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Born In Grandmother's Home In Fauldhouse
It was a bad snow storm and the doctor almost didn't get there. My mum had been in dry labor for a week, or so she told me. I was stuck in the birth canal and the doc had to pull me out with ...Read more
A memory of Blackburn in 1947 by
My First Visit To Womburne
Our first visit to Wombourne was an invitation from the Cashione family, Billy Buns Lane - we all met in France on holiday. Phylis had 3 daughters and was a widow; she was a lovely lady and have since lost all contact! ...Read more
A memory of Wombourne in 1985 by
Gilwern Boats In The Forties
The boats were owned by a Mr Goodin, he hired them out by the hour and people came from all the valleys to go on the canal. We as teenagers used to make some pocket money by rowing those that could not row up the ...Read more
A memory of Gilwern in 1940 by
My First School
My very first memory is in 1934 when my parents, sister and I came to live in rooms over a private school in The Mount (from memory) near to a new Fire Station that had just been built. I was four years old and my mother was ...Read more
A memory of Chingford in 1930 by
My Life In Fishersgate And Southwick.
I was born in Southlands hospital in 1932. In 1935 I moved into 14 West Road Fishersgate and (when old enough)went to Fishersgate Infant school. In 1943 we moved into 21 Fishersgate Terrace, which at that time ...Read more
A memory of Southwick by
75 Crwys Crescent
My name is Paul Griffiths and I lived at the above address from 1942 until 1951 when my parents moved to Braintree, Essex. Some of the fondest memories of my childhood were spent at Upper Boat and we lived at the last house in ...Read more
A memory of Upper Boat by
I Lived Here In 1962
My Father had gone to New Zealand in search of new frontiers and my mother, older brother Martin and sister, Jane and myself were staying with my Nanna in Queen Street-we were there for over a year. Dad came home and we ...Read more
A memory of Ellesmere Port in 1962 by
Pear Tree Estate
My family (the Millers) lived in Hillary Crest on the Pear Tree Estate. Dad, Bill, was an electrician in the mine (possibly Coppice). He also had a 2nd job at the Pub at the bottom of the Estate where he sold ales & played ...Read more
A memory of Rugeley in 1955 by
Top Lock Southall
Quaker Oats had a spur going into their factory just past top lock on the Grand Union Canal. I used to watch the barges being unloaded with a huge vacumn pipe used by a man standing on the barge. Due to the fact a lot of wheat ...Read more
A memory of Southall in 1959 by
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This must be a very early photograph of the navigation, for the canal did not open until 1 January 1894. 36 miles long, and many years (and financial crises) under construction, it linked Manchester to
There were nine swing bridges over the canal, seven of them being where major roads crossed. Some crossing points not considered important enough for a bridge were provided with ferries.
The originally 13th-century church has undergone substantial rebuilding, and is now graced by this curious 'candle- snuffer' shingled spire, incorporating small windows round it.
The mill is on the North Walsham and Dilham Canal. Sir William Cubitt, an engineer best known for inventing the prison treadmill, was born here in 1785.
At the height of the canal era, the Wharf was a bustling depot where up to ten large barges could load and unload.
In this view the pub, the river, and both bridges can all be seen. Note the pole sign for the pub standing in the river.
Broad-canopied trees cast reflections in the waters of the ornamental Dutch canal leading towards the building. In 1946 the garden house was converted into holiday accommodation.
Industry in the village included candle making and paper production. The mill chimney is prominent in this picture, together with the school, the Victorian church and the Wesleyan chapel.
At the bottom of Wells Hill we can see the railway station, which came with the Bath and Bristol line in 1874, succeeding a canal and tramway for carrying coal.
Once a canal feeder, Chasewater was developed for recreational purposes in the late 1950s offering sailing and boating.
The old Turf Lock Inn stands near the lock gates where the Exeter Canal - probably the oldest in England - meets the Exe estuary.
According to some sources, they also helped to construct the nearby Basingstoke Canal. Odiham churchyard contains the graves of several French prisoners.
The traffic is now diverted down Silver Street (left), and the street lights have been replaced by the modern Richardson Candles.
A craft heads southwards towards Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal.
This institution, originally founded in 1867 as an asylum for pauper lunatics, lies to the north of the Basingstoke Canal and the main railway line.
Below them meanders the River Frome, with canal and railway line running in parallel, flanked by foundries and business parks.
The Rochdale Canal, seen here in the foreground, runs through the valley, and brought jobs and prosperity to the town. The spire of the parish church watches over the town school in the background.
This is a typical Oxford Canal drawbridge. You may be surprised to learn that they are quite easy to operate, for they are very well-balanced.
This pleasant village on the Trent & Mersey Canal was a popular stop-off point for old boatmen: the pubs in the village were the main attraction. The church is mainly 13th- and 14th-century.
In the Stourport basin, in dry dock by the big wharf, boats can be refurbished; the basin, reached by the canal through locks, was built to accommodate and service longboats with a full
With so many canals recently restored for leisure purposes, this is a scene that is still very familiar to fishermen, walkers and boat people all over the country.
The Sheffield & South Yorkshire was established in 1895, and was created from a grouping of several much older waterways, including the Stainforth & Keady and the Sheffield canals.
These locks are so close together that in order to maintain a satisfactory supply of water, it was necessary to extend the canal at the left-hand side above each chamber.
This is where the (un-navigable) river Witham and the Roman-built Fossdyke Canal joined.
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