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    Storm Babet

    The damage near Shortwood Tunnel has led to a long term closure of the Worcester & Birmingham Canal. The forces of nature can wreak havoc on the canal network which has repair cost implications. As funding declines the network is is jeopardy -
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    Yardley Arms, Stechford

    After looking at several trade directories the term Yardley Arms Hotel appears later, which again raises the question when the Arms changed location. Assuming the 1912 ordnance survey is correct that would have been previous to that year. That change might be linked to Mitchells & Butlers The...
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    Boat builders in and around Birmingham

    Sheepcote Lane was beside old Birmingham Canal, what is now the Oozells Loop. It is now Sheepcote Street. If I recall correctly Broadfields Dock is mentioned in rate books. It is also shown in a previous part of this thread. The land belonged to the Grammar School and it seems that Samuel...
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    Steam Locos

    It is hoped to have 2007 ready for 2025 and construction work is ongoing at the new Darlington Works.
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    Canals of Birmingham

    As to Farmers Bridge Junction, there have been recent discussions on the Canal Forum site. The choice of calling the junction by the Indoor Arena as Farmers Bridge is not the best and is one devised in relatively modern time. Distance tables refer to the Junction as Deep Cutting when looking...
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    Canals of Birmingham

    Taking goods by narrowboat from Birmingham was limited to what could be packed into the hold of one or a pair of boats and would have also needed transshipment for carriage across the Mersey to Liverpool Docks. Carriage by train may have been a more practical option. The LNWR, in 1854 provided a...
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    Birmingham Canal Boatmen: struggle for improved working conditions.

    I would have thought Pedrocut might have paid more attention to the strike of May 1920 where boatmen engaged in the coal trade grieved by the lack of wage advancement and engaged in hostile action. At this time the canals were an essential supply of coal for industry and electricity generating...
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    Birmingham Canal Boatmen: struggle for improved working conditions.

    The comment about Severners needs a response The River Severn, Warwickshire Avon, and Wye like other waterways had people who were paid to assist craft upstream they were called halliers (bow haulers). Such a practice became less familiar with the introduction of towing paths. While bow hauling...
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    Canal toll houses

    Well, Birmingham factories made copious amounts of pen nibs with a former nib maker Brandauer still in business. There was once an important trade in coal south to the salt works and salt from the Droitwich and Stoke Works north to the chemical works of South Staffordshire. On your ride to...
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    British Waterways

    There was another image that shows the buildings at the end of the arm at Samson Road Wharf. It was a scene busy with traffic and Grand Union Canal Carrying craft. Then the GUCC, and other operators, carried to other destinations in Birmingham including the Bakelite Wharf at Tyseley
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    British Waterways

    That view shows the wharf at Birmingham Quay, Samson Road as the warehouses came to be made. These formed a group close to the top lock of the Camp Hill Flight.
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    Birmingham Canal Boatmen: struggle for improved working conditions.

    The Chester & Liverpool Lighterage had taken over parts of the Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Co trade and Midland & Coast took over another part and the LMS boatage service also took over a part. As to Neville Chamberlain he did persist and become involved with waterways improvement...
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    Metro- lack of progress

    Today's delays on the Metro in Birmingham were down to an "operational incident" whatever that means. Those that drive the trams in the city perhaps deserve a medal at the moment as they operate along the tracks where Deliveroo and other food carriers' bikes operate, the electric scooter user...
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    The Dock, Alrewas.

    The Dock was a road in Alrewas that led to Church Lane and the canal bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal as this 1901 edition of the Ordnance Survey shows
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    Birmingham Canal Boatmen: struggle for improved working conditions.

    It is hard to limit an action to Birmingham Boatmen for 1923. The facts as published in the newspapers do tackle some aspects of the strike which do have some parallels today with one particular group of workers. Working conditions on the boats were highlighted as harsh and the poor education...
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