Winter 2006 - Issue 4
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The Winter 2006 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
Midlands & Coast
Alan Faulkner looks at a leading but short-lived carrier whose narrowboats were mainly seen on the Shropshire Union Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
Art of the Waterways
20th Century Needlework & Clothes of the Cut
Avril Lansdell looks at spider-web belts and other distinctive clothes that boaters wore
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
Leeds & Liverpool
Mike Clarke looks at the last trans-Pennine canal to be completed
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Alexander's Album
David Blagrove looks through Walter Alexander’s photographs of Stoke Bruerne and Blisworth
You can view an excerpt here.
Tracing Family History
Paper Trail
Lorna York goes on a 'Paper Trail' to trace her boating ancestors
You can view an excerpt here.
A Broader Outlook
Dracone on the Severn
Mike Taylor looks at a novel way of transporting liquids on the River Severn
You can view an excerpt here.
Living History
Weaver Milepost
Colin Edmondson discovers history in the hedgerow of the River Weaver
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
The Ellesmere Canal to Shrewsbury
Richard Dean on the never-built canal from Ellesmere to Shrewsbury
You can view an excerpt here.
