Tracing Family History
Nursers of Braunston
Graham Nurser discusses details of his boat-building ancestors who were based at Braunston Wharf
Historical Profiles
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.
A Broader Outlook
Coal to Liverpool
Ian Moss photographed one of the last traffics on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal: from Crooke to Athol Street gas works
From the Archives
Hidden Nuggets
Joseph Boughey finds gold amongst the archives relating to the Sankey (St Helens) Canal and the Erewash
