Kinver, High Street c.1965
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Photo ref: K37104
Photo of Kinver, High Street c.1965

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Opened throughout in 1772, the Staffs & Worcestershire Canal was designed by James Brindley as part of a scheme to allow traffic to operate between the Thames, Trent, Severn and Mersey. At ten miles from Stourport, Kinver lies just to the west of Kinver Lock. The total length of the canal was just over 46 miles with 43 locks: it ran from the River Severn, at Stourport, to a junction with the Trent & Mersey, at Great Haywood.

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Memories of Kinver, High Street c1965

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. These memories are of Kinver, High Street c.1965

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My grandfather, Jospeh Thomas Biggs and later my father, Horace Leonard Biggs, from 1936 operated a building company and undertakers from Kinver High street in the 1930s. The company built many houses in Kinver, Wollaston, Stourbridge & Kidderminster. The houses were mainly detached and nearly all had distinctive roof scroll finials on the ends of the ridges. Can any one help with the history ...see more