Autumn 2008 - Issue 11
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Famous Fleets
Cowburn & Cowpar
Euan Corrie looks at this famous fleet of distinctive liquid carrying narrowboats from the North West
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Canals That Never Were
Oldham
Richard Dean on proposals for a broad-beam link to the town from the Rochdale Canal and a narrow-beam link from the Ashton
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Historical Profiles
Grand Union Canal Part 1: Brentford to Braunston
Alan Faulkner offers a historical profile of the southern half of what was to become the Grand Union Canal: from London to Braunston
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Traditional Techniques
Boating with the Beecheys
On a trip to Pooley Hall Colliery in 1964, veteran boating couple Sam and Anna Beechey showed John Pyper something of the art of handling a pair of narrowboats
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Tracing Family History
Kings of the Cut
Chris R Jones discovered that he is descended from the King family, who worked on the canals for several generations
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A Place in History
Daisy Nook
Hugh Potter explores Daisy Nook on the Hollinwood Branch of the Ashton Canal, described by some as a “modeller’s dream” with staircase locks, canal junction, bridges, tunnel and aqueduct
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