Cannock Extension Canal

[Tony K]

Grove Marina - half a century apart

 

 

 

 

 

 

[grey wolf]

i like the second picture best but i am sure many will lament the industrial past dissapering.it is amazing how nature can reclaim a site.

[RLWP]

That second picture is quite deceptive.

 

Richard

[steven wilkinson]

I do like looking at 'then and now' photos

[magpie patrick]

That second picture is quite deceptive.

 

Richard

 

Do you mean that any minute now that fibreglass cruiser will be loaded with 25 tonnes of coal?

 

You can see substantial brickwork partly hidden by trees on the right, although unless the canal has narrowed through vegetation growth, I can't really place it in the "then" picture

[RLWP]

I find the old Grove Colliery basin one of the least attractive bits of the of BCN.

 

The sides of the basin still exist as scrubby land where a few boats moor. The end view suggests more vegetation than actually exists

 

Richard

[Heartland]

Grove Colliery was the end of the Standard gauge railway branch but also a rope worked narrow gauge line from Wyrley No 3.

 

Ray Shill

[Tony K]

I find the old Grove Colliery basin one of the least attractive bits of the of BCN.

 

The sides of the basin still exist as scrubby land where a few boats moor. The end view suggests more vegetation than actually exists

 

Richard

 

 

Taken on one of our fishing matches late last year when the trees had shed their leaves and the vegetation had died back......

 

 

Edited April 8, 2013 by Tony K

[Laurence Hogg]

Quite honestly I cannot understand why Wyrley estates have not developed this basin. It is so scruffy and unkempt to be beyond belief, why anyone moors there is beyond me. CTS manage it i understand. You would have thought some "encouragment" would have been forthcoming. The Wyrley is now a very attractive canal, also all the vegetation that was a nuisance on the extension is gone, so why not develop a obvious asset?

Edited April 8, 2013 by Laurence Hogg

[springy]

Just been pointed to this video

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_x5WdDUjM

 

1960s Brownhills, various bits of canals starting around 12 mins, good shots of the Grove around 15:23 mins

 

 

springy

[Rufford]

Burntwood/Lichfield recently received a £50k grant to invest in the High St and local area to try and improve trade. I suggested that they install some water points and visitor moorings at Angelsey Basin by Chasewater. The thinking being its a nice large area of water where quite a few boats could moor so that they can visit the town and also (I think) there are only a few locks between Angelsey Basin and the centre of Brum, so Chasetown could have been the 'rural get away' within one day/half a days cruising from central Brum.

 

I even offered to supply equipment to do the job for free.

In the end they decided to spend the money on a local resident loyalty card that will entitle locals to discount in local shops.

[lydfordcastle]

Just been pointed to this video

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_x5WdDUjM

 

1960s Brownhills, various bits of canals starting around 12 mins, good shots of the Grove around 15:23 mins

 

 

springy

 

I think the steam loco hauling the goods train through Brownhills station was LMS 'Jubilee' class 45641 "Sandwich". Sad, I know

[springy]

Some more shots of the Grove on Brownhills Bob

 

http://brownhillsbob.com/2015/01/04/one-of-the-last-standing/

 

(from CRT archive)

 

ETA - just found them on the CRT site - part of the Arthur Watts photographs collection

 

http://collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/bw200.1.10.52

 

unfortunately I forsee myself loosing at least a couple of hours browsing just the BCN part of it !

 

springy

Edited January 6, 2015 by springy

[Derek R.]

Great links. But CRT have got PACIFIC wrong. Could be VESTA maybe - better knowledge needed.

 

Another angle of the same boat:

http://brownhillsbob.com/2015/01/04/one-of-the-last-standing/v0_web-10-2/

Edited January 6, 2015 by Derek R.

[pete harrison]

Great links. But CRT have got PACIFIC wrong. Could be VESTA maybe - better knowledge needed.

 

Another angle of the same boat:

http://brownhillsbob.com/2015/01/04/one-of-the-last-standing/v0_web-10-2/

It looks like PACIFIC to me, originally built by F.M.C. Ltd., Saltley as their steamer VICTORY (and not to be confused with the Yarwood built Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd. tug of the same name)

[the barnacle]

wow what a change - thanks for posting.

[Derek R.]

Aah, it was the Stewart & Lloyds tug I was expecting to see.