Picturing the Past
Carrying in ’50s London
Another delve into Julian Thompson’s photo archive reveals details of boat and barge traffic in and around the capital in the 1950s
Unearthing History
Power Shift
Mike Clarke looks at the early internal combustion engines used on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and the progression from steam power in the 1880s to gas and diesel engines in the early 1900s.
Leisure on the Waterways
What would Tom Rolt think?
David Cheetham ponders what the celebrated waterways writer and campaigner would make of the contemporary canal and river scene
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From the Archives
Angelsey Wharf Controversy
Joseph Boughey uncovers documents giving an insight into the decline of carrying on the Birmingham Canal Navigations in the mid-1960s
