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The Pike

Many years ago in the late 1960s there was a stretch of canal down by old Royston. The local fishing club would spend hundreds of pounds on replenishing the fishing stocks with rainbow trout - the only problem with this idea was ...Read more

A memory of Royston by Roland Mitchell

Market Days

I remember the various market stalls well, and the market cafe where you could be a greasy bacon cob, and a well stewed tea from the giant tea pot ! I used to buy a bundle of nylon stockings from a stall on the town hall corner. There ...Read more

A memory of Worksop in 1966 by Karen Walsh

The Old Primary School

My sister Roberta and I used to walk from Ellington Colliery to the school at Ellington Village. My Nanna would wrap our dinner money and savings money in a handkerchief and see us off from the top of the first row. In ...Read more

A memory of Ellington in 1958 by Gerald Lamb

Davenhill School

I used to live in Aintree Lane, by St Giles's Church in the only council houses. I'm one of twelve children - the Ferrie's, and everyone knew at least one of us. I remember playing in Aintree race course, skating around the ...Read more

A memory of Old Roan Sta in 1959

Perivale, 1964 1994

I was born at 194 Bilton Road in June 1964 and my name was Jackie Wall. I attended Perivale Nursery School, then the infant school and followed by the middle school. I was terrified of the headmistress Mrs Charlton, but ...Read more

A memory of Perivale by Jackie Gindrat

Woodley Village As It Was

I was brought up in Woodley in the 1960's when Woodley was a tight knit community. My parents had a shop on Hyde Road, "Kelsall's". It was a sweets and tobacconist shop and at the back of the shop there was ...Read more

A memory of Woodley in 1964 by Harry Kelsall

Victory Cruise

I lived in Eastham, and I was about 10 years old when the war ended and a cruise up the Manchester Ship Canal was organised, possibly on board the "Royal Daffodil" which I see is still doing the cruises. Could it be ...Read more

A memory of Manchester Ship Canal in 1946 by Frank Davies

Policeman's Daughter

My dad Harry Newbon, became the village bobby in 1956. We lived in the police house in Wellfield Road until 1964 - the happiest days of my young life. Attending the village school where the head was Mr Hayton. Does anyone ...Read more

A memory of Alrewas by Christine Burton

Born & Bred In Aberfan

I was born in 1937 and with the outbreak of WWII lived with my grandparents, Ollie and Maggi Owen, at 29 Cottrell Street, Aberfan, while my father served in the army. My parents were Roy and Ada Taylor, and after the war my ...Read more

A memory of Aberfan in 1950 by Alan Taylor

Growing Up

Remembering my childhood memories in Cossall, what fun we had. I lived on The Glebe from 1953 for 50 years. I remember the cold winters, waking up in the mornings with ice on the inside of the bedroom windows, going to Top School and ...Read more

A memory of Awsworth in 1953 by Janet Basri

Captions

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Caption For Lymm, The Bridgewater Canal C1960

A few yards from the site of photograph L122026, a pair of loaded boats head south towards the Trent & Mersey Canal. They were owned by Horsefield Ltd.

Caption For Newbury, The Wharf C1960

At the height of the canal era, the Wharf was a bustling depot where up to ten large barges could load and unload.

Caption For Tibberton, Approach To The Church C1960

Tibberton is situated to the north-east of Worcester on the line of the Birmingham to Worcester Canal.

Caption For Frimley Green, On The Canal 1909

This view, this time from the boathouse side of the canal, shows Frimhurst Lodge, with Frimhurst behind the trees in the background.

Caption For North Walsham, Bactonwood Mill, Spa Common C1955

It was powered by the head waters of the River Ant, canalised in 1826 as the North Walsham and Dilham Canal.

Caption For Drayton Bassett, The Canal And Swing Bridge C1965

The canal at Drayton Manor, with its unique Gothic-style footbridge, complete with battlements.

Caption For Blisworth, The Grand Union Canal C1955

A craft heads southwards towards Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal.

Caption For Helston, Loe Pool 1890

In 1837 the local squire, Reverend Canon Rogers, commissioned James Rendell to design a harbour for the Loe.

Caption For Berkhamsted, The Canal And Lock C1965

This is the Grand Union Canal. The line was built by the Grand Junction company between London and Braunston (Northants).

Caption For Market Harborough, Canal Bridge 1922

Designed and constructed as a working tool, canals have become some of the most attractive and restful waterways in Britain.

Caption For Hythe, General View 1890

The Royal Military Canal stretches parallel with the coast, hidden by the furthest trees in the middle distance. Note how little the seafront is built up at this time.

Caption For Leighton Buzzard, The Grand Union Canal C1955

Two loaded narrowboats head north on the Grand Union Canal, their cargo concealed from both weather and prying eyes by careful sheeting.

Caption For Ulverston, Market Place 1912

At the time this photograph was taken, Ulverston was still a busy commercial port linked to the River Leven by the mile-long Ulverston Canal, England's shortest.

Caption For Lymm, The Cross 1897

The pieces (rolls) were delivered by canal boat, and after cutting were returned to Manchester for dyeing and finishing.

Caption For Barnt Green, The Green C1965

The foreground one is possibly Cofton Reservoir and the other may be Upper Bittell Reservoir, which was built as a canal feeder in 1836.

Caption For Lickey, Bittell Reservoirs C1965

The foreground one is possibly Cofton Reservoir and the other may be Upper Bittell Reservoir, which was built as a canal feeder in 1836.

Caption For Monkton Combe, C1955

A canal and railway passed under the bridge. To the right is Brassknocker Hill.

Caption For Lickey, Bittell Reservoirs C1965

The foreground one is possibly Cofton Reservoir and the other may be Upper Bittell Reservoir, which was built as a canal feeder in 1836.

Caption For Frimley Green, The Basingstoke Canal And New Boathouse 1909

This view looks north from the old Guildford Road Bridge, with the canal aqueduct across the Waterloo - Basingstoke line in the background.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Place 1921

Its prosperity increased after a canal was dug connecting the River Ant with the Broads.

Caption For Exeter, From The Canal 1896

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.

Caption For North Walsham, Market Place 1921

Its prosperity was increased after a canal was dug connecting the River Ant with the Broads.

Caption For Upchurch, St Mary The Virgin C1955

The most distinctive feature of the church is its curious 'candle-snuffer' two-tier steeple, but the village also remembers that in 1560, its vicar was Edmund Drake, father of Francis Drake.

Caption For Bude, The Town 1929

It was once a modest seaport for the Bude Canal but grew in size and importance after the railway arrived in the 1890s.