Summer 2007 - Issue 6
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The Summer 2007 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
Fellows, Morton & Clayton
Alan Faulkner concludes the story of the most famous fleet of all on the UK waterways, which ended just after the Second World War
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
Peak Forest Canal
We relate the earlier story of a canal that made history more recently through its restoration by British Waterways in the early 1970s
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Eddie Hambridge's Family Album
We take a look through the fascinating collection of photographs of former boatman Eddie Hambridge, who can trace his family back through many generations on the canals
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
Dorset & Somerset Canal
We follow the proposed route of an ambitious canal to link Bristol with the south coast that was to have four unique ‘balance locks’ or boat lifts, one of which was built
You can view an excerpt here.
Traditional Techniques
Gauging Boats on the BCN
How canal companies made their money - and the background to the Tipton Gauging Station, currently subject to redevelopment plans
You can view an excerpt here.
Art of the Waterways
The House that Atkins Painted
Harry Arnold recalls a remarkable canalside house, decorated by “one of the finest folk artists of the canals”
You can view an excerpt here.
