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Wey & Arun Canal Old Restoration Photos.


Chris Lowe

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Found a load of my photos from when I was active on the Wey & Arun canal restoration years ago.

 

Malham Lock.

Some of the top coping stones are concrete that we made to look like sandstone, our civil engineer was very fussy about his concrete.

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Person in the lock is Bill Tompson who went on to work on certain national waterway magazines.

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I've always had a soft spot for the Wey and Arun. Along with the Basingstoke and Southern Grand Union, it was one of my local canals before I moved to my present house.

 

Peter Beresford and Peter Foulger were co-owners in our first shareboat back in the early 90's.

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I've got loads to scan and post but still have to find a load of them yet.

 

Next pictures will be Northlands Lift bridge, a bridge oue engineer Owen designed.

12 minutes ago, junior said:

I'd love to learn more about the Wey & Arun.

Growing up in Sussex it was the closest canal to me but I didn't even know canals existed back then. Now I have the interest in canals It's probably the furthest canal from me. Typical.

Have a read of the trust website https://weyarun.org.uk 

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13 hours ago, buccaneer66 said:

Lock 17 & the Approach Channel.

 

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I think these are the approach to Malham Lock but I can't remember.

 

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Tree Hugging isn't such a new thing.

 

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 Oooh! I recognise a few people in the Lock 17 Picture!

 

 

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2 hours ago, buccaneer66 said:

You must have been on the sites same time as me Tim, I presume you recognise the pair of reprobates standing where the cill used to be?

In the picyure I recognise Bill and Sallly Thompson, John Ward and Jeremy Frankel

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Rowner Lock

 

Rowner Lock bottom cill being inspected by my workmate Hugh the diver prior to gate installation.

 

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Bottom Gate Installation.

 

These gates where ex grand union bought very cheap from BWB, I believe they came from the Watford flight and we rebuilt them in Peter Longley garden shed.

 

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On 20/10/2021 at 20:45, buccaneer66 said:

Lock 17 & the Approach Channel.

 

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I think these are the approach to Malham Lock but I can't remember.

 

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Tree Hugging isn't such a new thing.

 

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Taloking to WACT bods at the weekend it would appear that Lock 17 is no longer required in the long term resrtoration, oh well, never mind, many happy memories from there.

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