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Section 1 Heyday
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Plan of Stratford
basins, 1861 (024) |
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Canal
maintenance gang pile driving - 1914 (077) |
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Canal maintenance
gang pile driving - 1914 (075) |
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Photo of Kendalls
factory alongside lock 52 - 1914 (076) |
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Section 2 Decline
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The Bancroft
basin about 1930, at the end of its commercial life but before conversion
to pleasure gardens - c 1930 (103) |
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From article
on restoration (028a) |
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Bancroft Basin
pre-restoration - about early 1950s (124) |
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Photo showing
Lock 21 (Kingswood) during working days - May 1953 (039) |
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Shirley Drawbridge,
date unknown (016) |
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Photo of the
'thick' Lapworth 19 - May 1953 (040) |
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Photo of Bishopton,
looking north towards the bottom of the Wilmcote flight - May 1953
(041) |
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Photo of Barrel
roof cottage Preston Bagot - May 1953 (042) |
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Photo of Wootton
Wawen aqueduct - May 1953 (043) |
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Photo
of top gate Wilmcote flight before restoration - date unknown (078)
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Last 3 locks
of the Wilmcote flight. Note lock keepers cottage which was demolished
shortly afterwards - August 1956 (121) |
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Photo showing
items retrieved from the Stratford upon Avon Canal at Yardley Wood
- March 1957 (036) |
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From article
on canoe trip - May 1957 (070) |
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Two canoes
crossing Edstone aqueduct in March 1957. The licence issued for
the leading canoe proved the navigation of the canal and resulted
in the rejection in 1958 for a Warrant of Abandonment - March 1957
(101) |
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Photo of the
Wilmcote flight before restoration - date unknown (095) |
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Featherbed Lane
bridge, Wilmcote, shored up by baulks of timber - 1957 (106) |
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Photo of protest
cruise against closure of the canal - July 1958 (031) |
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From an article
on Featherbed Lane bridge Wilmcote - March 1958 (033) |
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Photo
of the canal at Preston Bagot - October 1958 (079) |
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The canal at
Preston Bagot before restoration - October 1958 (108) |
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Photo of lock
52 - July 1960 (085) |
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Section 3 Restoration
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Royal Engineers
working on pound 30-31 - September 1961 (086) |
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Dredging near
Lapworth. An example of what was later realised to be inefficient
dredging as too much mud was left in the channel. Note the mud boards
on the towpath - April 1961 (127)
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Lock 27 pre-restoration
- date unknown (128) |
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Photo of Lock
41 before restoration - August 1962 (080) |
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Photo of derelict
split bridge above lock 48 - 1962 (081) |
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Photo of pound
between locks 53 & 54 - 1962 (084) |
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Yarningale Aqueduct
- October 1962 (087) |
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After clearance
and the first dredging, Preston Bagot - June 1962 (111) |
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Downstream approach
walls of lock 48 Wilmcote flight. Note the iward lean of the walls
- date unknown (102) |
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Removing mud
from the bottom of lock 38 - September 1962 (110) |
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'Racking off'
stop planks in the bottom end of lock 38 - September 1962 (114) |
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Lock 41 looking
north - August 1962 (117) |
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Digging out a
collapsed culvert at Lock 54 - date unknown (100) |
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Lock 22 - clearing
the by-wash - Copy of photo from Birmingham Post and Mail (007) |
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Photo of Stratford
canal basin - November 1963 (023) |
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Stratford (Barge)
Lock looking out onto the River Avon -November 1963 (025) |
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Stratford canal
basin being dredged - November 1963 (026) |
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Photo of dredging
opposite Tyler Street Wharf - March 1963 (083) |
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Rebuilding wall
of lock 43 _ August 1963 (088) |
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'Acrow Props'
holding shuttering in place, Wilmcote flight - 1963 (105) |
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From article
on restoration (028b) |
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Looking towards
lock 40 from Canada Bridge during restoration - date unknown (119)
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Remains of old
towpath bridge discovered under Banbury Road bridge - date unknown
(112) |
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Rubbish dredged
out of lock 54 - March 1963 (115) |
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Photo of Wootton
Wawen canal basin - date unknown (073) |
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Lock 21 under
restoration (126) |
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Last of the lock
gates being installed during restoration - January 1964 (022) |
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Widening lock
30 2 weeks before opening - 1964 (122) |
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Photo of test
cruise by Emscote in the pound below lock 50 - six weeks before the
opening cremony - May 1964 (098) |
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Lock 21, Kingswood
Junction - date unknown (125) |
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Laughing Water
2 - the first boat down the Stratford for 35 years - 1964 (123) |
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Section 4 Re-opening
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HM the Queen
Mother passing cheering crowds on the River Avon riverside a few moments
after performing the opening ceremony of The Stratford Upon Avon Canal
- July 1964 (009) |
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Queen Mother
cutting the tape to reopen the canal, July 11th 1964 (107) |
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HM Queen Mother
arriving at the barge lock in Bancroft Basin fro the reopening ceremony
- July 1964 (113) |
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Section 5 A New Heyday
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Photo of split
bridge above lock 48 (ref 81) after restoration - March 1964 (082)
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Lock 41 looking
north - March 1964 (118) |
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Edstone aqueduct
from Stratford Upon Avon Canal Guide - 6th edition (002) |
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Barrel roof cottage
at Preston Bagot from Stratford Upon Avon Canal Guide - 6th edition
(003) |
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Kings Norton
guillotine lock gate (southern end) from Stratford Upon Avon Canal
Guide - 6th edition (004) |
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Stratford Upon
Avon Canal Society boat trip at Lock 39, 'Odd Lock' - September 1966
(010) |
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Front cover of
'Cut and Trust' 5th edition - September 1967 (008) |
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Lock gate at
Wyckham Blackwell - Back cover of 'Cut and Thrust' 5th Edition - September
1967 (011) |
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Dry dock under
construction at Lapworth, Lock 22 - From 'Cut and Trust' No 6 - May
1968 (013) |
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Canal cottage
on the Wilmcote flight, Lock 44 - From 'Cut and Trust' No 6 - May
1968 (014) |
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Volunteers working
near Yarningale Common, from 'Cut and Trust' No 6 - May 1968 (015)
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A Unit-Loader
was loaned to WRG and used by the canal society - January 1987? (074) |
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Working on Wootton
Wawen aqueduct (116) |
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