Winter 2011 - Issue 24
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The Winter 2011 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
British Waterways
Alan Faulkner looks at the creation of one of the biggest fleets of narrowboats ever, following post-war nationalisation
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
Manchester Ship Canal
Geoff Wheat traces the story of Britain’s biggest and once busiest waterway
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
Memories of Ellesmere Yard
Tom Godwin talks to Harry Arnold about working on the Llangollen Canal in the mid-20th century – a by-gone age when he felt part of ‘one big family’
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Canal Maps
Chesterfield Canal
Richard Dean looks at the development of ideas for the Chesterfield Canal through a range of early maps
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Suttons Stop
DAVID BLAGROVE looks at some slides taken by SYD MITCHELL, probably all on the same day in early 1962. They depict Hawkesbury Junction, where the Coventry and Oxford canals meet, known to boatmen as ‘Suttons’ after a former toll clerk stationed here
You can view an excerpt here.
Art of the Waterways
Mixing Oil & Water
Caroline Jones on how ‘roses and castles’ now appear in the same book as ‘old masters’
You can view an excerpt here.
