This has come form several directions, but in case you haven't seen it. David de Haan ... Subject: [news] URGENT- Inland Waterways Association News Flash ...
I am really pleased to announce the formation of CanalScape-London. Fprmed by Mark pullinger the group is based on the idea of CanalScape-BCN. This will...
Does the society have any provision for recording and storing oral history? My postman is the daughter of an S&D driver (Templecombe) who transferred to the...
I've received the following query which is rather beyond the geographical and other bounds of my knowledge. Can anyone suggest an answer (doubt if there's an...
Its going to be quite a spectacle at the Black Country Living Museum this weekend. With over 40 tradtional historic boats in the museum and outside the canal...
Hi All, The following information has been received from the Engine Shed Society :- "The 1840-built Derby roundhouse is pre-dated by Birmingham Curzon St...
The Transport Trust are about to install a plaque on the Derby Roundhouse announcing that it is the first roundhouse built. They are being challenged as...
The attached picture in my first message is now in the miscellaneous photos section of this group. My reply to the Transport Trust is as follows :- The Oxford...
I know that some you will find this site of interest: http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
In the Winter issue of NarrowBoat I have an article on the wide-beam vessels built on narrowboat lines that worked on the southern Grand Union Canal. I know...
May be of interest. The walk involves a walk along the GN trackbed to Watnall then a switch to MR where there is a "secret" bunker in use for plotting from the...
I would like to claim that Gloucester Docks is the most complete example of a Victorian port in the country, having two docks, two dry docks, 17 large grain...
G P F L H C and combinations thereof crop up frequently throughout the RCH Handbooks of Stations, etc. and the letters, in terms of what types of traffic a...
I have been asked if the GWR ever used 12 Wheeled Coaches, 12 Wheeled Restaurant Cars, or 12 Wheeled Sleeping Vehicles, if so on which services. My enquirer...
Dear Members, I have been asked what is the name of the British Passenger Station that was open the shortest time. My contribution is Stoke Bruern on the...
Dear Fellow Members, Some of you may be aware of the following but there might be some who are not and will be concerned. So the following is for information...
Although the official opening of the WHR between Beddgelert and Hafod y Llyn will take place on 21st May with public services starting on 22nd May, there will...
I have a copy of a page of the this company's half-yearly report for February 1865 where its title is clearly shown as "Aberystwith & Welsh Coast Railway"....
Hi Steve, ... Subject: [railwaycanal] Mold & Denbigh ... short ... Teh preservation group is based at sodom west of Nannerch and hopes to open a section of...
Hi John The St Andrews Railway formed the first and most northerly part of the North British Railways's 39 mile long Fife Coast Line. It was a thread on Bygone...
Can any body tell me when the Leuchars to St Andrews (Scotland) railwayline was opened and when it closed as I was talking about it todayto a friend. I...
This item posted on the LNER List may be of interest Ralph ... The new curator Leona White is in post and advises via NERA of the new opening times for the Ken...
Sorry if you get this by several routes and mole; please inform your anti-tram comrades that they are most welcome to join us! - No hard feelings We're having...
The funeral arrangements are now in place, as follows; Thursday 09th April 2009. At 15.20. The Ogden Chapel, South West Middx Crematorium, Hounslow Road...
Those who knew John Gillham of Ealing, well known for his cartography and publications, will be saddened to hear he was found dead last Wednesday, after the...
Does anyone know of any example where a canal was diverted in such a way that it was made significantly longer? (I don't mean 'extended' - I mean a bit being...
No, its not another new group - but a renamed old one - because the old one had virtually no traffic! This seems a good time to revive it after the recent...
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