Winter 2018 - Issue 52
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Front Cover: Samuel Barlow Coal Company Ltd acquiring second-hand craft from various sources during World War II. One was butty Unostentatious, owned by boatman Daniel Doughty of Linslade. Bought by Barlows in February 1940, after docking, the company renamed her Nell.
The Winter 2018 issue includes the following features.
Working the Waterways
Carriers at War
Chris M. Jones studies the activities and politics of canal-carrying in the South Midlands up to and during World War II
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
Inspection Boats
Part two of Cath Turpin’s exploration of the variety of craft once used to survey the condition of the inland waterways
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
British Waterways: Northbound on the GU
Another delve into the photo archive of Patrick Rawlinson shows British Waterways craft working northbound on the Grand Union
You can view an excerpt here.
Unearthing History
Pride of the Thames
Chris M. Jones reveals the story behind two well-known and often reproduced 1870s engravings of a narrowboat on the Upper Thames
You can view an excerpt here.
From the Archives
The Listener
Joseph Boughey discovers waterway tidbits in a defunct magazine’s online archive
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Failsworth Wharf
Chris M. Jones reveals the story of a family of textile workers who took up boating on the Rochdale Canal in the 1870s
You can view an excerpt here.
Last Traffic
Losing a Vital Facility
Hugh Potter uncovers a fascinating document recording the last traffic on the Cromford Canal when it closed in 1944
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Final Years of Carrying on the Wilts & Berks
Chris M. Jones examines two rare images of carrying on the Wilts & Berks Canal during its latter years of trade
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Canal Maps
Potteries Prelude
Richard Dean describes the earliest surviving survey for the Trent & Mersey Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
A Broader Outlook
Wide-boat at Watford
Chris M. Jones studies the details of a pre-WWI image showing a broad-beam boat on the Grand Junction Canal at Cassiobury Park
You can view an excerpt here.
