Summer 2011 - Issue 22
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The Summer 2011 issue includes the following features.
Historical Profiles
Bridgewater Canal
Mike Clarke delves into the navigation that started the Canal Age
You can view an excerpt here.
Famous Fleets
John Harker
Alan Faulkner takes a nostalgic look at the Dale class tanker barges that used to be operated by Harkers of Knottingley
You can view an excerpt here.
Traditional Techniques
Thumblining
David Blagrove explains the mystery of how to open lock gates with your working boat pair
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
Canals to Cannock
Richard Dean traces proposals that would have linked the Cannock Extension Canal through to Rugeley
You can view an excerpt here.
Early Campaigning
Last Boat to Top of the Map
Malcolm Braine looks at the history of the once very busy Cannock Extension Canal and recalls one last cruise along it in 1962
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
Sweet Charity
Jim Marshall recalls the work of Joe Gilbert and Jess Owen at Charity Dock, Bedworth, and an incident with the Skinners involving old 'white' £5 notes
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Jim Payler of Blisworth
David Blagrove pays tribute to Jim Payler, who recorded the last years of narrowboat traffic passing Blisworth and Stoke Bruerne
You can view an excerpt here.
