Historical Profiles
Early Barlow Boats
Chris M. Jones looks at a series of images showing some of the first Barlow boats
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Canals That Never Were
Birth of the Basingstoke
Richard Dean traces the early schemes to put Basingstoke on the canal map
Picturing the Past
Braunston Strike & the 'H' Numbers
Through an extensive series of postcards, many only recently rediscovered, Richard Thomas investigates the 1923 boatmen's strike and the man who photographed it
Tracing Family History
Coles Family Boaters
Chris M Jones explores the history of a famous family of independent boaters on the Oxford Canal
