Autumn 2015 - Issue 39
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The Autumn 2015 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
Seymour-Roseblade
Alan Faulkner looks at a young couple’s efforts to reintroduce canal carrying to Leicester in the 1960s
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
A North-Western Miscellany
David Martin toured the north-west of England in the 1960s and took a variety of photographs of the remaining working narrowboats in the area
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
Leominster to Stourport
Richard Dean shows how the Leominster Canal intended to reach Stourport
You can view an excerpt here.
From the Archives
Linton Lock
Joseph Boughey explores Linton Lock through the West Yorkshire Archive
You can view an excerpt here.
Traditional Techniques
Crossing the Trent
How horse-boats tackled a tricky river junction
You can view an excerpt here.
Time and Place
Thames Traffic of the 19th Century
Chris M. Jones examines the craft depicted in a Victorian-era painting The Building of Westminster Bridge
You can view an excerpt here.
Life Afloat
Tom the Boater
A rare collection of photos showing the working boat scene of the early 1900s originally taken to illustrate a children's story.
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Heaton on the BCN
Stan Heaton’s photographs around the Birmingham Canal Navigations in the late 1950s and early 1960s when local traffic was still operating.
You can view an excerpt here.
