Newbury, The Weavers' Cottages And The Canal c.1955
Photo ref: N61028
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This delightful stretch of towpath, with its lines of quaint cottages and period houses, is where the Kennet & Avon Canal enters Newbury on its way to meet the Thames at Reading. These brick and timber-framed cottages are Jacobean, and the tile-hung east gable, partly visible on the extreme left, has moulded bargeboards and a picturesque oriel window which retains its old casements and leaded lights.

Memories of Newbury, the Weavers' Cottages and the Canal c1955

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My Father, John (Jack) Lovelock lived in Weaver's Cottages, he learnt to swim in the K & A Canal alongside. We used to walk past the large detached house towards the end of the towpath you can see and there were always budgies in a cage/aviary there in the 1960's.