how do you open the bridge. i have just bought a narrow boat and need help please .

the original bridge was blown up during ww2 by the ira, theres no exact explanation for this, but the most popular tale was they wanted to stop the farm workers going to the local church

That is a great picture - I just stumbled into online & the scene is how I recall it from the 1970s when I lived in Turnbridge Road - just off Green Lane that crosses the canal.

I think the actual bridge pictured is a replacement to that which was there back in the 1970s. It was very risckety as one crossed.