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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) |
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