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Croxley Station 1940 1945
Hi, my name is Brian Nicoll. My mother, father and I lived in 10 Frankland Rd from 25/9/35 when I was born until 1956 when I got married. As a small boy I used to have a friend called Roger Gosney who lived over the ...Read more
A memory of Croxley Green in 1940 by
Canter Across The Canal
It must have been around the late 1960s, early 1970s when my sister and I used to ride our ponies down to Avoncliff. We lived a short distance away in Upper Westwood and our mother liked us to ride along the tow path as it ...Read more
A memory of Avoncliff in 1970 by
It Has To Be The Canal .........
My cousin who lived beside the canal in Gringley Road was Roy Butroid, my favourite cousin, who was the local carpenter and later undertaker. Sadly he died eight years ago but his widow, a lovely lady named Pauline, still ...Read more
A memory of Misterton in 1946 by
Happy Childhood
I lived with my grandma Elizabeth (Lizzie) Bignell at No 10 Ten Cottages from 1943 to around 1948. The houses were Estate owned (and still are) and my grandad Robert Bignell worked at the manor house first as a shepherd and ...Read more
A memory of Wormleighton in 1946 by
Happy Days
The main memory that I have is growing up in a small village with lots of friends, the pear tree wall will last in my memory for ever, the meeting place for all, playing football on the green, fathers aginst the children, everyone was ...Read more
A memory of Haskayne in 1962 by
Memories Of A Childhood In Southwick
I went to Southwick Primary School. I remember being picked as a 'flag flyer' and welcoming the Duke of Edinburgh when he opened the new lock. I think it was in about 1955. We were unable to use the locks ...Read more
A memory of Southwick by
My Schooldays 1952 54 Near Skipton
My Grandparents lived at 26 Otley Street in Skipton from the 1940 ( or earlier ) and I had first visited them in 1945 after VE day, They were Thomas Henry Jackson, my Grandmother Charlotte Jackson and their ...Read more
A memory of Skipton in 1952 by
Wartime Years In Llanarmon Yn Ial
Shortly after the outbreak of war, my Father who had a pet shop in Wallasey, evacuated the family to Llanarmon. We consisted of Dad, Mum, my brother Ray and myself. We moved into Rose Cottage in the ...Read more
A memory of Llanarmon-yn-Ial in 1940 by
Fish And Chips At Hest Bank
when i was young i would go for fish and chips they were great and there was always something to do some where to ride on our bikes at hest bank. I now live in australia and in 2006 took my three girls to england for ...Read more
A memory of Hest Bank in 1965 by
Pont Y Waun
This is a view of Pont-y waun from Pont-y-waun bridge. If you look closely you can just make out the canal that ran parallel to the railway line. In the background is the Rhwsg mountain which I had the pleasure to climb frequently as a kid and even recently on my mountain bike!
A memory of Pontywaun in 1970 by
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The reasoning behind the construction of the Dudley and Stourbridge Canals was for the transportation of coal from pits around Dudley to the glass works at Stourbridge, and for the export of coals
Ellesmere Port was created when the Earl of Ellesmere constructed a canal from Ellesmere in Shropshire to meet the River Mersey.
This woodland on the Llangollen canal just outside the town exists today, and the canal's channel has been extensively improved.
This woodland on the Llangollen Canal just outside the town exists today, and the canal's channel has been extensively improved.
The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.
The wharf is closer to Droitwich than Hanbury, next to the place where the Worcester and Birmingham Canal (opened 1815) is joined by the Droitwich Junction Canal.
The reasoning behind the construction of the Dudley and Stourbridge Canals was for the transportation of coal from pits around Dudley to the glass works at Stourbridge, and for the export of coals
This woodland on the Llangollen canal just outside the town exists today, and the canal's channel has been extensively improved.
As oil tankers got bigger and bigger in the early 1950s, some of them were difficult to handle on the Manchester Ship Canal.
Now known as the Shropshire Union Canal, this was originally the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction Canal; it was the last of Thomas Telford's canals, being completed six months after he died.
This branch line canal was built to link with Telford's last canal, the Shropshire Union canal.
Roads, railways and also canals run through Runcorn. It is from here that the Bridgewater Canal drains to the sea.
The Trent and Mersey Canal never actually linked to the Mersey, but it did make a connection with the Bridgewater Canal in Cheshire which did.
The Trent and Mersey Canal was completed in 1777.
An aqueduct carries the canal over the river, the main road crosses over the canal and a railway runs over the road.
By the late 1780s the ever-expanding canal network looked set to by-pass Stratford.
Hollingworth Lake was originally constructed as a feeder for the Rochdale Canal.
The Onslow Arms in Loxwood stands close to the Wey and Arun Junction Canal, which was opened in 1816.
Barnoldswick grew once the Leeds-Liverpool canal arrived around 1812. The local textile industry blossomed, and people moved into the village from the surrounding areas to work in the new mills.
Barnoldswick grew once the Leeds-Liverpool canal arrived around 1812. The local textile industry blossomed, and people moved into the village from the surrounding areas to work in the new mills.
The Shropshire Union Canal, engineered by Thomas Telford and con- structed between 1827 and 1835, was the last of the major canals.
Exeter's canal was built at the request of the city's Tudor merchants and traders, who were exasperated by the weirs on the River Exe that obstructed the free flow of water transport into the city.
The canal was started in 1793 and was completed in 1805. It was originally called the Ellesmere Canal, but is now known as the Llangollen Canal.
The coal wharves at the canal basin by Walton Street were soon joined by factories along the canal.
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