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I Miss My Family Home
This picture is of my family home just under the quarry to the left. My father Glyndwr 'Pancho' Parry was one of the council machine drivers that had to fill in the canal between the Darren bridge and 'the now' cycle path ...Read more
A memory of Risca by
Wiseacre Croft And Area
I remember the Co-op milk and bread deliveries and also the laundry being sent off, mainly the sheets and towels as we had no washing machine or central heating so washing and drying was a problem especially in ...Read more
A memory of Shirley in 1966
Charlie Bristow
It always seems a pity when someone's life ends and there is a decreasing memory of their place in the town as the years go by. Hence, if I may, I would like to share with current readers in the town the memory of one of its figures of ...Read more
A memory of Thorne by
Walking Home From School
I remember walking to Brierley Hill Grammar school and back home to Pensnett most days, sometimes alone, sometimes with friends. We walked up Mill Street then down the High Street, with Chattin and Hortons, Woolworths to buy ...Read more
A memory of Pensnett in 1952 by
My Memories Of Salwarpe
I lived in the first house opposite the church, before we moved to Australia in 1963. Next door lived Dr Adenbrook (I think), next to the church lived the Hoods in the now college, mum worked for a Brenda & Bryan Mullens ...Read more
A memory of Salwarpe in 1960 by
Aerco
Aerco was started by my grandfather, Thomas Ricketts after the war. He was an engineer and Aerco sold and repaired early radios and the first TVs, hence the name Addlestone Electrical Radio Company! I believe there were two locations for the ...Read more
A memory of Addlestone in 1949 by
Leigh Boys Grammar School
I attended Leigh Boys Grammar from Sept 1944 to 1950/51. I cycled from Culcheth to Butts Bridge then along the Canal towpath to School. There were still a few horse drawn barges then. Friends at School were Bill ...Read more
A memory of Leigh in 1944 by
Coniston Rd
I lived with my grandparents on Coniston Road, the Kenny family. This was the happiest times of my life! Care free. Everyone was your aunty or your uncle, and you felt safe.. The canal was the pull of every child in the area, happy times.
A memory of Stretford by
Working At Rhos Pool As A Lifeguard 1969 To 1972
Though the summers were often cold and the on-shore wind very cold, it was great fun working as a lifeguard in the late 60s and early 70s at the Rhos on Sea Swimming Pool. In the mornings after sweeping ...Read more
A memory of Rhos in 1969 by
11 Mill End Lane
I spent a lot of my teenage years in "The Cottage" as it was known in the family with my Aunt Ella (Jenkins). Her Father in Law was Sir Thomas Jenkins OBE, Mayor of Burton 1910. Shortcuts through the Church, The Crown bowling green ...Read more
A memory of Alrewas in 1963 by
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Exeter's canal was built at the request of the Tudor merchants, who were exasperated by the weirs on the Exe that obstructed their vessels.
Its prosperity was increased after a canal was dug connecting the River Ant with the Broads.
Yelvertoft stands near the Grand Union Canal, on a stream which flows into the Avon. The village side streets are reminders of local farmers who long ago made their living off the land here.
The North Walsham and Dilham canal begins beyond the bridge, which is called Wayford Bridge.
The docks were constructed in the 1950s next to the entrance of the Manchester Ship Canal, replacing a series of old docks and wharfs.
This part of the canal is also popular with anglers.
One of the wonders of the waterway system, the five rise locks at Bingley in West Yorkshire are part of the Leeds & Liverpool canal.
The Leeds-Liverpool canal runs behind the church and crosses this road via an aqueduct.
Newport grew rapidly with the arrival of the Market Weighton canal in the 18th century; it was the final loading place before crossing a short distance to the Humber.
At the northern end of the Staffs and Worcester Canal, an unusual pleasure boat conversion heads towards Wolverhampton. The narrow section is a solid aqueduct over the river Trent.
A canal to Tiverton once started from near French Weir.
Colourful boats throng the river and canal daily, but none is as glamorous as the Venetian gondola (complete with gondolier) imported by the novelist Marie Corelli, who lived in Stratford from 1899
The Anderton Boat Lift linked the Trent & Mersey Canal (above) with the river Weaver below. Narrow boats entered a caisson along the trough to the left and were lowered down to the river.
There are two mill streams, one known as the Barton River, from which water is provided for the Itchen Navigation Canal, and this branch, which follows the Fair Oak Road with Montague Terrace on the right
This view looks towards one of the entrances to the series of underground canals that extended to the Duke's pits at Walkden.
Work on the canal at Gnosall began in 1830. One of the main problems facing the engineers was that they would have to bore a 690yd tunnel at Cowley.
Work on the canal at Gnosall began in 1830. One of the main problems facing the engineers was that they would have to bore a 690yd tunnel at Cowley.
The Anderton Boat Lift linked the Trent & Mersey Canal with the River Weaver. Narrow boats entered a caisson along the trough to the left and were lowered down to the river.
The bridge in our picture was erected when the river was diverted to form part of the Ship Canal in 1894.
Our photographer is standing on the bridge over the lock which separates the dock from the Lancaster Canal basin.
The Kennet & Avon was a working canal when this picture was taken. Today, the only boats you will see are recreational ones.
This is probably the longest-lived operational horse-drawn trip boat on the canal system.
New Canal street commemorates one of the many open waterways which ran through the medieval streets until the 19th century.
The Leeds/Liverpool Canal and the railway both increased access to new markets across the Pennines and down to the south.
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