larrysanders

thanks for the help with this one !! especially: makes sense now ! Leicester to Market Harborough was the remnants of an unfinished canal that should have reached Northampton. It was intended to convey barges between the two river navigations.

many thanks.. very interesting but doesn't totally answer it..

Just interested to know why the section north of Kibworth Top Lock on the GU Leicester Line has broad locks? Were they originally narrow and widened, or have they always been broad to accommodate Trent river craft? I understand the GU was created as smaller canal companies merged - is this part of the reason? Many thanks.

Lock 54 isn't named in the Nicholson Guide. Canal Plan calls it Stratford Lock elsewhere it's called Oliver's Lock. Can anyone confirm the name? It's the one in between Warwick Road Lock and Maidenhead Road Lock. Thanks

I read somewhere this is the shortest and oldest tunnel on the system. Is this right?

I've been told the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company bought up a load of battleship grey paint after WW1 - is this really the reason? Your thoughts? Thanks

yes lock free for 17 to 18 miles

i did - thank you. so many canal books in one place! love audlem great place. did the flight today.

Is it pronounced Tie-r-ley or Tira-ley? Thanks

I'm there tomorrow - going to pick one up.

really useful !! that's great. 2 trips a week - that's some going.

thanks for your help with this! very much appreciated.

Any idea what the average time it would take a Shroppie fly-boat to get from Ellesmere Port to Birmingham? Are we talking 24 hours? Did they ever carry passengers or was it just perishable cargo? Thanks.

7 South View, Eaton Road, ... Found it !!! Many thanks.. for this.

Hi does anyone happen to know the house number of Tom Rolt's birthplace on Eaton Road in Chester? Any help much appreciated.