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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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
Captions
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This view, this time from the boathouse side of the canal, shows Frimhurst Lodge, with Frimhurst behind the trees in the background.
It was powered by the head waters of the River Ant, canalised in 1826 as the North Walsham and Dilham Canal.
The canal at Drayton Manor, with its unique Gothic-style footbridge, complete with battlements.
A craft heads southwards towards Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal.
In 1837 the local squire, Reverend Canon Rogers, commissioned James Rendell to design a harbour for the Loe.
This is the Grand Union Canal. The line was built by the Grand Junction company between London and Braunston (Northants).
Designed and constructed as a working tool, canals have become some of the most attractive and restful waterways in Britain.
Two loaded narrowboats head north on the Grand Union Canal, their cargo concealed from both weather and prying eyes by careful sheeting.
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.
The pieces (rolls) were delivered by canal boat, and after cutting were returned to Manchester for dyeing and finishing.
The foreground one is possibly Cofton Reservoir and the other may be Upper Bittell Reservoir, which was built as a canal feeder in 1836.
The foreground one is possibly Cofton Reservoir and the other may be Upper Bittell Reservoir, which was built as a canal feeder in 1836.
A canal and railway passed under the bridge. To the right is Brassknocker Hill.
The foreground one is possibly Cofton Reservoir and the other may be Upper Bittell Reservoir, which was built as a canal feeder in 1836.
This view looks north from the old Guildford Road Bridge, with the canal aqueduct across the Waterloo - Basingstoke line in the background.
Its prosperity increased after a canal was dug connecting the River Ant with the Broads.
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.
Its prosperity was increased after a canal was dug connecting the River Ant with the Broads.
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.
It was once a modest seaport for the Bude Canal but grew in size and importance after the railway arrived in the 1890s.
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.
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