Spring 2007 - Issue 5
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The Spring 2007 issue includes the following features.
Historical Profiles
Shropshire Union Canal
Peter Brown looks at the canal that rated Number One in a recent poll of favourite waterways
You can view an excerpt here.
Famous Fleets
Fellows, Morton & Clayton
Alan Faulkner begins the story of the most famous fleet of all on the UK’s inland waterways, including their innovative steam narrowboats
You can view an excerpt here.
Art of the Waterways
A View of the Landscape
Canal artist Brian Collins looks at the curious tradition of painting castles on, and in, narrowboats
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
Colne and Todmorden
Richard Dean investigates plans for what would have been a spectacular canal to link the Rochdale with the Leeds & Liverpool
You can view an excerpt here.
Tracing Family History
Canal Boat Registers
Christopher M Jones takes a closer look at a valuable source of family history information about boats and the people that operated them
You can view an excerpt here.
Living History
Ffrwd Folly?
Richard Dean investigates whether an isolated fragment of the Ellesmere Canal was ever used by boats
You can view an excerpt here.
