John Seaman Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 A series of pictures of canal life in the 1950's. It's unfortunate the article doesn't give the source or name the photographer. The square format and low viewpoints strongly suggest they were taken with a Rolleiflex or similar. Evocative pictures show everyday life on Britain's canals in the 1950s before lorry drivers | Daily Mail Online 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Parsons Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Fascinating series of images from a time when life was less frantic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanKlein Posted March 20, 2019 Share Posted March 20, 2019 Wonderful shots. Flickr gallery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanklein2000/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart_pratt Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 Lovely photography, thanks for posting. The captions are dodgy though ‘ a series of gates to another part of the river’! I think they mean a lock on a canal. I’ve not heard a canal boat called a ship before either! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Seaman Posted March 23, 2019 Author Share Posted March 23, 2019 Yes, the standard of research is depressingly low. Attributing the decline of canal traffic to the increase in lorries seems to ignore the effect or railways altogether, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 I wanted to take a canal boat trip for years before I last went to England (2001) but hoof and mouth disease got there before me and all the canals were closed. Still read all the canal websites though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted March 29, 2019 Share Posted March 29, 2019 Thanks There's not much left over here in the USA but archaeological traces of canals. Here's some of the former Potomac Canal (aka Potowmack Canal), one of the early ones: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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