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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Features:
Twentieth Century Passenger Boats - Until Birmingham extended its tramway system, employees at Fort Dunlop went to work by boat as Alan Jackson discovered
Waterside Wildlife - John Hooper looks at the canals in early summer
Waterside Walk - David Sewell guides us from Tipton to Codsall along the Birmingham Canal Main Line and the Shropshire Union Canal
Blue Bricks - Geoff Stevens finds a host of historical information impressed upon the fabric of the West Midland waterways
Caggy Stevens - Stanley Holland talks to the sole surviving canal carrier on the Black Country canals - who has no intention of retiring even though he is nearing 70
Bringing the Basingstoke Back to Life - Dieter Jebens reviews the history of the Basingstoke Canal restoration from its attempted purchase by the IWA in 1948 through the succeeding forty years to its planned reopening next year
The Birmingham Canal Navigations - A full colour illustrated map of the canals of the West Midlands by Janet Hoult
A Tale of Two Tunnels - Jon Sims take a light-hearted view of Black Country boating
Fitters Out - Andy Burnett outlines what to look for when choosing from the many contenders to fit out your narrowboat, and takes a closer look at some of their work
Electric Canoes - Paul Trilton travels back to a more leisurely era on the Thames
Some Waters, Some Bread - David Blagrove compares commercial carrying on the Continent today with that in Britain in the 1950s
Inspecting the Thames - John Gagg on the work of a Deputy Navigation Inspector
Regulars:
Reflections
News of the Waterways World
What's On
Book Review
Boats & Pieces
Readers' Forum
Letters to the Editor
Next Month
Classified Advertisements
Canals in Colour
Twentieth Century Passenger Boats - Until Birmingham extended its tramway system, employees at Fort Dunlop went to work by boat as Alan Jackson discovered
Waterside Wildlife - John Hooper looks at the canals in early summer
Waterside Walk - David Sewell guides us from Tipton to Codsall along the Birmingham Canal Main Line and the Shropshire Union Canal
Blue Bricks - Geoff Stevens finds a host of historical information impressed upon the fabric of the West Midland waterways
Caggy Stevens - Stanley Holland talks to the sole surviving canal carrier on the Black Country canals - who has no intention of retiring even though he is nearing 70
Bringing the Basingstoke Back to Life - Dieter Jebens reviews the history of the Basingstoke Canal restoration from its attempted purchase by the IWA in 1948 through the succeeding forty years to its planned reopening next year
The Birmingham Canal Navigations - A full colour illustrated map of the canals of the West Midlands by Janet Hoult
A Tale of Two Tunnels - Jon Sims take a light-hearted view of Black Country boating
Fitters Out - Andy Burnett outlines what to look for when choosing from the many contenders to fit out your narrowboat, and takes a closer look at some of their work
Electric Canoes - Paul Trilton travels back to a more leisurely era on the Thames
Some Waters, Some Bread - David Blagrove compares commercial carrying on the Continent today with that in Britain in the 1950s
Inspecting the Thames - John Gagg on the work of a Deputy Navigation Inspector
Regulars:
Reflections
News of the Waterways World
What's On
Book Review
Boats & Pieces
Readers' Forum
Letters to the Editor
Next Month
Classified Advertisements
Canals in Colour
Article Snippets
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