named “Swallow” built by Yarwoods and launched in 1934. She is now preserved in private ownership.
The steam roller behind her, belonging to Samual Bozson is slightly older than “Swallow” being built by John Fowler of Leeds in 1925.
The canal and town were thronging with boats and people as it is the annual Lymm transport day which is part of the 10-day Lymm Festival.
On transport day there are all forms of vintage transport on show including about 20 former working boats on the canal and 12 steam traction engines and rollers on the car park next to the canal.
Colin Wareing 22.6.2025
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