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 Lock 27 pre-restoration - date unknown (128) |  Kingswood Junction Proposal 1795 (129) |
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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) |  Lock 21 being restored |
 Bancroft Basin before restoration - about early 1950s (124) |  "Laughing Water II" - the first boat to travel the southern section for 35 years in 1964 |
 Lock 21, Kingswood Junction - date unknown (125) |  Last 3 locks of the Wilmcote flight. Note the lock keeper's cottage which was demolished shortly afterwards - August 1956 (121) |
 Widening lock 30 just 2 weeks before reopening - 1964 (122) |  Looking towards lock 40 from Canada Bridge during restoration - date unknown (119) |
 Lock 41 looking north - March 1964 (118) |  Rubbish dredged out of lock 54 - March 1963 (115) |
 'Racking off' stop planks in the bottom end of lock 38 - September 1962 (114) |  Lock 41 looking north - August 1962 (117) |
 Working on Wootton Wawen aqueduct about 1963 (116) |  After clearance and the first dredging, Preston Bagot - June 1962 (111) |
 HM Queen Mother arriving at the barge lock in Bancroft Basin for the reopening ceremony - July 1964 (113) |  Remains of the old towpath discovered under Banbury Road bridge in Stratford - date unknown (112) |
 Removing mud from the bottom of lock 38 - September 1962 (110) |  Queen Mother cutting the tape to reopen the canal, July 11th 1964 (107) |
 The canal at Preston Bagot before restoration - October 1958 (108) |  Featherbed Lane bridge, Wilmcote, shored up by baulks of timber - 1957 (106) |
 'Acrow Props' holding shuttering in place, Wilmcote flight - 1963 (105) |  |
 Downstream approach walls of lock 48 Wilmcote flight. Note the inward lean of the walls - date unknown (102) |  The Bancroft basin about 1930, at the end of its commercial life but before conversion to pleasure gardens - about 1930 (103) |
 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) |  Photo of test cruise by Emscote in the pound below lock 50 - six weeks before the opening cremony - May 1964 (098) |
 Photo of the Wilmcote flight before restoration - date unknown (095) |  Digging out a collapsed culvert at Lock 54 - date unknown (100) |
 Rebuilding a wall of lock 43 - August 1963 (088) |  Yarningale Aqueduct - October 1962 (087) |
 Royal Engineers working on pound 30-31 - September 1961 (086) |  Photo of lock 52 - July 1960 (085) |
 Photo of derelict split bridge above lock 48 - 1962 (081) |  The pound between locks 53 & 54 - 1962 (084) |
 Dredging opposite Tyler Street Wharf - March 1963 (083) |  Split bridge above lock 48 (ref 81) after restoration - March 1964 (082) |
 Top gate of Wilmcote flight before restoration - date unknown (078) |  Lock 41 before restoration - August 1962 (080) |
 Photo of the canal at Preston Bagot - October 1958 (079) |  Canal maintenance gang pile driving - 1914 (077) |
 Photo of Kendall's factory alongside lock 52 - 1914 (076) |  Canal maintenance gang pile driving - 1914 (075) |
 A Unit-Loader was loaned to the WRG and used by the canal society - January 1987? (074) |  Wootton Wawen canal basin - date unknown (073) |
 From an article on canoe trip - May 1957 (070) |  Barrel roof cottage at Lowsonford (042) |
 Photo of Wootton Wawen aqueduct - May 1953 (043) |  Photo of Bishopton, looking north towards the bottom of the Wilmcote flight - May 1953 (041) |
 Photo of the 'thick' of Lapworth 19 - May 1953 (040) |  Photo showing Lock 21 (Kingswood) during working days - May 1953 (039) |
 Photo showing items retrieved from the Stratford upon Avon Canal at Yardley Wood - March 1957 (036) |  From an article on Featherbed Lane bridge Wilmcote - March 1958 (033) |
 Photo of protest cruise against closure of the canal - July 1958 (031) |  From article on restoration (028b) |
 From article on restoration (028a) |  Stratford canal basin being dredged - November 1963 (026) |
 Stratford (Barge) Lock looking out onto the River Avon - November 1963 (025) |  Plan of Stratford basins, 1861 (024) |
 Photo of Stratford canal basin - November 1963 (023) |  Lock 22 - clearing the by-wash - Copy of photo from Birmingham Post and Mail (007) |
 Shirley Drawbridge, date unknown (016) |  Canal cottage on the Wilmcote flight, Lock 44 - From 'Cut and Trust' No 6 - May 1968 (01 |
 Volunteers working near Yarningale Common, from 'Cut and Trust' No 6 - May 1968 (015) |  Dry dock under construction at Lapworth, Lock 22 - From 'Cut and Trust' No 6 - May 1968 (013) |
 Lock gate at Wyckham Blackwell - Back cover of 'Cut and Trust' 5th Edition - September 1967 (011) |  Stratford Upon Avon Canal Society boat trip at Lock 39, 'Odd Lock' - September 1966 (010) |
 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) |  Front cover of 'Cut and Trust' 5th edition - September 1967 (008) |
 Lock 22 - clearing the by-wash - Copy of photo from Birmingham Post and Mail (007) |  Kings Norton guillotine lock gate (southern end) from Stratford Upon Avon Canal Guide - 6th edition (004) |
 Barrel roof cottage at Preston Bagot from Stratford Upon Avon Canal Guide - 6th edition (003) |  Edstone aqueduct from Stratford Upon Avon Canal Guide - 6th edition (002) |