Spring 2023 - Issue 69

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Front Cover: Nancy, a T & S Element day-boat laden with house coal, takes the turn at Millpool Hill by Bridge 3 (formerly 71) on the Stratford Canal.

The Spring 2023 issue includes the following features.

Last Traffic

Traffic on the South Stratford Canal

Chris M. Jones examines images showing remaining cargo-carrying boats on the Stratford Canal in the 20th century

You can view an excerpt here.

Picturing the Past

Steam Dredgers on the Grand Union

Andy Tidy studies images of various kinds of steam-powered dredgers at work

You can view an excerpt here.

Life Afloat

A Remarkable Friendship

Alison Cannon explores the relationship between a boating family and a Girl Guide group

You can view an excerpt here.

Canals That Never Were

Shakespeare Country

Richard Dean details early proposals for the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal

You can view an excerpt here.

Tracing Family History

Thrupp Family Gathering

Chris M. Jones studies two images that reveal insights into an Oxford canal-boating family

You can view an excerpt here.

One Boat's Story

Journey of Medusa

Ivan Cane recalls a narrowboat trip from Harefield to Oxford in summer 1961, which included an encounter with Samuel Barlow’s motor Hardy

You can view an excerpt here.

Last Traffic

Seed Traffic to Lincoln

Chris M. Jones explores images from the Jack Parkinson collection showing the delivery of seed to Lincoln in 1966

You can view an excerpt here.

Historical Profiles

Oxford Portland Cement Co

Chris M. Jones examines the canal-carrying operations of the Kirtlington-based cement manufacturer

You can view an excerpt here.

Working the Waterways

Courting on the Cut

Ex-working boater John Saxon passed away last year. We revisit his account of courtship on the canals, originally published in a 1977 issue of Waterways World

You can view an excerpt here.

Canal Postcards

Passing Through Worsley

Chris M. Jones looks at postcard images of coal carrying on the Bridgewater Canal

You can view an excerpt here.

From the Archives

Ulverston Canal Postscript

Joseph Boughey clarifies details on the 20th-century history of this Cumbrian waterway

You can view an excerpt here.

Picturing the Past

Northwich Docking

An evocative image from the Jack Parkinson collection shows docking underway at Northwich in the early 1960s

You can view an excerpt here.

Picturing the Past

Carrying from Runcorn

Another delve into the Jack Parkinson archive shows working narrowboats at Runcorn in the 1960s

You can view an excerpt here.