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.
