John Moss, a Liverpool banker, was chairman from 1832 to 1845 (Norman W. Webster, Britain's First Trunk Line (1972) pp. 22, 161) Grahame Boyes ... From:...
Grahame Boyes
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May 19, 2008 8:14 am
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... Thanks Grahame. What about the chairman of the London & Birmingham Railway? Also c1840. I suspect that I should know this one....
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the railwaycanal group. File :...
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Jun 28, 2008 5:29 pm
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I read with interest the piece on the new special interest group - Wheelie Bin SIG. - in the latest Bulletin. However I was unable to trace the Shire book, I...
I trust that the new SIG will encompass the infrastructure associated with Wheelie Bins, and not just the vehicles themselves. Following the widespread...
One aspect of this new S.I.G. should consider is the gauge question :- Do we take it that 'blue wheelie bins' are to be considered 'narrow gauge'. Whilst...
On Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:48:09 +0100, "Graham Wild" <wild141@...> finished tucking into their plate of fish, chips and mushy peas. Wiping their mouths,...
The broken link has now been repaired - thank you Richard! From: Cartographics, 49 Grange Road, Biddulph, Stoke on Trent ST8 7RY, UK. Out of print maps and...
A friend of mine has asked me the following question :- I am trying to locate some info. re a short canal in the Holcombe area of Somerset, a little way south...
Graham, I'm about to go out to as canal society committee meeting (appropriately!) so I haven't time to check on exactly where Holcombe is, but the canal your...
Graham, I've managed to squeeze another half-hour, so further notes follow, using an examination of the relevant I-inch OS map to back up thirty-year-old...
Whoops! I forgot in my hurry to attach the file and I've just deleted it unsaved. Back to Plan B: I'll do it again tonight. Regards, Tony J. ... From: Tony...
In railwaycanal@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Jervis" <tony.jervis@...> ... This website may be useful - it has a few photos and a Google map of the route as well as...
Graham, The book you need is 'Old Mendip' by Robin Atthill published by D & C as Tony J. says. My copy is 3rd printing of 2nd ed. 1971. When I lived in...
A Padfield
A.Padfield@...
Jul 17, 2008 3:41 pm
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There was an article on some of the structures of the Somerset and Dorset canal in a recent issue of Cornerstone; the quarterly magazine of SPAB. Given that...
Anne Willis
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Jul 17, 2008 4:52 pm
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An article of mine on the D&S canal appeared in the Summer 2007 issue of NarrowBoat magazine. This includes the exact alignment of the proposed main line and...
'Caggy' Stevens of Tipton was (unless you know better) the last commercial operator of a horse boat. From memory, I think he gave it up about 1979, but can...
Hi, I knew "Caggy" quite well and the date is correct as I remember. The horse drawn trip boats at Llangolen are still run with horses and there some other...
My friend, David Russell, and I are very grateful for all the information that members of this group have so readily and promptly provided. Thank you all. ...
There is a map produced showing all the arms and branches in the Stoke area. It can be obtained from the IWA shop I believe. It is one of a series of...
Map No. 5 (Canals of North Staffordshire) in my Historical Canal Maps series. See www.cartographics.co.uk/page3.htm Richard Dean From: Cartographics, 49...
Following "difficulties" with negotiating with the Festiniog Railway Company over future running powers over part of the soon to be completed Welsh Highland...
... This petition is a freelance affair. It has not been set up by or with the authority of WHR Ltd and does not represent the current situation between the...
To quote from WHR magazine (as quoted on internet). "One concern they do have is the lack of an operating and fares agreement with the FR for 2009 when the...
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