This collection of pages shows pictures taken on the Shrewsbury Canal starting in the early 1970's, with others taken more recently. The great majority are images scanned from slides, and are available on application to me in far greater resolution.
When I lived in Wellington I could see the guillotine superstructures of Hadley Park and Turnip Locks from an upstairs window of our home near Wrekin College, where I taught between 1969 and 1978. Fairly early on during my time there I realised that parts of the canal were disappearing rapidly, with bridges present one day being gone when passing by a few weeks later. A particular case in point was Rodington Lift Bridge at the eastern end of Rodington Embankment.
Because of this I determined to make a photographic record of the canal, along with the Newport Branch, before it was too late.
In addition, permission was obtained to clear the locks and towpath in the Hadley Park area, and a group of enthusiastic jungle bashers was formed called the Wrekin College Canal Restoration Group, and some of their work, along with the deterioration since work stopped in 1978, may be seen in these photographs.
1 - Shrewsbury
2 - Uffington
3 - Berwick Tunnel
4 - Berwick Wharf Area
5 - Rodington Area
6 - Longdon Aqueduct
7 - Long Lane Wharf
8 - Eyton Lower Lock
9 - Eyton Village Lock
10 - Wappenshall
11 - Britton to Peaty Locks
12 - Hadley Park Lock
13 - Turnip Lock
14 - Bakers Lock
15 - Trench Lock
16 - Trench Incline
I have given a number of slide shows to waterway societies in the past.
The two main titles I have used are 'Locks, Bridges and Tunnels' (a personal view of the many features to be found on both UK and overseas waterways), and 'The Shrewsbury and Newport Canals' (a look at the two waterways illustrated with both old and recent images).
Now living in Lincolnshire, I would be happy to talk to any organisation in the East Midlands.
If you wish to get in contact, feel free to mail me at mail me, taking the 'penny' out of this address and please include the word 'canal' in your subject line to avoid your email falling into my spamtrap!