If only..

[rupertbear]

..we could return to the good old traditional days of the waterways:

 

http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1F46/production/_84860080_canalold1.jpg

[Naughty Cal]

No thanks.

[GreyLady]

..we could return to the good old traditional days of the waterways:

 

http://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/1F46/production/_84860080_canalold1.jpg

 

That Boat in the photo looks like a pretend CC'er

[b0atman]

That householder should be told to stop throwing his rubbish over the wall and dispose of it correctly

[MtB]

The boat on the left looks in fine condition though.

 

Interesting they are moored opposite each other with too small a gap for traffic to fit though. Presumably they expected virtually none.

 

On the other hand there must have been at a little or the rodney boat wouldn't need those tyres out as fenders.

[rupertbear]

I have no idea of the date or location of the photograph, I found it on a BBC Page. It is a CRT archive pic, though, anyone know more about it?

[MtB]

It will probably turn out to have been taken in 2014!

[arbutus]

The photo can be found at http://collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/bw192.2.31.1

 

It says the boat is moored a Banbury on the Grand Union Canal.

 

Date 1957 – 1962

[bottle]

The photo can be found at http://collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/bw192.2.31.1

 

It says the boat is moored a Banbury on the Grand Union Canal.

 

Date 1957 – 1962

 

That's clever.

[Jerra]

Date 1957 – 1962

Well over the 14 days mooring limit!

[Scholar Gypsy]

I can't believe that is Banbury Lane bridge on the GU.

 

I also can't think of many bits of the Oxford Canal in Banbury that are that straight - could be the section by the station, with the lift bridge just behind the photographer? Too many trees though.

 

Some of the other photos of Banbury in that collection are fabulous eg this set of the lift bridge just above the lock, before the whole area was cleared and the ugly bus station (Mark 1) was built

 

Not Bunbury either (and that is on the SU of course)..