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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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