Along the Oxford Canal some of the bridges have the letters "OCC" on them. In the past I assumed these stood for "Oxfordshire County Council", mainly because I was - or thought I was - in Oxfordshire at the time.
So what could it be?
And then it came to me.
Of course - "Oxford Canal Company". This makes sense as the date on the bridge, 1941, is seven years before the waterways were nationalised.
Am I right?
Coventry Canal Hawkesbury Junction
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I think we had light rain most of the night and it was raining when we got
up, so no rush to leave. it started to ease just after 11am and I had
another ...
1 week ago


1 comment:
Well that's the way I have always thought of it.
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