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Canals 1981

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Froghall Tunnel

August 23, 1981



Horseboat approaching Froghall Tunnel

August 23, 1981



Horseboat being legged out of Froghall Tunnel

August 23, 1981



Horseboat being legged out of Froghall Tunnel

August 23, 1981



Froghall Basin

August 23, 1981



Shafting the boat down to Ducie St after Norah caught a bladeful on the Ashton Canal

September 22, 1981



Anthony punts from the roof (Piccadilly station in the background)

September 22, 1981



while Norah stays calm.

September 22, 1981



Arriving at Ducie St

September 22, 1981



On the Rochdale "Nine"

September 22, 1981



On the Rochdale "Nine"

September 22, 1981



On the Rochdale "Nine"

September 22, 1981



Barton Swing Aqueduct

September 22, 1981



Plank Lane (Much changed now!!!)

September 22, 1981



Plank Lane (Much changed now!!!)

September 22, 1981



What happens if one does not refit the weedhatch correctly!

September 23, 1981



The north end of Dudley Tunnel (Netherton was shut and we were too tall for Dudley)

November 7, 1981



Passing the site of the Black Country Museum

November 7, 1981



Maggie Triumphant

November 7, 1981



The Bratch

November 8, 1981



The Bratch

November 8, 1981



The Bratch

November 8, 1981



The end of the Ridgeacre Branch (before the Black Country Route cut it off)

November 11, 1981



The top lock of Farmer's Bridge

November 12, 1981



Our 200th lock in a week!

November 12, 1981

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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