Canals 1979

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	Chris Carr steers "Beech out of Middlewich September 22, 1979
	Steamboat "Swallow" approaches Elworth September 22, 1979
	Steamboat "Swallow" approaches Elworth September 22, 1979
	Steamboat "Swallow" approaches Elworth September 22, 1979
	Steamboat "Swallow" approaches Elworth September 22, 1979
	The "Macc" in 1979 was a little shallow! September 23, 1979
	Bollington September 24, 1979
	Bollington September 24, 1979
	Marple Top Lock (closed for repairs) September 24, 1979
	Marple Locks September 24, 1979
	Marple Locks September 24, 1979
	Marple Locks September 24, 1979
	Marple Bottom Lock September 24, 1979
	Breasted up outside "Swallow" at Macclesfield September 26, 1979
	Bosley Locks September 26, 1979
	Bosley Locks September 26, 1979
	Bosley Locks September 26, 1979
	Bosley Locks September 26, 1979
	Bosley Bottom Lock September 26, 1979
	Queuing for Thurlwoo Lock. The Steel Lock had been closed by this time. September 27, 1979
	Thurlwood Lock September 27, 1979
	Middlewich Big Lock September 28, 1979
	Middlewich Big Lock September 28, 1979
	Anderton Lift September 28, 1979
	Anderton Lift September 28, 1979
	Anderton Lift September 28, 1979
	Anderton Lift September 28, 1979
	Anderton Lift September 28, 1979
	Anderton Lift September 28, 1979
	Anderton Lift September 28, 1979
	Swallow in Northwich September 28, 1979
	Northwich September 28, 1979
	Anderton Lift September 28, 1979
	Heading back to Middlewich September 28, 1979
	Heading back to Middlewich September 28, 1979

I was born in 1953 and educated at Tonbridge and Bristol University. Since then I have been employed on the Railways, most of the time in the West Midlands. From 1980 I lived in Wolverhampton, and for the last 20 years in Bridgnorth