DVD - Warehouse at Work
DVD from the Sight Seen Partnerships - running time 26 mins.
The techiques and equipment of a Victorian waterway warehouse.
DVD from the Sight Seen Partnerships - running time 26 mins.
The techiques and equipment of a Victorian waterway warehouse.
DVD from the Sight Seen Partnerships - running time 18 mins.
Horse Boating on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.
DVD from the Sight Seen Partnerships
The everyday work of a boat horse stable on the Trent & Mersey Canal.
DVD from the Sight Seen Partnerships - running time 35 mins.
Recreating a coal run from Anglesey, on the edge of Cannock Chase, to the Black Country.
DVD from the Sight Seen Partnerships - running time 36 mins.
Re-floating a sunken narrow boat.
DVD from the Sight Seen Partnerships - running time 30 mins.
Weatherproofing the hold of a working narrow boat.
by Richard Chester-Browne
A survey of the abandoned canals of Birmingham and the Black Country.
Photographs from the Mike Webb Collection
Mike Webb's interest in cargo carrying started at an early age, whilst still at school in Brewood.His canal photography began in the 1960s when he bought his first camera.
2017: Little Ventured: Little Gained: Dee Navigation Improvement Plans 1836-54 : David Parry. The Patent Slip and Associated Buildings at Ellesmere Port: Hannah Holmes. Steam on the Weaver Navigation: Terry Kavanagh. Holt Abbott - a pioneer in canal cruiser design and hire boat operation: David Brown and Angela Clark. Tilbury - A correction from Richard Thomas. John Wilkinson, his role in the ore trade: Peter Sandbach.
by Tony Byfield
Describing the life of a towpath tractor driver, Tony Byfield brings the post-war years of commerce on the London canals vividly to life.