More than 400 people flocked to a canal yard for a taste of history and theatre as an open-air play was performed.
Jackie Jeffrey, who played the Duke of Bridgewater, with her pie. Photo: Phil Blagg Photography
The script was especially written by local writer Shaun Higgins with songs by Mirjana Garland. It focused on how the canal now known as the Llangollen Canal came to be built, particularly its route through Ellesmere. From left to right, Derek Cairns Amanda Bevan Catherine Eve Tom Walton . Photo: Phil Blagg Photography
"Most people have heard of Thomas Telford, but fewer of a rather reserved engineer called William Jessop, yet he was responsible for the initial planning of the route. The contrast between these two characters lay at the heart of the show."
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