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Memories
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Captions
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The Bosley flight of 12 locks on the Macclesfield Canal is located in simply superb scenery.
The Shropshire Union Canal, engineered by Thomas Telford and con- structed between 1827 and 1835, was the last of the major canals.
This delightful bridge spans the Monmouthshire canal. The canal was built between 1797 and 1812 to link Brecon with Newport and the Severn Estaury.
In 1846 the Shropshire Union Canal Co was formed by the amalgamation of several companies.
As the canal was never needed as a defence, it became a haven for wildlife.
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.
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.
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 canal reached Atherstone in 1771; by this time all the authorised capital had been spent and James Brindley sacked.
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.
Ellesmere Port was the focal point for much of the canal activity in Cheshire.
The Duke of Bridgewater has been called 'the parent and father' of our canal system.
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
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.
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
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.
Blue Line, whose buildings and offices we see here, was a pioneer company in promoting canal cruising both here and in France.
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.
The locks at Fleckney are a part of the descent of the canal from its high point at Foxton into the Soar Valley.
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.
The 'Fairy Queen', a passenger-carrying vessel, is seen on the Manchester Ship Canal during the early months after its opening.
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.
Here we have another view of the Bridgewater Canal, this time in Lymm.
Top Locks was the end of the Bridgewater Canal system - it had come all the way from Manchester and Worsley.
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