Places

3 places found.

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Maps

27 maps found.

1898, Canal Foot Ref. RNE660520
1886, Oxford Canal Ref. HOSM41722
1903, Canal Side Ref. RNC660522
1848 - 1911, Canal Foot Ref. HOSM39942
1947, Canal Foot Ref. NPO660520
1947, Canal Side Ref. NPO660522
1895, Canal Side Ref. RNE660522
1925, Canal Foot Ref. POP660520
1923, Canal Side Ref. POP660522
1903-1904, Canal Foot Ref. RNC660520
1923, Manchester Ship Canal Ref. POP772833
1896, Manchester Ship Canal Ref. RNE772833
1903, Manchester Ship Canal Ref. RNC772833
1947, Manchester Ship Canal Ref. NPO772833
1885 - 1886, Monmouthshire And Brecon Canal Ref. HOSM46279
1897, Boat Museum Ref. HOSM70745
1922, Hilperton Marsh Ref. HOSM39943
1899, Ty Canol Ref. HOSM62755
1920, Candle Street Ref. POP660547
1902-1903, Cefn Canol Ref. RNC665257

Books

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Memories

488 memories found. Showing results 1 to 10.

A Child's View.

I moved to Woldingham with my Mother (she worked for Sir James and Lady Marshall at Whistlers Wood) when I was five years old (1951). I remember my Mother ordering food from Saffins and this I believe was delivered. Also remember ...Read more

A memory of Woldingham by dlplant

Australians On The Cut 1975

Having left Australia on an open-ended working holiday to England in January, 1974 with my girlfriend, it was hard to imagine that within six weeks of arriving in London we'd be living on a leaky old narrow boat ...Read more

A memory of Leighton Buzzard in 1975 by Ross Barnard

Harry Street

My gran lived on Harry Street in the 1960's and early 70's. I remember playing near the Trafford swing bridge and the excitement when it was opened.  Old terraced houses slums by then. Corner shops and the horrible smell from the canal. ...Read more

A memory of Salford by Debra Edwards

The Fairway

I was born at 28 The Fairway in 1946. There was (is) a wide grassed area down the centre of the road making it a kind of dual carriageway. In the years following the 2nd World War there were, "Pig bins", on several sections of the grass ...Read more

A memory of Northolt by David Jagger

My Fenny Stratford Childhood

Having recently by chance spoken with someone who knew Fenny Stratford I was prompted to start looking on the internet and came across this site and for what it’s worth decided to record my memories. I was born ...Read more

A memory of Fenny Stratford by Dawn Cousins

Born And Bred A Jersey Marine Girl

There's alot to be said about Jersey Marine,it will always be home to me. I come from a well known family "Huxtable" and most of them are still there today. I've very fond memories of growing up there, ...Read more

A memory of Jersey Marine in 1974 by Rebecca Williams

Upper Heyford School

My father was stationed at RAF Upper Heyford 1949 to 1953.  My brothers, Peter, Michael and myself, Mary, went to the village school.  My older brother Richard went to school in Steeple Aston.  I remember the ...Read more

A memory of Upper Heyford in 1949 by mooremary4

'sabrina'.

I am certain the steamer is 'Sabrina' built in 1870 and was the steam inspection launch of the Directors and Engineer of the Gloucester and Berkeley Ship Canal, Gloucester. In 1912 'Sabrina' was owned by the Dock Company and did not leave ...Read more

A memory of Gloucester in 0 by Claire Allen

The Canal.

I was born in Hythe and spent all my childhood there. My brother, sister and I used to walk home from school along the canal bank. In the holidays we would take jam jars and catch tadpoles. In the winter, we would slide on the frozen water.

A memory of Hythe by Claire Allen

A Lifetime In Bredbury And Woodley

I have so enjoyed reading all the memories of Woodley and Bredbury. I lived on George Lane from 1939 to 1964, and went to St Mark's School in Bredbury. My Dad, Jack Hallsworth, worked at Livingstone's ...Read more

A memory of Woodley by Elizabeth Thompson

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Captions

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Caption For Brierley Hill, Delph Locks C1965

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

Caption For Hanbury, Hanbury Wharf C1965

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.

Caption For Hanbury, Hanbury Wharf C1965

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.

Caption For Ellesmere Port, Flour Mills And Dock C1955

Ellesmere Port was created when the Earl of Ellesmere constructed a canal from Ellesmere in Shropshire to meet the River Mersey.

Caption For Brierley Hill, Delph Locks C1965

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

Caption For Llangollen, On The Canal 1913

This woodland on the Llangollen canal just outside the town exists today, and the canal's channel has been extensively improved.

Caption For Llangollen, On The Canal 1913

This woodland on the Llangollen Canal just outside the town exists today, and the canal's channel has been extensively improved.

Caption For Eastham, Eastham Dock C1965

As oil tankers got bigger and bigger in the early 1950s, some of them were difficult to handle on the Manchester Ship Canal.

Caption For Newport, On The Canal 1898

This branch line canal was built to link with Telford's last canal, the Shropshire Union canal.

Caption For Llangollen, On The Canal 1913

This woodland on the Llangollen canal just outside the town exists today, and the canal's channel has been extensively improved.

Caption For Dutton, The Canal C1960

The Trent and Mersey Canal was completed in 1777.

Caption For Stratford Upon Avon, Memorial Theatre 1922

By the late 1780s the ever-expanding canal network looked set to by-pass Stratford.

Caption For Rochdale, Hollingworth Lake 1892

Hollingworth Lake was originally constructed as a feeder for the Rochdale Canal.

Caption For Market Drayton, Tyrley Locks 1911

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.

Caption For Great Haywood, The Lock C1955

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.

Caption For Runcorn, The Locks C1955

Roads, railways and also canals run through Runcorn. It is from here that the Bridgewater Canal drains to the sea.

Caption For Gargrave, The Lock, Eshton Road C1955

An aqueduct carries the canal over the river, the main road crosses over the canal and a railway runs over the road.

Caption For Garstang, The Canal Wharf C1955

Lancaster's beautiful canal, with its magnificent sea views of Morecambe Bay, was originally the vision of the factory owners of the locality, who were eager to connect their mills with the national canal

Caption For Exeter, The Port 1896

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.

Caption For Rickmansworth, Canal And Batchworth Lock 1897

The main Grand Union Canal, as the Grand Junction Canal later became, is on the right.

Caption For Aylesbury, The Milk Factory 1897

The coal wharves at the canal basin by Walton Street were soon joined by factories along the canal.

Caption For Loxwood, The Onslow Arms And River C1950

The Onslow Arms in Loxwood stands close to the Wey and Arun Junction Canal, which was opened in 1816.

Caption For Barnoldswick, The Locks C1955

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.

Caption For Barnoldswick, The Locks C1955

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.