 | Book - From Sea To Sea (Scotland) Ref: 2208
by Len Paterson.This book is the first history of the Scottish canals for over 40 years, a time during which they have been neglected and closed but are now gloriously reopened.This engaging history covers the story of the main canals: the Caledonian, Crinan, Forth & Clyde, Monkland and Union, from the time of their construction in the 18th century and takes us through to their future in the 21st.Original price £15.Soft back. 216 pages. 19cms x 24.6cms approx. Black & white illustrations.
Price: £9.99
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 | Book - River Severn Ref: 1163
by John Bradford.This book is the record of a journey following the River Severn from the M4 bridge over the estuary to the source on Plynlimon in mid Wales. Every aspect of the changing scenery is captured in over 200 photographs. The text includes much of the local history and a few events of national importance.Soft back. 162 pages, 23.5cms x 21.5cms approx. Colour photographs.
Price: £12.95
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 | Book - Disasters on the Severn Ref: 597
by Chris Witts.The River Severn rises in the Cambrian Mountains, 600m above sea level, and runs 330km to the Bristol Channel. It is Britain's longest river and one of its most dangerous.In this book Chris Witts, an experienced navigator of the river, has compiled a fascinating catalogue of many of the accidents and mysteries. He also tells of his personal experiences of difficulty, panic and loss on the river.Soft back. 160 pages. 17.3cms x 24.8cms approx. Illustrated with many black and white photos.
Price: £12.99
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 | Book - The River Severn (Pictorial History) Ref: 1789
by Josephine Jeremiah.The River Severn is Britain's longest river. Some 220 miles from its source to the sea, it starts its journey on the slopes of Plynlimon, winding past Welshpool, Shrewsbury and Ironbridge before reaching Bridgnorth, Stourport, Worcester and Gloucester.In this remarkable new study of old Severnside Josephine brings back to life those busier days with a splendid collection of old photographs and prints.Soft back. 128 pages. 18.6cms x 24.6cms. Black & white photos.
Price: £13.99
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 | Book - A Postcard From The Severn Ref: 2021
by Jan Dobrzynski & Keith Turner.Flowing for more than 200 miles, from the slopes of Plynlimon in Wales to the Bristol Channel, the Severn is the mightiest of British rivers.This book takes the reader on a journey, in words and pictures, along the entire length of this great waterway, using images from more than 200 old postcards drawn from the authors' collections.Soft back. 128 pages. 17.2cms x 24.4cms approx. Black & white photos.
Price: £12.99
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 | Book - Barges & Bargemen Ref: 2020
by Barrie Trinder.Its sub title is 'A Social History of the Upper Severn Navigation 1660-1900'. This book is the result of 40 years' research into river navigations that have left few paper records. The author focuses on the River Severn between the ports of Bewdley and Stourport, and the medieval weir near Welshpool that marks the upper limit of boating.Hard back. 178 pages. 17.5cms x 25.2cms approx. Illustrated with black & white photos and drawings.
Price: £19.99
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 | Book - Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation Ref: 1238
by Mike Taylor.The Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation linked industrial South Yorkshire with the ports of Hull and Goole. From the improvements around Sheffield at the end of the nineteenth century, through neglect during the First World War, public ownership and the expensive modernisation scheme of the 1980s, this book documents the history and development of the waterway.Illustrated with a diverse collection of over 200 images of the navigation, its traffic and the surrounding area.Soft back. 128 pages. 16.5cms x 23.5cms approx.
Price: £10.75
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 | Book - Essex & Suffolk Stour Ref: 1522
by Sean O'Dell.This book will detail the beginnings, life and trading decline of the Stour Navigation from the seventeenth century to the present day, looking at the circumstances surrounding the construction of the first lock gates and general engineering works that converted the river into an inland navigation and the changing fortunes in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.Soft back. 128 pages. 16.5cms x 23.5cms approx. Illustrated with black & white photos and diagrams.
Price: £12.99
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 | Book - Stratford Canal Ref: 643
by Nick Billingham.The Stratford Canal was built to link Stratford to the industrial Black Country. It may seem to be a fairly modest rural canal today, but underneath its placid waters there flows a turbulent history.The canal formed part of the inspiration for the railway network and , later, when the railways and the roads appeared to threaten the annihilation of the entire canal system it was the Stratford Canal that pioneered the movement to rescue this vital part of our industrial heritage.Soft back. 128 pages. 16.5cms x 23.5cms approx. Black and white photos.
Price: £12.00
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 | Book - Stroudwater Navigation Ref: 1239
by Joan Tucker.The Stroudwater Navigation opened in 1779 from the Severn at Framilode to Stroud, Gloucestershire, a distance of 8 miles. It brought increased prosperity to the Stroud valleys.The Stroudwater is unique for being in the hands of the original company for over 200 years, and most of the primary source material for this book derives from the company archive.Personal reminiscences, legal documents, census returns and illustrations, including paintings, photographs, maps, plans and poetry, are also used to record the role played by the canal.Soft back. 192 pages. 17.2cms x 24.8cms approx. Colour and black & white photos.
Price: £16.99
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 | Book - The Stroudwater and Thames & Severn Canals (From Old Photographs) Vol 1 Ref: 2192
by Edwin Cuss & Mike Mills.As much of these two canals has been destroyed, this collection endeavours to show how they appeared and were used before closure.The feeder systems are also shown, thus, views of Severn ports, the Gloucester - Sharpness Canal, together with the Upper Thames around Lechlade, are included.Soft back. 160 pages. 16.5cms x 23.5cms approx. Black & white photographs.
Price: £12.99
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 | Book - The Thames, a Cultural History Ref: 2206
by Mick Sinclair.This book tracks the Thames from source to sea, documenting internationally known landmarks such as Tower Bridge and Windsor Castle and revealing lesser known features such as Godstow Abbey. Numerous items about trade and commerce, paintings words and music, power politics and intrigue - too many to list.Hard back. 251 pages. 14.7cms x 21.5cms approx. Black and white illustrations.
Price: £7.99
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 | Book - The Historic Thames Ref: 2231
by Hilaire Belloc.Following the Thames two hundred miles upriver through London to its Cotswold source, Belloc skilfully blends historical observations and personal commentary through his distinctive and elegant style.He draws fascinating comparisons between the Thames and the Rhine, the Seine and other important European waterways to highlight the Thames's unique significance within British life.Soft back. 192 pages. 12.9cms x 19.8cms approx.
Price: £5.99
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 | Book - The Thames from source to sea Ref: 1461
This photographic atlas allows you to see the astonishingly rich and diverse landscape from the air. Starting at its source in Gloucestershire and proceeding along the river as far as the estuary and the sea, this book combines Getmapping's high quality aerial photography with facts and pocket histories of all the places you will encounter along the way.Hard back. 256 pages. 22.6cms x 28.8cms approx. Colour aerial photographs.Originall priced at £25, now half price.
Price: £12.50
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 | Book - The Upper and Middle Thames Ref: 1755
By Josephine Jeremiah.A pictorial history from the source to Reading. In this new study of the Upper and Middle Thames, 18th century aquatints, 19th century engravings and old photographs of the river and the settlements along its banks illustrate an historical journey from source to Reading.Ancient bridges, ferries, flash & pound locks, churches, mills, inns and river craft are all featured.Hard back. 120 pages. 17.6cms x 25.4cms approx. Black & white illustrations.
Price: £15.99
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 | Book - Thames to the Solent Ref: 420
by J.B. Dashwood.This is a 1980 reprint of the 1868 inland cruising classic. It describes a boating trip from the Thames at Weybridge to the South Coast via the Wey and Arun Canal and is dedicated to members of the Wey and Arun Canal Trust Ltd who are striving to re-open the lost route.Soft back, 110 pages, 11.4cms x 17.8cms approx, 11 drawings and maps.
Price: £4.00
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 | Book - Thames & Severn Canal (Household) Ref: 2000
by Humphrey Household.This classic history of the Thames & Severn Canal was the result of a lifetime's research by Humphrey Household.Humphrey's meticulous interpretation of the voluminous surviving records provides a highly readable and informative account of this important chapter in canal history, commencing in the pioneering days of the eighteenth century through to the eventual decline and closure, 140 years later.Soft back. 258 pages. 15.6cms x 23.6cms approx. Illustrated with black and white drawings and photos.
Price: £14.99
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 | Book - Thames & Severn Canal (Viner) Ref: 1240
by David Viner.The canal opened in 1789 and took 5 years to build, and at Sapperton, boasted the longest and largest canal tunnel in the world at the time. This new history and guide has been prepared by David from 30 years' personal knowledge of the canal.The book shows where to access the canal and how to enjoy the extensive towpath network as well as to study its important surviving buildings. There is also a detailed historical account of a fascinating canal which still remains one of the most attractive canal routes in Britain.Soft back. 160 pages. 17.2cms x 24.8cms approx. Colour and black & white photos.
Price: £15.99
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 | Book - Trent Lock, Shardlow and the Erewash Canal Ref: 1700
by Keith Taylor.In this personal memoir of Trent Lock, Shardlow and the Erewash Canal, Keith gives us a real flavour of life on the water, through a mix of reminiscence, old photographs and thorough research into the colourful, resolute and innovative canal characters, from the early boat-builders through to the 'navvies' and the hardships they endured.Soft back. 128 pages. 16.5cms x 23.5cms approx. Black & white illustrations.
Price: £12.99
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 | Book - Wey & Arun Junction Canal Ref: 1121
by P. A. L. Vine. Another book from the Tempus Images of England series.The canal opened in 1816 and traded for 55 years until the order for closure in 1871, and then for the best part of a century it lay abandoned.The book starts with the history of the canal, and then the derelict state of the canal as it lingered forgotten and crumbling, as well as the attempts being made since 1970 to reinstate it, are vividly evoked here by illustrations from the author's collection and those of the Wey & Arun Canal Trust.Soft back. 128 pages. 16.6cms x 23.6cms approx. Black & white illustrations.
Price: £10.99
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 | Book - Wilts & Berks Canal (Oakwood) Ref: 1300
by L.J. Dalby.The first edition of this book was printed in 1971, but since then more information has come to light and this has meant that the book has been updated twice. This 3rd edition includes this extra information as well as bringing the story of the canal more up to date.Inside the back cover is a pull out plan of he canal and branches.Soft back. 124 pages. 14.8cms x 21.1cms approx. Illustrated with black & white photos and drawings.
Price: £8.95
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 | Book - Wilts & Berks Canal (Tempus) Ref: 1128
compiled by Doug Small. Images of England Series.The Wilts & Berks canal was conceived late in the canal boom and was always doomed to failure. It played second fiddle to the Kennet & Avon, didn't offer a shorter route to London and its main source of income, the Somerset coalfields, were soon worked out.A collapsed aqueduct in 1901 signalled the end of one of England's most rural canals. It did, however, remain in remarkably good condition. It is now slowly being reclaimed.Soft back. 128 pages. 17.5cms x 23.5cms approx. Black & white illustrations.
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 | Book - Worcester and Birmingham Canal Ref: 1432
by Revd. Alan White.The earlier chapters of this book trace in detail the successive stages reached in making the canal and the reservoirs, and the Tardebigge Boat Lift. Later chapters cover the history of the canal following its completion, and its use for commercial and pleasure purposes.Three of the final chapters feature past and present places and items of interest located along the canal.Hard back. 394 pages. 17.7cms x 24.9cms approx. Illustrated with black and white photos and drawings.
Price: £19.95
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 | Book - The River Wye (A Pictorial History) Ref: 1790
by Josephine Jeremiah.The River Wye has long been celebrated for its exceptional picturesque beauty. Once navigated by trows and barges trading up and downstream and speckled with coracles.Josephine's concise and very readable narrative of the history of the Wye valley is transformed by her pictures and their captions into a book of compelling interest.Hard back. 134 pages. 19.3cms x 25.4cms. Black & white photos.
Price: £14.99
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