Winter 2013 - Issue 32
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The Winter 2013 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
Wyvern Shipping
Alan Faulkner recounts the transition from a small commercial carrier to a successful hire boat operator
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
The Underground Canals at Worsley
Mike Clarke explores some of the best known but least visited early canals
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Will King on the GU
David Blagrove looks through photographs of narrowboats taken in the late 1950s between London and Hemel Hempstead
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Canal Maps
Shropshire Canal
Richard Dean uses maps to locate a long-lost waterway
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Three Bridges
Postcards in George Hancock's collection show a Lyons' tea promotion at Southall
You can view an excerpt here.
Traditional Techniques
Breaking the Ice
David Blagrove examines a particularly detailed print – of a well-known photograph of an ice breaker at Linford
You can view an excerpt here.
Last Traffic
Boating with the Purcells
Mike Stone journeyed up the Grand Union Canal in the summer of 1961 on a pair of Willow Wren boats
You can view an excerpt here.
Early Campaigning
Happy Valley
A look at canalside recreation on the Stratford Canal just south of Birmingham in the early 20th century
You can view an excerpt here.
From the Archives
Bradford Canal
Joseph Boughey finds a short length of canal that was converted into a railway in the 1920s
You can view an excerpt here.
