Spring 2014 - Issue 33
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The Spring 2014 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
T&S Element
Alan Faulkner looks at a fleet of narrowboats that operated mainly around Birmingham and the Black Country but also travelled further afield
You can view an excerpt here.
Life Afloat
George Hancock's Family Album
NarrowBoat takes a look through the photographs of a boating family based in Leighton Buzzard on the Grand Union Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Around St Pancras
Photographs from the late 1950s show the change from working boats to pleasure boats on the Regent's Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
Reaching North
Richard Dean traces the route changes in Westmorland that eventually brought the Lancaster Canal to Kendal
You can view an excerpt here.
Traditional Techniques
Glamorganshire Weighing Machine
Stephen Rowson looks at a weighing machine for checking the amount of cargo carried by boats in South Wales and compares it to the other known examples on British canals
You can view an excerpt here.
Last Traffic
Bulls Bridge Lay-by
DAVID BLAGROVE looks at photographs taken by MALCOLM FLETCHER in early 1962
You can view an excerpt here.
