Derby Shardlow Bailey Bridge 27

Cavendish Bridge over the Trent was swept away by floods in 1947 this Bailey Bridge was built by the Army in April 1947.
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By Jim Gill: I remember the bailey bridge very well My father was a scrap iron man and one day he drove a big horse and dray over it I followed with a donkey and cart the donkey layed down on the c bridge this caused total chaos until some men came along and picked it up and the local policeman was not amused I was about 7 at the time carried it over














