Places

3 places found.

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Maps

27 maps found.

1901, Candle Street Ref. RNC660547
1946, Candle Street Ref. NPO660547
1947, Cefn Canol Ref. NPO665257
1910, Cefn Canol Ref. HOSM40441
1921, Cefn Canol Ref. POP665257
1898, Candle Street Ref. RNE660547
1897, Cefn Canol Ref. RNE665257

Books

2 books found. Showing results 25 to 2.

Memories

488 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.

The Anchor

I was born on the Anchor in 1941. The houses were set back from the road with rough patch of ground in front of them where Pat Collin's fair used to set up every year in the summer. From the canal bridge on the left was the pub, The ...Read more

A memory of Deepfields by Robert Leadbeater

The Kennet

The river is the Kennet and this view shows the junction of the Kennet river (from low level bridge on the right) and the Kennet and Avon Canal (towards the locks straight ahead). The tributary to the left is towards the West Mills flour mill (water powered). The view is upstream (West).

A memory of Newbury by Claire Allen

Hill Street Pontnewydd

Hi. My name is Iris Elliott (nee ) Poole. I was born in Hill Street Pontnewydd in 1930 to Daisy and Tom Poole. I had a brother Mervin. Everyone knew my father Tom who was quite a character. He was a very big man and worked in ...Read more

A memory of Pontnewydd by janet.elliott

Good Times

I lived at 14 oak street Chapel of Ease. I can remember the two estates being built and the bridge in the photo is also the way I went to school at the west end primary school. The red phone box is still there I believe, in the photo the ...Read more

A memory of Abercarn by John Weeks

Fishing

During the school holidays the canal and it's towpath became a playground for many of the village children. Several of us caught the fishing bug and used the canal many times throughout the holiday. We always looked out for a barge ...Read more

A memory of Wheaton Aston in 1956 by Roy Downton

Stone In The 1950s

I am now 57 years of age, and live in Australia. I was born in Stone, Stafforshire in 1949 and would love to go back and visit. As a child I remember walking along the canal and standing watching as a blacksmith mended a horse's ...Read more

A memory of Stone in 1956 by Eileen Page

The Hope Inn

I think it was 1949/50, I remember living along the canal side, Trafalgar Row it was called, over the other side from the Hope Inn.  Somehow I think it was further up than Somerfield almost opposite the Empire.  Most of my family used ...Read more

A memory of Wisbech in 1949 by Sandra Ireland

Bailey Bridge Pontoon Canal Cruisers.

I built the boat shown on the right hand side of the photograph.   Bailey Bridge pontoon MKVI N0.19053 was manufactured by Gee Walker & Slater Ltd, Uttoxeter Road, Derby and sent to Engineers Stores, US ...Read more

A memory of Great Haywood in 0 by Claire Allen

Ice Skating On The Port

In the very cold winter of 1963 the canal port (known as the polly basin) froze over we were able to go iceskating , Brimscombe Hill had deep snow drifts and was shutdown but we still got the papers delivered !!! I was a paper boy at the time aged 11 yrs

A memory of Brimscombe in 1963 by Stuart Baker

Bridgewater Canal

My younger brother Russell and I grew up on Coniston Road in Stretford and one of my earliest memories was of going down to the canal armed with pickle jars that had breathing holes stabbed into the lid (a fork from mums kitchen ...Read more

A memory of Stretford in 1971 by Darren Crumbleholme

Captions

720 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.

Caption For Congleton, The Canal C1965

The Bosley flight of 12 locks on the Macclesfield Canal is located in simply superb scenery.

Caption For Gnosall, Wharf Bridge C1955

The Shropshire Union Canal, engineered by Thomas Telford and con- structed between 1827 and 1835, was the last of the major canals.

Caption For Pontymister, The Canal And The Bridge C1950

This delightful bridge spans the Monmouthshire canal. The canal was built between 1797 and 1812 to link Brecon with Newport and the Severn Estaury.

Caption For Brewood, The Canal And Bridge C1965

In 1846 the Shropshire Union Canal Co was formed by the amalgamation of several companies.

Caption For Hythe, The Royal Military Canal 1918

As the canal was never needed as a defence, it became a haven for wildlife.

Caption For Hopwas, The Canal C1965

The Birmingham & Fazerley Canal, completed in 1789, provided a more direct route for London-bound goods. It was a unique example of co-operation between canal companies.

Caption For Daventry, The Canal C1965

A motorised narrow boat tows its butty along behind – on the open canal, the 'snubber' or towing rope was normally 60 feet long. They are heading south on the Grand Union Canal from Braunston Tunnel.

Caption For Llangollen, The Canal C1935

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.

Caption For Polesworth, Coventry Canal 1963

The canal reached Atherstone in 1771; by this time all the authorised capital had been spent and James Brindley sacked.

Caption For Ellesmere, The Canal C1960

Now known as the Shropshire Union Canal, the Ellesmere Canal was built at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. The system linked the River Dee with the Mersey, the Trent and the Severn.

Caption For Ellesmere Port, Refineries From Canal Bridge C1955

Ellesmere Port was the focal point for much of the canal activity in Cheshire.

Caption For Runcorn, The Locks C1955

The Duke of Bridgewater has been called 'the parent and father' of our canal system.

Caption For Preston, Old Tram Bridge 1893

In 1792, a company was formed by Lancaster merchants; they saw a canal as a way of getting cheap coal from Wigan and getting other goods out to the towns in the heart of Lancashire, and to the growing

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

The Basingstoke Canal was opened in 1794, and stretches for a length of 37 miles from the River Wey to Basingstoke. Notice how the canal crosses in an aqueduct over the main railway line.

Caption For Hythe, The Canal 1899

The Royal Military Canal was constructed in the early 19th century; its purpose was to transport military personnel along the most vulnerable stretch of Kent's coast in the event of a French

Caption For Barnoldswick, The Locks C1955

The Leeds & Liverpool Canal climbs out of Yorkshire into the Pennines. After these three locks at Greenberfield, there is a short summit and a tunnel before the canal descends into Lancashire.

Caption For Braunston, The Canal C1965

Blue Line, whose buildings and offices we see here, was a pioneer company in promoting canal cruising both here and in France.

Caption For Newport, Allt Yr Yn, Above The Lock 1893

The Monmouthshire Canal ran from Newport to Pontymoile, with a branch to Crumlin. Allt-yr-yn is the name of the hill in the distance.

Caption For Fleckney, The Grand Union Canal C1965

The locks at Fleckney are a part of the descent of the canal from its high point at Foxton into the Soar Valley.

Caption For Wisbech, The Canal 1929

A fishing boat lies in the tidal section of the canal that linked it to the River Nene, which can be seen under Sluice Bridge.

Caption For Manchester Ship Canal, Latchford Lockd

The 'Fairy Queen', a passenger-carrying vessel, is seen on the Manchester Ship Canal during the early months after its opening.

Caption For Daventry, The Canal C1965

A motorised narrow boat tows its butty along behind – on the open canal, the 'snubber' or towing rope was normally 60 feet long. They are heading south on the Grand Union Canal from Braunston Tunnel.

Caption For Lymm, The Canal C1960

Here we have another view of the Bridgewater Canal, this time in Lymm.

Caption For Runcorn, Top Locks C1955

Top Locks was the end of the Bridgewater Canal system - it had come all the way from Manchester and Worsley.