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A lot of rubbish things went on in the 1960's.I remember the Ernest Marples situation regarding motorways.On the Cromford Canal on which you did a video they chopped the canal at Sawmills where the canal went over the road and removed a set of traffic lights to speed up the traffic.Fifty years later guess what? A new set of traffic lights 100 yards from the original! I have a photo of canal, road, river and railway snuggling up to each other at that location. We played there as kids.An iconic image. Enjoyed your coverage.Thank you for highlighting the issues on the Grantham canal.
I was down Notts on a night shift … nipped down to castle lock and wharf for a muse …. then this popped up … if they had any sense, they would get this up and running, if nothing else for water management alone. Great video, keep ‘em coming.
Thanks for the video. I’m planning a bike ride from Nottingham to Grantham along the canal and the information in your film will add extra value to my trip.
The 1960s were also the time of Beeching and the dramatic cutbacks to the railways. The Minister for Transport, Mr Ernest Marples, was also the owner of a road building company. Putting it as politely as I can it is a case of 'enlightened self-interest'.
Thank you. The loss of the Grantham Canal looks unnecessary to me. By all accounts it was in good condition when it closed in the 1930s and all the damage was inflicted later.
The Grantham canal is to be rerouted from Holme Pierrpont across the fields through to Cotgrave to avoid the problems and expense of restoring the existing route.
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A lot of rubbish things went on in the 1960's.I remember the Ernest Marples situation regarding motorways.On the Cromford Canal on which you did a video they chopped the canal at Sawmills where the canal went over the road and removed a set of traffic lights to speed up the traffic.Fifty years later guess what? A new set of traffic lights 100 yards from the original!
I have a photo of canal, road, river and railway snuggling up to each other at that location. We played there as kids.An iconic image.
Enjoyed your coverage.Thank you for highlighting the issues on the Grantham canal.
Thank you, I think we hold our canals in more affection today than we did back then. They are wonderful corridors for nature.
I was down Notts on a night shift … nipped down to castle lock and wharf for a muse …. then this popped up … if they had any sense, they would get this up and running, if nothing else for water management alone. Great video, keep ‘em coming.
Thank you. I think the Grantham Canal Society is making good progress getting this one back to being navigable.
Thanks for the video. I’m planning a bike ride from Nottingham to Grantham along the canal and the information in your film will add extra value to my trip.
Thank you. There are well surfaced towpaths on some sections. Take care at the main roads.
The 1960s were also the time of Beeching and the dramatic cutbacks to the railways. The Minister for Transport, Mr Ernest Marples, was also the owner of a road building company. Putting it as politely as I can it is a case of 'enlightened self-interest'.
Thank you. The loss of the Grantham Canal looks unnecessary to me. By all accounts it was in good condition when it closed in the 1930s and all the damage was inflicted later.
The Grantham canal is to be rerouted from Holme Pierrpont across the fields through to Cotgrave to avoid the problems and expense of restoring the existing route.
That's very interesting thank you. I wasn't aware of that.
Imagine how many navvies it must have taken to dig that out in 4 years
It must have been a huge number - 33 miles in 4 years using 1790s technology.