On the Stratford Canal, between Wilmcote and Stratford-on-Avon, is a cast iron sign erected by SONACS, the Stratford-on-Avon Canal Society, to commemorate the struggle to keep this canal alive half a century ago.
The sign reads:
In 1957, allegedly in order to reduce the cost of a new road bridge at this place, national and local authorities combined to bring about the abandonment of the then derelict canal. Through the vision, vigilance and determination of the Stratford upon Avon Canal Society and the Inland Waterways Association that attempt was defeated. Between 1961 and 1964, under the auspices of the National Trust, volunteers laboured and thus restored the waterway to navigability. It was the first canal to be so rescued and revived. The waterway was ceremonially reopened on 11th July 1964 by H.M. Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
I have tried to get both the sign and the bridge in the same photograph. It wasn't easy!
(And while I was cropping the photo to enlarge the sign, iPhoto "quit unexpectedly". Now the only version I have is the reduced size one above. Yes, Macs do crash sometimes.)
1 comment:
Great that they have a sign that gives due credit to those who worked so hard to keep the canal open. And maybe your mac crashed to commemorate the permanent crash of its great founder....a sort of two minute silence in techno terms.
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