Canals 1982 - 4 Counties Ring
By 1982 the canal bug had begun to bite, and we managed 3 holidays totalling 4 weeks in all. The first one was in March when we took a Brummagem boat round the Four Counties Ring. This was Helen's first canal trip, and Norah came along as well.
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Passing Soho depot, Bob & Maggie Randle enjoying the March sunshine
March 26, 1982 |
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Bromford Jn (Oldbury)
March 26, 1982 |
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Bromford Jn (Oldbury)
March 26, 1982 |
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Bromford Jn (Oldbury)
March 26, 1982 |
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Maggie & Helen at Trentham Lock
March 28, 1982 |
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Trentham Lock
March 28, 1982 |
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Norah steers out of Trentham Lock
March 28, 1982 |
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South of Stoke
March 28, 1982 |
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South of Stoke
March 28, 1982 |
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South of Stoke
March 28, 1982 |
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Etruria Top Lock
March 28, 1982 |
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Etruria Top Lock
March 28, 1982 |
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Approaching Wheelock
March 29, 1982 |
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Approaching Wheelock
March 29, 1982 |
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Approaching Wheelock
March 29, 1982 |
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Watering at Wheelock
March 29, 1982 |
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Wheelock
March 29, 1982 |
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Audlem
March 31, 1982 |
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Audlem
March 31, 1982 |
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Audlem
March 31, 1982 |
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Audlem
March 31, 1982 |
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Adderley Locks
March 31, 1982 |
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Adderley Locks
March 31, 1982 |
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Tyrley Cutting
March 31, 1982 |
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"James Arnold" (ex-"Greylag) at Gnosall
March 31, 1982 |
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"James Arnold" (ex-"Greylag) at Gnosall
March 31, 1982 |
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Down the hatch on the BCN (again!)
April 1, 1982 |
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Down the hatch on the BCN (again!)
April 1, 1982 |
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
