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On this day in 1989 Hawkesbury Junction
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On this day in 1988 Yarningdale Aqueduct, Southern Stratford
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On this day in 2011 Stone botton lock T&M One of those signs that hasn't worked out that the context changes with the operation of the gate
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On this day in 2019 Cross Keys Penkridge S+W and from image 126 of this book (as below)
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On this day in 2019 S+W Park Gate Lock For the want of a brick ...
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On this day in 2019 Sheep, possibly. Compare with #205
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Pedantically 03030404040. I'll have to find a pic of one of their signs ... Aha, here's a relatively new type of C&RT sign. The number is in the small print
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Yes these seem to be in a sensible sequence Bridge 5AA Kingsknowe Road Bridge Union Canal Edinburgh. And close by is 6A and 6B and 6C, all new bridges. Nicholsons (out-of-print) book 8 (Scotland) has, in order: 5: Kingsknowe Road Bridge 5aa: Dumbryden Road Bridge 5a: Hailes Bridge 6: Hailesland Park Bridge 6a: Walkers Access Road Bridge (none? Walker's Footbridge 6b: Clovenstone Road Bridge (none? Greenways Footbridge (none? Murrayburn Footbridge 6c: Murrayburn Road Bridge 7: Westerhailes Road Bridge There are a number of stranger numbering schemes around the system.
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From 2018 - more water when boats using the flight
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On this day in 2016 Below Soulbury locks GUSouth
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On this day in 2016 Useful sign, Stoke Bruerne flight GUSouth Part of an interpretation board alongside non-operational sideponds
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On this day in 2009 Crofton K&A
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On this day in 2011 Stone Bottom Lock T&M Signs by the entrance
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On this day in 2014 Bridge 78aaa Botany Bay L&L It's an innocent looking motorway bridge, and I wonder why it acquired so bizarre a number. Entirely speculation, but one of the last enthusiasms of BW was to have a number on each bridge - a useful safety issue for those phoning for assistance. Let's guess that the instruction from Head Office allowed little discretion, and at this point there was already a Bridge 78 on one side of the motorway and a railway bridge with the number 78A (from earlier bridge-numbering enthusiasm) on t'other. There is a bridge for each carriageway, so we can guess that whoever filled in the form commissioning the signs had a bit of a chuckle and wrote down 78aa and 78aaa, just to see what happened ... But who knows, it could be an entirely different scenario...
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On this day in 1988 Weir (and ford) by George Billington Lock, River Avon Moorings are in the lock cut and the access to t'pub was across the weir/ford. On an earlier trip in 1975, there was more enthusiasm for beer than there was for collecting it, resulting in a crossing carrying beer in each hand. Depending on the flow of water, this could be more scary than sensible. Excellent photos of the Avon restoration here
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On this day in 1990 Banbury (Bus Station) Southern Oxford
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On this day in 1989 Leaving Shardlow T&M
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On this day in 2002 T&M Barton by Turnover Bridge No 36
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On this day in 2014 Plank Lane, Leigh Arm L&L
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On this day in 2013 ... Ducks
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View down the staircase from Lord of the Glens Sadly no steam train that day in 2014.
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We'll all be there for tea, thanks. Seats about fifty in the dining room. Three meals per day. Very comfortable ? Can add whisky to your breakfast porridge, btw
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On this day in 2016 Stretton Stop Northern Oxford. Rose Narrowboats
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On this day in 2008 An IWPS walk on the Cromford Canal led by Hugh Potter (right) l
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On this day 2019 Newport Canal, Norbury
