The Autumn issue of NarrowBoat included . . .

Alan Faulkner looks at one of the last carrying companies to trade on the Trent & Mersey Canal, who maintained a high standard of decoration on their boats

Stanley Holland investigates the history of a waterway link between the West Midlands and the River Severn that boasts the longest flight of locks in the country

Best known for its railway, few know that a canal was originally planned! Richard Dean reveals all.

Euan Corrie looks at two magnificent photographs of the aftermath of a stoppage on Braunston Locks in 1922

Lorna York tracks down two Emanuel Smiths who both ran fleets of boats and Alan Faulkner looks at the pioneering enterprise of Emanuel Smith Junior in being the first to introduce diesel engines successfully to canal boats