General Information

During the year 2000 D J Clark built a visual record of the Lancaster & Morecambe district using photographs and information submitted by those that feature in the pictures. The project was conducted in association with Lancaster Museum and has been archived for future generations to look back at the district at the turn of the new Millennium. For more information on the project visit the information page. If you find a caption is wrong or there is a fault with the page please e-mail D J Clark.

Date: October 8th, 2000
Location: Lune

Photographer's Diary

15th September

Moving on to the bridge I returned to find little had been done. The final sections were due to be moved while I was away, but no such luck. I met a man who had been waiting for the past few weeks with his video camera as he witnessed one delay after another. I hung about and then returned after lunch for the final section being lifted into place. Just as it landed, one workman with a sense of humour peddled a child's bike across the bridge only to be met with a hurl of abuse from his boss. He never made it across, but the picture made the front of the Lancaster Guardian.
I returned on Saturday and then on Sunday to get the masts being lifted into place. It was raining and cold so I didn't stay long.

8th October The Bridge

I was driving to the golf course for a rare show with a long lost friend, when I saw the bridge being taken a part. The single hung from the sky as workers madly worked below to cure the problems that had developed since the masts were put in place. I stopped the car and grabbed my point and shoot. I was already late to the tee so hurriedly snapped a few frames in the early warm light.

As we got on to the course at Lansil I soon saw the picture with the castle behind and took a few more frames, club in hand.

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