Summer 2022 - Issue 66
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Front Cover: On a hot summer’s day, wide boat Irene, owned by Henry Boyer of Terminus Wharf, 14 South Wharf, Paddington Basin, has started to take a bend in the cut as the boatwoman pushes the tiller hard over. Many of the wide boats plying the southern Grand Junction Canal were involved in the building trades, whether it be carrying raw materials or finished products, such as bricks and cement
The Summer 2022 issue includes the following features.
A Broader Outlook
Wide Boats on the Grand Junction
Chris M. Jones looks at a series of images that detail the traffics carried in these distinctive craft
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
Looking into the Distance
Chris M. Jones studies an 18th-century document containing several distance tables
You can view an excerpt here.
Unearthing History
The Last Mile
Andy Tidy explores the history of the railway interchange basins that were once prevalent on the Birmingham Canal Navigations
You can view an excerpt here.
Canal Postcards
Willow Wren at Brownhills
Chris M. Jones reveals the background details of a picture postcard of the BCN at Brownhills
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Canal Maps
Wigan 1847
Historical canal maps Richard Dean explores the canalside industry of Wigan
You can view an excerpt here.
Traditional Techniques
Carrying around Cut End
Chris M. Jones studies nine images illustrating boat-handling at Marston Junction
You can view an excerpt here.
Preserving the Past
Refuelling at Ricky
Chris M. Jones studies a magic lantern slide of Batchworth Lock at Rickmansworth
You can view an excerpt here.
From the Archives
Acquiring a Carrier
Joseph Boughey examines documents relating to the sale of canal-carrier John Parke & Son, based on the western Leeds & Liverpool
You can view an excerpt here.
Art of the Waterways
Frank Jones Illustrated
Chris M. Jones studies a post-war article about boat decoration
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Trent & Mersey Miscellany
Another delve into the Jack Parkinson collection reveals boats at work, mostly in the early 1960s
You can view an excerpt here.
From the Archives
Early Canal Classics
Gordon Biddle examines three classic canal books from the 18th and 19th centuries
You can view an excerpt here.
Canal Postcards
Barton Swing Aqueduct
Trevor Ellis looks at how postcard publishers captured this wonder of the waterways
You can view an excerpt here.
