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1929-1992

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Bridge at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats at bridge 120 at Slapton Wharf on the Grand Union Canal

Banbury Lane Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge 46 near Gayton village on the Grand Union Canal

Weedon Church near the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats at Warwick on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats being gauged at Norton Junction on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats being gauged at Norton Junction on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats being gauged at Norton Junction on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at a railway sleeper depot at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Steam dredger at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Interior of a warehouse in Brentford

Narrowboats near Bugbrooke on the Grand Union Canal

R Stephenson's railway bridge near Ivinghoe on the Grand Union Canal

Factory near the Grand Union Canal at Kings Langley

Boat children

Bolinder engine at Knowle Pumping Station

Bolinder engine and operator at Knowle Pumping Station

Bolinder engine and operator at Knowle Pumping Station

Stretch of the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats exiting Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats entering Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal

Ornamental bridge at Lady Capel's in Watford on the Grand Union Canal

Ornamental bridge at Solomans in Cosgrove on the Grand Union Canal

Stretch of the Grand Union Canal in the Linford area

Numerous narrowboats at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats leaving Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Piling boat near Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Inspection boat 'Kingfisher' near a lock on the Grand Union Canal

Black Horse pub beside the Grand Union Canal at Linford

Cutting near Wolverton Station on the Grand Union Canal

Fellows, Morton & Clayton Limited motor at Norton Junction on the Grand Union Canal

Narrow gauge railway and mechanical loader at Leighton Buzzard

Narrow gauge railway and mechanical loader at Leighton Buzzard

Narrow gauge railway and industrial equipment at Leighton Buzzard

Wolverton Aqueduct on the Grand Union Canal

Wolverton Aqueduct piers on the Grand Union Canal

Wolverton Aqueduct on the Grand Union Canal

Iron truck at Wolverton Aqueduct on the Grand Union Canal

Aqueduct at Warwick on the Grand Union Canal

Aqueduct at Warwick on the Grand Union Canal

Denham deep lock at Uxbridge on the Grand Union Canal

Denham deep lock 87 at Uxbridge on the Grand Union Canal

Lock gates at Denham deep lock 87 on the Grand Union Canal

Lock gate and bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Top lock at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Widewater lock 86 at Watford on the Grand Union Canal

Inspection launch 'Kingfisher' at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Inspection launch 'Kingfisher' at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Inspection launch 'Kingfisher' at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats 'Fornax' and 'Ra' at Knowle Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Knowle Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Knowle Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats at Hatton Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Narrow disused lock at Hatton Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats at Stockton Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Stockton Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats going up Bascote Staircase on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Hatton Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Calcutt Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Stockton locks on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal

Aerial photograph of Thames Lock at Brentford

Scene at Knowle Locks on the Grand Union Canal

People bathing in Ruislip Lido

Opening of Hatton Locks by Prince George Duke of Kent on the wide boat 'Progress'

Opening of Hatton Locks by Prince George Duke of Kent on the wide boat 'Progress'

Opening of Hatton Locks by Prince George Duke of Kent on the wide boat 'Progress'

Opening of Hatton Locks by Prince George Duke of Kent on the wide boat 'Progress'

Boats at Weedon 'blow' on the Grand Union Canal

Fenny Stratford lock on the Grand Union Canal

Fenny Stratford lock on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Lock keeper or boatman at Soulbury 3 Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Staff of the Grand Union Canal northern district

Horse dressed for BBC TV prgramme 'Voyage into England' at Stoke Bruerne

Horse dressed for BBC TV prgramme 'Voyage into England' at Stoke Bruerne

Concrete pile making on the northern district of the Grand Union Canal

Concrete pile making on the northern district of the Grand Union Canal

Concrete pile making on the northern district of the Grand Union Canal

Concrete pile making on the northern district of the Grand Union Canal

Group of men on the northern district of the Grand Union Canal

Group of workers outside a warehouse on the northern district of the Grand Union Canal

View inside a warehouse making concrete piling on the northern district of the Grand Union Canal

Concrete piling beside the Grand Union Canal northern district

Concrete piling on railway wagons on the northern district of the Grand Union Canal

Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Sewer reconstruction at Coventry Road Bridge 36 on the Grand Union Canal

Sewer reconstruction at Coventry Road Bridge 36 on the Grand Union Canal

Sewer reconstruction at Coventry Road Bridge 36 on the Grand Union Canal

Sewer reconstruction at Coventry Road Bridge 36 on the Grand Union Canal

Canal maintenance worker foreman from the Northern Section of the Grand Union Canal

Boat people on the British Waterways butty narrowboat 'Cheam' at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Rebuilt iron-girder bridge on the Grand Union Canal in the London area

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Small boy on the occasion of the Hatton Lock Flight opening

Pair of narrowboats at Berkhamsted on the Grand Union Canal

Grand Union Canal Carrying Company narrowboats at Cowley

Twin cylinder Bolinder engine in a pumphouse at Knowle

Twin cylinder Bolinder engine in a pumphouse at Knowle

Twin cylinder Bolinder engine in a pumphouse at Knowle

Twin cylinder Bolinder engine in a pumphouse at Knowle

Twin cylinder Bolinder engine in a pumphouse at Knowle

Model cabin of 'Sunny Valley' in front of the Blue Line Cruisers Limited building in Braunston

Model cabin of 'Sunny Valley' in front of the Blue Line Cruisers Limited building in Braunston

Model cabin of 'Sunny Valley' in front of the Blue Line Cruisers Limited building in Braunston

Model cabin of 'Sunny Valley' in front of the Blue Line Cruisers Limited building in Braunston

Model cabin of 'Sunny Valley' in front of the Blue Line Cruisers Limited building in Braunston

Model cabin of 'Sunny Valley' being moved by workmen

Model cabin of 'Sunny Valley' being moved by workmen

Working narrowboats and museum at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Working narrowboats and museum at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Tug 'Tring' at Bulbourne on the Grand Union Canal

Making lock gates at Bulbourne workshops on the Grand Union Canal

Advertisement for Bushell Brothers with photograph of the Grand Union Canal Company boat 'Progress'

School outing on the barge 'Avon' at Berkhamsted on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Blisworth on the Grand Union Canal

Sister Mary Ward at Stoke Bruerne

Reconstruction works at Hatton Top Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Reconstruction works at the Hatton lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bolinder engine in the museum at Stoke Bruerne

Scene at Stoke Bruerne lock 14 on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Stoke Bruerne lock 14 on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Stoke Bruerne lock 14 on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Stoke Bruerne lock 14 on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Stoke Bruerne lock 14 on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Stoke Bruerne lock 14 on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Stoke Bruerne lock 14 on the Grand Union Canal

The Boat Free House at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Stoke Bruerne lock 14 on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Stoke Bruerne lock 14 on the Grand Union Canal

Man at Stoke Bruerne lock 14 on the Grand Union Canal

Bottom lock at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal

Bottom lock at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal

Bottom lock at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal

Bottom lock at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal

Aqueduct at Warwick on the Grand Union Canal

Aqueduct at Warwick on the Grand Union Canal

Aqueduct at Warwick on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Warwick on the Grand Union Canal

Factory at Warwick on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Warwick on the Grand Union Canal

Scene on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Smith Taylor & Company Limited post on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Bridge on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Flavel of Leamington building on the Grand Union Canal

Scene on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Bridge 38 at Leamington on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Scene on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Scene on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Scene on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Wooden fencing on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Bridge and Flavel's building at Leamington on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Hatton lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Hatton lock number 4 on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Hatton lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Hatton lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Cruising boats moored on the Grand Union Canal main line

Cruising boats moored on the Grand Union Canal main line

Scene on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Knowle lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Knowle lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Lock gate paddle indicator at Knowle lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Lock gate paddle indicator at Knowle lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Knowle lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Knowle lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Knowle lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Kitchen area in a narrowboat cabin on the Grand Union Canal

Kitchen area in a narrowboat cabin on the Grand Union Canal

Leisure scenes on the Grand Union Canal

Leisure boats on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Leisure boats and people on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Leisure boats and people on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Leisure boats and people on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Scene on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Scene on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

House and garden near the Grand Union Canal

Garden and houses near the Grand Union Canal

Distance marker on the Grand Union Canal

Boatman on the Grand Union Canal

Boatman on the Grand Union Canal

Industrial scene on the Grand Union Canal

Industrial scene on the main line of the Grand Union Canal

Scene in an industrial area on the Grand Union Canal Main Line

Bridge 98 at Digbeth on the Grand Union Canal Main Line

Scene at Digbeth on the Grand Union Canal Main Line

Scene in an industrial area on the Grand Union Canal Main Line

Bridge 97 at Digbeth on the Grand Union Canal Main Line

Museum and pleasure craft on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne

Museum and pleasure craft on the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne

Scenes at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at 'The Boat Free House' in Stoke Bruerne

Scene at 'The Boat Free House' in Stoke Bruerne

Scene at 'The Boat Free House' in Stoke Bruerne

Scene at 'The Boat Free House' in Stoke Bruerne

Visit of Mr Neil Carmichael to Stoke Bruerne

Visit of Mr Neil Carmichael to Stoke Bruerne

Visit of Mr Neil Carmichael to Stoke Bruerne

Visit of the Minister of Transport to Stoke Bruerne

Visit of the Minister of Transport to Stoke Bruerne

Locks at Hillmorton on the North Oxford Canal, Rugby

Locks at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Locks at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge repairs at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Ovaltine boats at Marsworth Third Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Samuel Barlow narrowboat 'Warwick' and child at Denham Deep Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Mr and Mrs Kalelane on narrowboats at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats at Brick Kilm Grange Farm on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Brentford Dock on the Grand Union Canal

Group of people and narrowboats at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Dennis Wain at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Ovaltine narrowboats at Marsworth on the Grand Union Canal

Group of boat children at Cowroast Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Ovaltine narrowboats at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal

Ovaltine boat 'Enid' and a child on the Grand Union Canal

Percy Hambridge and narrowboats at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal

Ovaltine boats in a lock on the Grand Union Canal

Ovaltine boats 'William' and 'Enid' on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Brentford Docks on the Grand Union Canal

Ovaltine boats 'William' and 'Enid' at Marsworth Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats at Brentford Terminal on the Grand Union Canal

Breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboat steers through Weedon breach repairs on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboat steers through Weedon breach repairs on the Grand Union Canal

Repairs to a lock gate at the Hatton flight on the Grand Union Canal

Loaded pair of British Waterways narrowboats at Welton Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways butty 'Astrea' on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboat 'Hadley' on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboat 'Raven' on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboat stranded on the canal bank in Brentford due to flooding

Narrowboat caught up on the canal bank at Brentford due to flooding

Pair of narrowboats breaking through ice at Leamington on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats at Wolverton Aqueduct on the Grand Union Canal

Sister Mary Ward attending to a patient at Stoke Bruerne surgery

Dick Dyke and villagers on the Blisworth Tunnel tug on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats at Buckby top lock on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats at Norton Junction on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats at Hatton workshops on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats at Apsley Mills on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats at Apsley Mill on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats going up a lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats at Apsley Mills on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats in a lock at Watford on the Grand Union Canal

Sister Mary with her daughter at Stoke Bruerne.

Pair of narrowboats at Apsley Mill on the Grand Union Canal

Barge school at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Arthur Newton at Stockers Lock footbridge on the Grand Union Canal

T W Toovey's 'Langley' at Stockers Lock in Rickmansworth on the Grand Union Canal

Wide boat 'Golden Spray' on the Grand Union Canal at Brentford

Boatwoman and horse at Stoke Bruerne

Narrowboat in a lock at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal

Sister Mary Ward on a tunnel tug at Stoke Bruerne

Dick Dyke on the tunnel tug at Stoke Bruerne

Boat people on a narrowboat at Stoke Bruerne

Boatman Charlie Carter with a horse at Stoke Bruerne

Boatwoman and horse at Stoke Bruerne

Canal maintenance at Stoke Bruerne

Boat people on the butty 'Achilles' at Stoke Bruerne

Boatman on a tunnel tug at Stoke Bruerne top locks

Mr Amos at Stoke Bruerne top lock

Wide boat 'Langley' at Bushell's Yard

Frank Jones painting John Gould's narrowboat 'Colin' at Faulkner's Yard

Pair of Ovaltine narrowboats at Braunston lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Samuel Barlow's boatyard at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal

Willow Wren base at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal

Willow Wren base at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal

Willow Wren base at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways Board narrowboats at Stoke Bruerne top lock on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways Board narrowboats at Norton Junction on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways Board narrowboat 'Towcester' at the south end of the Blisworth Tunnel

Girls having a picnic on butty 'Balham' at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Mrs Alice Colins on the butty 'Tayport' at Stoke Bruerne

George Alford and barge horse 'Turpin' at Croxley on the Grand Union Canal

Loading timber onto narrowboats at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Boats moored at at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

People on a trip boat near Linford on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats ascending Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Wyvern Shipping Company trip boat descending Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Alice Collins' sister Ethel on a boat on the Grand Union Canal

Alice Collins' eldest son Charlie beside the Grand Union Canal at Brentford

Alice Collins on a narrowboat at Denham Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Alice Collins' sister and mother at Leighton Buzzard on the Grand Union Canal

Alice Collins and others on the butty 'Tayport' at Leighton Buzzard on the Grand Union Canal

Alice Collins on the butty 'Popular' at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats at Marston Junction on the Coventry / Ashby Canal

Narrowboats breasted up at Marsworth Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats at the Parks in Watford on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair in the top lock at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Ron Higgins with a dustbin at Stoke Bruerne

Narrowboats in Stoke Bruerne bottom lock on the Grand Union Canal

Sam Higgins on Caldy at Springwell Lock on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboat 'Bramble' at Rickmansworth on the Grand Union Canal

Roy Collins and his father on a narrowboat at Brentford

Alice Collins steering a boat on the Grand Union Canal

Preparations for widening Braunston stop lock on the Grand Union Canal

Widening Braunston stop lock on the Grand Union Canal

Widening Braunston stop lock on the Grand Union Canal

Widening Braunston stop lock on the Grand Union Canal

Widening Braunston stop lock on the Grand Union Canal

Widening Braunston stop lock on the Grand Union Canal

Repairs to walling at Dodford on the Grand Union Canal

Repairs to walling at Dodford on the Grand Union Canal

Stretch of the Grand Union Canal at Weedon before repairs to the walling

Stretch of the Grand Union Canal at Weedon before repairs to the walling

New walling at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

New walling at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Walling at Bugbrooke before repairs

Walling at Bugbrooke before repairs

Walling at Bugbrooke before repairs

New walling at Bugbrooke on the Grand Union Canal

New walling at Bugbrooke on the Grand Union Canal

Walling at Bugbrooke before repairs

New walling at Bugbrooke on the Grand Union Canal

Walling at Bugbrooke before repairs

New walling at Bugbrooke on the Grand Union Canal

Cracking on bridge 49 at Blisworth on the Grand Union Canal

Cracking on bridge 49 at Blisworth on the Grand Union Canal

Cracking on bridge 49 at Blisworth on the Grand Union Canal

Enlargement of bridge 49 at Blisworth on the Grand Union Canal

Top lock area at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Eroded canal bank at Bradwell on the Grand Union Canal

New walling at Bradwell on the Grand Union Canal

New walling at Bradwell on the Grand Union Canal

Deep excavation for walling at Bradwell on the Grand Union Canal

Deep excavation for walling at Bradwell on the Grand Union Canal

Excavation for walling at Bradwell on the Grand Union Canal

Erosion of the bank at Woughton on the Grand Union Canal

Erosion of the bank at Woughton on the Grand Union Canal

Low water levels at Drayton Reservoir

Low water levels at Drayton Reservoir

Low water levels at Drayton Reservoir

British Waterways narrowboats at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

"The Canal at Castlethorpe"

View from the garden of the Navigation Inn at Castlethorpe

Samuel Barlow motor narrowboat at Berkhamsted on the Grand Union Canal

Vessels at Brentford Depot on the Grand Union Canal

Vessels at Brentford Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Frank Jones painting a water can at Faulkner's boatyard in Leighton Buzzard

Blisworth Mills on the Grand Union Canal

New locks at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal

New locks being built at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal

Wide boat 'Uxbridge' entering Cowley Lock on the Grand Union Canal

John Griffiths boat 'Tame' being unloaded at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Barge school on the River Brent section of the Grand Union Canal

Barges and lighters loaded with timber on the Grand Union Canal

Women exercising at Ruislip Lido

Diesel engined narrowboat at Harland & Wolff's yard in North Woolwich

Diesel engined narrowboat at Harland & Wolff's yard in North Woolwich

Retirement presentation to Harry Batchelor by the Grand Union Canal

Motor boat 'Hadley' in Cassio Park on the Grand Union Canal

Butty boat 'Hagley' being pulled by motor 'Hadley' in Cassio Park

Stoke Bruerne Railway Station

Steam locomotive at Stoke Bruerne Railway Station

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats at Soulbury Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Brentford Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats being loaded with steel channels at Brentford

British Waterways narrowboats being loaded with steel channels at Brentford

Tractor pulling a barge loaded with timber at Hawley Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Official card of John Griffiths Canal Carrier showing the motor 'Enterprise' on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways pair at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

View of Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

View of Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

View of Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

View of Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

View at Stoke Bruerne top lock on the Grand Union Canal

View at Stoke Bruerne top lock on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats at Stoke Bruerne top lock on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats at Stoke Bruerne top lock on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats at Stoke Bruerne top lock on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats at Stoke Bruerne top lock on the Grand Union Canal

The Boat Free House and Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne

View at Stoke Bruerne top lock on the Grand Union Canal

View at Stoke Bruerne top lock on the Grand Union Canal

View at Stoke Bruerne top lock on the Grand Union Canal

Sister Mary Ward stood beside the Grand Union Canal at Stoke Bruerne

Sister Mary Ward at Stoke Bruerne

Sister Mary Ward at Stoke Bruerne

Scene at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats at Hatton Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Large number of boats being loaded at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Boatwoman washing clothes at Bull Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Boatwoman washing clothes at Bull Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats at Black Jack's lock on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways motor 'Asterope' at Norton Junction on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats at Norton Junction on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats at Linford on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats at Linford on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats at Hatton lock flight on the Grand Union Canal

Loading the narrowboat 'Aynho' with paper reels at Brentford

British Waterways narrowboats in a lock at Soulbury Three Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats in the top lock at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Transshipping steel channels from a barge to narrowboats at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Willow Wren narrowboats 'Snipe' and 'Tern' at Stoke Bruerne

Solomon's Bridge at Cosgrove on the Grand Union Canal

Cosgrove lock and swing bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Three bridges (Windmill Bridge) at Hanwell on the Grand Union Canal

Classroom on the barge school 'Elsdale' at Bulls Bridge

Duke of Kent on 'Progress' at the opening ceremony of wide locks at Hatton

Aerial photograph of lock redevelopment at Hatton on the Grand Union Canal

Installing lock gates near Cowroast,Grand Union Canal.

Horse drawn barge 'Togo' at Hunton Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboat entering a lock at Kings Langley on the Grand Union Canal

Reconstruction of Hatton top lock on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of Faulkner narrowboats at Cassiobury Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats exiting a lock at Watford on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of Fellows, Morton & Clayton narrowboats at Cassiobury Park on the Grand Union Canal

Thames barge 'Livingstone' at Batchworth Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of loaded narrowboats at Candle Bridge, Blisworth on the Grand Union Canal

House boats moored at Cowley on the Grand Union Canal

Mr William Nightingale signwriting a British Waterways Board workman's flat at Stoke Bruerne

Mr William Nightingale with the Waterways Museum sales cabin at Stoke Bruerne

Grand Union Canal Carrying Company narrowboats at Brentford

Narrowboat being renamed at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Lock at Harefield on the Grand Union Canal

Numerous boats moored in a layby at Bulls Bridge Depot on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats including the butty 'Mary' in the Heyford area on the Grand Union Canal

Samuel Barlow narrowboat 'Rodney' abandoned at Widewater Flash

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats and The Old Wharf Inn at Great Linford on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats at West Drayton on the Grand Union Canal

Sampson Road Depot and Camp Hill top lock on the Grand Union Canal

Wide boat 'Regent' about to enter a dry dock at Marsworth on the Grand Union Canal

Wide boat on stocks in the dry dock at Marsworth on the Grand Union Canal

Willow Wren narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal in the Marsworth area

Willow Wren narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal in the Marsworth area

Railway line and the Grand Union Canal at Old Oak Common

Lighter 'Redstart' in Thames Lock at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Harvey-Taylor motor at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Boats moored below Brentford Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Fenny Stratford Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats at Batchworth Lock (Lock 81) on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats at Alperton on the Grand Union Canal

Crane unloading at E G Woods' yard at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Boats at a wharf in Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Boats at Brentford on the Grand Union Canal

Old and new locks on the Warwick Section of the Grand Union Canal

Unloading sea going ships into narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal

Sister Mary Ward at Stoke Bruerne top lock on the Grand Union Canal

Model of narrowboat 'Sunny Valley' at Stoke Bruerne Museum

Interior of the model narrowboat 'Sunny Valley' at Stoke Bruerne Museum

Bolinder semi-diesel engine at Stoke Bruerne Museum

Buckby Can at Stoke Bruerne

Sister Mary Ward at the opening of Stoke Bruerne Museum

Postcard view of The Fishery Inn, Boxmooor, Hertfordshire, on the Grand Union Canal.

Three Bridges at Southall on the Grand Union Canal

Repair works at Blisworth cutting on the Grand Union Canal

Restoration of Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal

Restoration of Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal

Concrete segments at Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal

Sir Leslie Young at the reopening of Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal

Aerial view of Stoke Bruerne

Flood discharge in Blisworth cutting on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at the reconstruction of Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal

Ron Hough painting the model of narrowboat 'Sunny Valley' in Stoke Bruerne Museum

Boiler from a Fellows, Morton & Clayton Limited steamer

Wooden boat construction at Nurser's Yard in Braunston

Engine in a narrowboat at Nurser's Yard in Braunston

Saw Mills at Boxmoor on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats leaving Cassiobury Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Harry H Corbett acting in the film 'The Bargee' at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Harry H Corbett and Yootha Joyce acting on a narrowboat for the film 'The Bargee'

Walkers Lock No 80 on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboats loaded with lock gates at Berkhamsted on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of Harvey-Taylor narrowboats near Watford on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at G B Kent & Sons Wharf in Apsley on the Grand Union Canal

Minister of Transport, Leslie Burgin, on a narrowboat at Apsley.

Building wide locks at Knowle or Hatton on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of Ovaltine narrowboats at Berkhamsted Locks on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at John Dickinson's factory at Apsley on the Grand Union Canal

Member of staff at Stoke Bruerne Museum

Claude Hadlow holding a gauging rod in Stoke Bruerne Museum

Scene outside Stoke Bruerne Museum shortly after its opening

Jack James in Stoke Bruerne Museum

Claude Hadlow with some traditionally painted items from canal boats at Stoke Bruerne Museum

Jack James beside the model of the narrowboat 'Sunny Valley' in Stoke Bruerne Museum

British Waterways River Class Boat at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

View of the flood at 'The Island' in Rickmansworth on the Grand Union Canal

View of the flood at 'The Island' in Rickmansworth on the Grand Union Canal

View of the flood at 'The Island' in Rickmansworth on the Grand Union Canal

12 inch gauge steam railway and locomotive at Ruislip Lido

12 inch gauge steam railway and locomotive at Ruislip Lido

12 inch gauge steam railway and locomotive at Ruislip Lido

12 inch gauge steam railway and locomotive at Ruislip Lido

British Waterways butty 'Seascale' at Bulls Bridge dry dock

British Waterways narrowboats 'Hadley' and 'Lyra' loaded at Long Buckby on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats 'Hadley' and 'Lyra' heading south on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats 'Hadley' and 'Lyra' at Stoke Bruerne top lock

British Waterways narrowboats 'Hadley' and 'Lyra' tied up at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats 'Hadley' and 'Lyra' at Fenny Stratford Pound on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats moored at Heyford on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats at Hatton Locks on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats crossing Wolverton Aqueduct on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboat exiting the southern end of Blisworth Tunnel on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of British Waterways narrowboats entering Iron Bridge Lock on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways narrowboats 'Baldock' and 'Lyra' moored on the Grand Union Canal

Mitchell family on the British Waterways butty 'Lyra' at Bulls Bridge

Boats at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal in wintry conditions

Zoo bus boat in operation near Regent's Park on the Grand Union Canal

Zoo bus in a dry dock at Bulls Bridge

Zoo bus in a dry dock at Bulls Bridge

Zoo bus in a dry dock at Bulls Bridge

'Water Kelpie' and Eleanor Mitchell at Denham Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Zoo bus operating in Regent's Park on the Grand Union Canal

'Water Kelpie' and 'Water Nymph' at Cassiobury Park lock on the Grand Union Canal

Scene at Bulls Bridge Depot on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways boats 'Baldock' and 'Lyra' entering a lock at Soulbury on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways boats 'Baldock' and 'Lyra' moored at Red Lion Bridge in Marsworth on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways boats 'Hadley' and 'Lyra' at Jackdaw Pound on the Grand Union Canal

Loaded pair of narrowboats at Boxmoor on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways boats 'Baldock' and 'Lyra' moored at Fishery Lock in Apsley

Mitchell's pet cat and narrowboats at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Pleasure Boat Dock at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Eleanor Mitchell steering a boat at Knowle on the Grand Union Canal

Lay-by at Southall on the Grand Union Canal

Walt Disney Cocktail Party on 'Fair Lady' in London on the Grand Union Canal

Pleasure boat 'Water Rambler' at Alberts Two Locks near Watford on the Grand Union Canal

'Water Kelpie' and 'Water Nymph' at Cowley Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Mitchell family and narrowboats at a lay-by at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Pleasure boat 'Fair Lady' in London on the Grand Union Canal

Syd and Eleanor Mitchell with competition winners on 'Water Ouzel' on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways boats 'Hadley' and 'Lyra' at Fenny Stratford on the Grand Union Canal

British Waterways boats 'Hadley' and 'Lyra' at Fenny Stratford on the Grand Union Canal

'Water Kelpie' near Hayes on the Grand Union Canal

Zoo bus 'Water Buck' in Regent's Park on the Grand Union Canal

Eleanor Mitchell at Denham Lock on the Grand Union Canal

'Water Kelpie' entering Denham Deep Lock on the Grand Union Canal

Party on 'Water Kelpie' at Denham on the Grand Union Canal

Pleasure boat 'Water Rambler' on the Warwick Section of the Grand Union Canal

Syd Mitchell and a lock keeper on the Warwick Section of the Grand Union Canal

Lock keeper on the Warwick Section of the Grand Union Canal

Boats at a lay-by at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Boat gauging stick at Stoke Bruerne Museum

Narrowboat crossing Wolverton Aqueduct on the Grand Union Canal

Nellie Freeth at the stern of a narrowboat

Pair of narrowboats travelling to Charing Cross

Work on the canal wall at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Pump house below Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal

Pump house below a lock on the Grand Union Canal

Knowle Lock Flight on the Grand Union Canal

Presentation of a clock at Bulbourne workshops on the Grand Union Canal

Pump in a workshop at Bulbourne on the Grand Union Canal

Pump in a workshop at Bulbourne on the Grand Union Canal

Pump in a workshop at Bulbourne on the Grand Union Canal

Work at Bulbourne on the Grand Union Canal

"Canal Nurse"

Narrowboat in a dry dock at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Narrowboat in a dry dock at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Repair work after a breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Repair work after a breach at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal

Construction at Brent Reservoir on the Grand Union Canal

New syphons being built at Brent Reservoir on the Grand Union Canal

New syphons being built at Brent Reservoir on the Grand Union Canal

New syphons at Brent Reservoir on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats entering lock number 3 at Braunston on the Grand Union Canal

"New Lock Cottage, Bascote"

"Stockton Locks"

Boat family at Uxbridge on the Grand Union Canal

Bridge being rebuilt at Harefield on the Grand Union Canal

Unloading grain from narrowboats at Fenny Stratford on the Grand Union Canal

Pile making at Marsworth on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of Grand Union Canal Company boats in a lock near Marsworth

Horses pulling an ice boat at Marsworth on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats travelling through ice at Marsworth on the Grand Union Canal

Pair of narrowboats travelling through ice at Marsworth on the Grand Union Canal

Ice on the Grand Union Canal at Marsworth

Ice on the Grand Union Canal at Marsworth

Lock-keeper at Marsworth locking up for the night

Sarah Boswell and Alice Higgins with British Waterways butty 'Aston' on the Grand Union Canal

Tom Boswell and Bill Willson at Bulls Bridge on the Grand Union Canal

Sam and Sarah Boswell and narrowboats on the Grand Union Canal

Sarah Rose, Violet Boswell and Doll Billingham with the British Waterways butty 'Aston' on the Grand Union Canal

Sarah Boswell and grandson John Boswell on the British Waterways butty 'Aston' on the Grand Union Canal

Boswell family on narrowboats near a lock on the Grand Union Canal

Sarah and Rose Boswell on the British Waterways butty 'Aston' on the Grand Union Canal

Violet and Rose Boswell on a narrowboat on the Grand Union Canal

Eric Boswell and butty narrowboat 'Berkhamsted' on the Grand Union Canal

Studio photograph of Bill Bosworth and his sister Violet

Pair of narrowboats in a lock at Soulbury Lock Flight on the Grand Union Canal

Violet Boswell on a narrowboat on the Grand Union Canal

Sam and Sarah Boswell and narrowboats at Watford on the Grand Union Canal

Doris Boswell steering a motor narrowboat on the Grand Union Canal

Tony Boswell and a horse beside the Grand Union Canal

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