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A Dunking
The story of the family dunking.....Once upon time there was a naughty little boy aka POP, and he and his friends decided they fancied the bibles and candles from the local church, they decided to run for it, and he and his mates decided ...Read more
A memory of Ipswich 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
An Old Mans Memories
I was born in 1922 in the village of Mundford. My Father was the village policeman. The village was then a self-contained society and provided all the necessities of life, including a doctor, blacksmith, carpenter and general ...Read more
A memory of Mundford in 1920 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
Joe Allmans Junk Shop
This shop had solid soil floors. It was full of old junk which now I suppose would be classed as antiques. Joe Allman was the owner and was made to leave as the Council stated that the building was unfit for human occupation; ...Read more
A memory of Northwich by
The Mighty Slide Of Stephens Park
When very young I used to go with my father to the huge allotments opposite the parade of shops in Wrotham Road. It was always on a Sunday when the hut shop was open for the sale of seed, fertiliser and garden ...Read more
A memory of Welling by
Visitation Preparatory School Bridport
1962 to 1966, the car journey from Surrey was full of tears, taken by my mother and grandfather, on arrival the tiled entry and the Nuns in full habits greeted us, I was soon ushered in to the hall with promise ...Read more
A memory of Bridport by
Abbotsham School In The 1960's
Growing up at Fairy Cross, Alwington and as our village school had closed in the late 1950s we had to catch the school bus daily morning and afternoon to Abbotsham Primary School. (Shown in the centre back of the ...Read more
A memory of Abbotsham by
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Top Locks was the end of the Bridgewater Canal system - it had come all the way from Manchester and Worsley.
A little-known fact is that Exeter was the first place to be served by an artificial canal with locks.
Winding around the village is the Bridgewater Canal.
Just along the canal from Bridge 104, the boat is emerging from a turning point in the canal basin.
Just along the canal from Bridge 104, the boat is emerging from a turning point in the canal basin. The bank to the right, where the car is parked, now houses a boat hire firm, Castle Narrowboats.
The Shropshire Union Canal, engineered by Thomas Telford and con- structed between 1827 and 1835, was the last of the major canals.
Few canal sights in Britain match the splendour of the Caen Hill flight of 29 locks which raises the Kennet and Avon canal 230 feet over a two mile stretch.
The 'Welford Arm' runs east for one and a half miles from the Leicester branch of the Grand Union Canal and opened in 1814.
The Macclesfield Canal passes through the outskirts of Congleton, complete with an elegant iron aqueduct where it crosses Canal Street, and several attractive bridges.
This drainage took place when the canals were being cut so that the village sits between two canals (the Bridgewater and the Manchester Ship Canal).
The locks at Fleckney are a part of the descent of the canal from its high point at Foxton into the Soar Valley.
Looking West to the Diving Board Coate Water was originally constructed in 1821-22 as a reservoir, and was designed to overcome water shortages on the canal system around the town when
This peaceful view shows the Lancaster Canal as it passes through Bolton-le-Sands. The canal arrived here in 1797, and transformed the village into a town.
Winding around the village is the Bridgewater Canal.
The thirty-five mile long Manchester Ship Canal works as one great harbour, and ships moving up and down the canal have to register each movement with the control centre at Eastham.
When the Ship Canal first opened (our view is only twelve months after that opening on 1 January 1894), many people wanted to travel, and see the wonders of this new waterway.
Completed in 1794, the Basingstoke Canal is 37 miles long; it was originally planned as a major commercial route to link London and Guildford with Southampton via Andover or Winchester.
The Duke of Bridgewater has been called 'the parent and father' of our canal system.
The Grand Western Canal was a 19th- century dream, planned to run from Taunton to the River Exe near Exeter.
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.
This is a section of the Trent and Mersey Canal lying to the west of the village. On the other side of the village is the famous Anderton Boat Lift, which was built in 1875 by E Leader Williams.
The Grand Western Canal was a 19th-century dream, planned to run from Taunton to the river Exe near Exeter.
In 1846 the Shropshire Union Canal Co was formed by the amalgamation of several companies.
The locks lifted boats and barges a full 60 ft, and is one of the most impressive groups of locks on the canal. The canal was a vital link for Bingley's manufacturers with the port of Liverpool.
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