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1.3 The Lost Loops of the Birmingham Canal Navigations 

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This video is the third of seven episodes in the first series of Canal Hunter. In this episode Andy Tidy heads north from Birmingham City Centre and explores the loops of canal created when Thomas Telford cut a new line of canal through James Brindley's winding 1769 route.

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11 июл 2024

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Комментарии : 44   
@stephenbelshaw3042
@stephenbelshaw3042 10 месяцев назад
Fascinating ,canals have always interested me.The hard work and engineering that went into building them, is incredible .Thanks for sharing your knowledge of canals with us .
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 7 месяцев назад
Its a pleasure to make them
@putek77
@putek77 Год назад
Thanks your videos my canal cycling will never be the same again😃
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 Год назад
Happy to help.
@alphadog4802
@alphadog4802 3 года назад
Enjoyed that ! My family is from Birmingham although i was born in America , it's like visiting home without the air fair to get there ! Cheers mate !
@paulkneller3464
@paulkneller3464 Год назад
Thank you for fantastic coverage of the Hatherton canal, you have put it into total perspective, having payed a visit today, it's helped us understand the situation Regards Paul & Wendy
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 Год назад
Its a good walk to the Roman Way Hotel.
@sallyu1
@sallyu1 5 лет назад
Another interesting piece of history. We will look at things in a different light if we go down that way in the Summer.
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 5 лет назад
Gad you are enjoying the series. If you are passing through try and get a copy of Richard Dean's The Canal of Birmingham. It shows all the lost arms and basins that ever existed and you can identify all those blocked up junctions.
@annie2950
@annie2950 5 лет назад
Thanks Andy. Very enjoyable.
@ugomuin1336
@ugomuin1336 3 года назад
Thank you for this additional information. I am planing a trip this week alone this line. I have taken a number of photos and the portfolio is building nicely of coloured, black and white and a couple using Claude Mirror technique used by landscape artist.
@nicholasjones7645
@nicholasjones7645 Год назад
Bob on love the info will go and have a look around thanks
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 Год назад
Please do!
@dennisporter753
@dennisporter753 3 года назад
Continued by watching the last episode again because of the history really intrigued me.. this episode was just as Great! I really enjoyed this series around Birmingham to no end! Cheers Andy
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 3 года назад
Thanks Dennis - its a really interesting area and would justify some more videos on how the remaining bits used to look like. They will probably emerge as a series "In with the old, out with the new" following the old and new mainlines between Wolverhampton and Birmingham.
@dennisporter753
@dennisporter753 3 года назад
@@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 I was just thinking that it will be great to revisit the area again after watching this episode.. Thanks Andy!
@Bill-ll5py
@Bill-ll5py Год назад
Facinating. Many thanks for these videos. Can you do one on how the canal water was managed?
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 Год назад
Thats an interesting idea. I did an item on the BCN reservoirs in Narrow Boat magazine a couple of years ago - maybe one to transfer to video one day.
@CatchavistaAerial
@CatchavistaAerial 4 года назад
Great film great history
@ScholarGypsyOx
@ScholarGypsyOx 4 года назад
Dear Andy I went around the Midland Met Hospital building site a couple of years ago. The management of the hospital had some interesting thoughts about how to use the waterspace, as part of the open space around the hospital. Are you aware of this at all??
@stephenbowker824
@stephenbowker824 3 года назад
Really enjoying working through from number 1 sat on the embankment to the south of Telfords aqueduct at Nantwich 👍👏 NB Fiddlesticks
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 3 года назад
Glad you are enjoying them Stephen. I always knew I would look back at the early episodes and cringe - and I do - they look and sound so rough!
@dudleyblokerave
@dudleyblokerave 5 лет назад
Great vid. Subscribed.
@jhvoojh
@jhvoojh 3 года назад
Love the Brum and Black canals, known locally in the Black Country as the cut. When I used to be able to walk I would stroll along without a care in the world, drop off for the odd pint here and there.
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 3 года назад
They are a rich seam of industrial history Jimmy
@pjg_77
@pjg_77 3 года назад
My uncle Peter used to be moored at Hockley Port. Lovely it was, would never know you were in B18
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 3 года назад
Its a great spot - we have friends who still live there.
@leegiles3672
@leegiles3672 3 года назад
I used to work at hockey port moorings back in 93/94
@C...G...
@C...G... 5 лет назад
hello andy, we're really enjoying watching your videos and are looking forward to seeing more. would it be possible to leave the captions, pictures and the maps on the screen for a little bit longer, as it was getting difficult to take in all the information you were trying to convey? best regards, c. p.s. liked and subscribed! :-)
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 5 лет назад
Thats a fair point - they can be stretched. Mind you - you may have to wait till the second series to see the change.... The trouble with the central canals is the sheer volume of archive material available - a "problem" which reduces as we move further out.
@C...G...
@C...G... 5 лет назад
Life at 2.3 miles an hour it's ok, I'll just have to keep clicking the pause icon :-)
@ugomuin1336
@ugomuin1336 3 года назад
Andy, this is absolutely fascinating. I am working on a photographic project on the canals of birmingham (12 photos on the beauty and the sublimed). As part of my research I found Captain Ahaba. The information that you providing is absolutely fascinating. If could recommend reading material around birmingham area that would be great. And photographic source material. I have contacted B'ham central library, covid closed.
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 3 года назад
The canals of Birmingham by Ray Shill is a great source of history and there is a lot fo material on the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society (BCNS) website. A search for Kev Maslin should lead you to some excellent contemporary photos.
@ugomuin1336
@ugomuin1336 3 года назад
@@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 Thank you for your help.
@ugomuin1336
@ugomuin1336 3 года назад
@@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 The Ray Shill book arrived this week and it has bought a lot of information together, thank you for the advice, I wanted to let you that this is appreciated.
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 3 года назад
@@ugomuin1336 You are very welcome - Rays account is very detailed and meticulously collated. The other great source is SR Broadbridge's Birminghm Canal Navigations Volume 1 1776 to 1846 - its my historical go to book. www.abebooks.co.uk/first-edition/BIRMINGHAM-CANAL-NAVIGATIONS-VOLUME-1768-1846-Broadbridge/30143573785/bd Beware - there is no volume 2!
@andrewjones5513
@andrewjones5513 3 года назад
I was born at Hill top west Bromwich , in a cul de sac called Leacroft grove, i remember that it was built on a filled in canal , in fact at the bottom of the gardens there was half of an old canal bridge
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 3 года назад
Its amazing how these old bits of history slip into obscurity.
@andrewjones5513
@andrewjones5513 3 года назад
@@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 yes , i,ve just looked at your other video , it must be the canal that my old house was built on , just off coles lane along from balls hill and hill top
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 3 года назад
@@andrewjones5513 That will be the Dartmouth Branch I think.
@HighWealder
@HighWealder 2 года назад
Any chance of recovering any of these loops?
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 2 года назад
The Cape Arm is in water, but the loop aspect was lost soon after the new main line was built. The rest are all built over so - no!
@malcwhite
@malcwhite 2 месяца назад
The audio goes really quiet in places
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57
@lifeat2.3milesanhour57 2 месяца назад
Thats an early video with poor sound - cured later on with better kit!
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