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New Mill, The Implement Gate c.1955
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This is part of the marvellous system which by 1933 comprised the Grand Junction or Union Canal, linking the Thames with the Midland canal system, and providing a direct waterway link between London and Birmingham. Completed at the start of the 19th century, it brought the industrial revolution to rural Hertfordshire. Four male generations of one family worked as lock keepers here, providing nearly 200 years of service between them.

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A Selection of Memories from New Mill

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. Here are some from New Mill

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Living In New Mill As A Child.
Behind the Implement Gate you can just see a large house that has now been demolished to make way for a not very pretty estate. The large house was owned by the Calverton family who were considered to be very 'posh', and were often seen riding their horses around the village, they had stables on land at the rear of the house, where the fields were farmed by the Mason family whos farm and house on ...see more
New Mill, the Implement Gate c1960
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Growing Up In New Mill
I was born in 1949 and lived in New Mill until 1973. I clearly remember the Implement gate, what happened to it? We used to meet there as boys, close to the canal where we played football in a field known as "Sewage Farm Stadium" as it adjoined the open sewage works where we dug worms for fishing. There was very little traffic at that time and we raced carts made from old prams down the hill by the Red ...see more
New Mill, the Implement Gate c1960
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