Spring 2022 - Issue 65
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Front Cover: Owner-boatman Charles Sweet's narrowboat Ada heading west on the River Avon towards Bristol. Ada was built by William Chard at Banbury Dock on the Oxford Canal in 1871 for Charles Sweet, who was based at Hanham near Bristol.
The Spring 2022 issue includes the following features.
Working the Waterways
Boating Hazards
Chris M. Jones explores some of the numerous difficulties that could beset a cargo-carrying trip
You can view an excerpt here.
Time and Place
Life at Falling Sands Rock
David Godson recalls memories of growing up in a remote lock cottage on the Staffs & Worcs in the mid-20th century
You can view an excerpt here.
Unearthing History
The Bridgeguard Scheme
Andy Tidy provides the story of the structural supports built to strengthen canal bridges
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
Commercial Canal
Ricard Dean looks at a proposed scheme to link the Chester and Ashby canals
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Willow Wren on the Oxford
We explore two photos from the Jack Parkinson collection showing the decline of canal carrying in September 1962
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
Short boats on the L&L
Chris M. Jones reveals the background story behind four images of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
On Canal Boats in Wartime
Chris M. Jones studies a 1945 article written by Cecily M. Ramsay, one of the well-known women trainees about life on the cut.
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
The Struggles of Salt carrying during WWI
Teresa Fuller examines the impact of World War I on salt-carrying in the North West
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
J. H. Taylor of Chester
Andy Tidy explores the history of a builder of some of the first wooden leisure-boats of the post-war era
You can view an excerpt here.
