Wartime use of canals

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

  2. Oldman

    Oldman Very Senior Member

    Clive
    There was a unit like the Land Army for women who worked the canal system and several books are written about their experiences
     
  3. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

  4. Guy Hudson

    Guy Hudson Looker-upper

    Is that Hattie Jacques steering?
     
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  5. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    I was reading a book about camoflage and how they had to cover over some canals so that the German bombers couldn't use them as navigational aids to targets, mind you there was a few stories about people out walking dogs and ended up rather wet :whistle:

    TD
     
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  6. Tolbooth

    Tolbooth Patron Patron

    I remember I posted something about that ....
    What have you learned about WW2 recently?
     
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  7. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    From Masquerade, by Seymour Reit
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  8. Guy Hudson

    Guy Hudson Looker-upper

    Women Man Barges on Midland Canal..jpg
    'Women Man The Barges On The Midland Canal' PICTURE POST 24th June 1944
     
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  9. Harry Ree

    Harry Ree Very Senior Member

    Not forgetting the river and canal traffic which shipped coal from the northern coalfields down to the to eastern ports for transport to London and the south

    These coastal colliers ensured that the London and the south were kept supplied with coal for industrial and domestic use.....gas production depended on coal feedstock with coke as a valuable fuel byproduct and also essential for the production of steel.

    Quite a number of these colliers were lost due to enemy action in the coastal waters of the North Sea.

    Regarding aircraft navigation. Moonlight nights assisted the navigation of aircraft....an appreciation of the layout of major rivers and canals no doubt enabled the navigation of clandestine flights into Europe....usually it meant that night fighters were liable to take equal advantage.
     
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  10. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

  11. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Careful CL1 - thats a bit racy for you I would have thought :blush::whistle:

    TD
     
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  12. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Sonia Rolt - Wikipedia

    file:///C:/Users/Lewis%20Family/Downloads/CanalandRiverNavigationsNationalOverview.pdf
     
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