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Canals 1990

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"Celtic Queen" at Naas

May 21, 1990



"Celtic Queen" at Naas

May 21, 1990



"Celtic Queen" at Naas

May 21, 1990



Slog & Nutty Noah in "Celtic Queen"

May 21, 1990



The lift bridge at Monasterevin

May 22, 1990



The lift bridge at Monasterevin

May 22, 1990



The lift bridge at Monasterevin

May 22, 1990



Richard's first ever steer (and I think his last ever!)

May 23, 1990



I see no ships - Nutty looks ahead.

May 23, 1990



Vicarstown

May 23, 1990



Heading north from Monasterevin

May 23, 1990



Nutty spud-bashing

May 23, 1990



Nutty spud-bashing

May 23, 1990



Alan "Fret" Fretwell

May 23, 1990



Pam Fretwell

May 23, 1990



Moored by the entry to the feeder at Ballyteague

May 24, 1990



Inscription on the then recently restored linking lock (now disused again) at Ballyteague

May 24, 1990



Ballyteague, with the Barrow line coming in below the disused lock and on into the distance

May 24, 1990



Bord-na-Mona bridge near Allenwood

May 24, 1990



Ian "Gripper" Hallworth at Allenwood

May 24, 1990



Turf-harvesting at Allenwood

May 24, 1990



Bord-na-Mona bridge near Allenwood

May 24, 1990



A train arrives at the Bord-na-Mona bridge at Allenwood

May 24, 1990



The Bord-na-Mona bridge at Allenwood lowered for the train to cross

May 24, 1990



Crossing the lift bridge

May 24, 1990



Edenderry Harbour

May 24, 1990



Edenderry

May 24, 1990



Leaving Edenderry

May 24, 1990



Lowering the Bord-na-Mona bridge near Rhode after passing through

May 24, 1990



Looking south across the bog from the Bord-na-Mona bridge near Rhode

May 24, 1990



Tullamore Harbour, with the OPW lock-gate workshops in the background

May 26, 1990



Tullamore Harbour

May 26, 1990



Tullamore outer Harbour

May 26, 1990



Tullamore outer Harbour, with the connection to the main line under the bridge

May 26, 1990

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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