@@rainbather - Indeed it was - explaining why the main line railway between Fratton and Portsmouth & Southsea stations runs in a deep cutting well below ground level! It's the old canal bed!
Hi, thanks for referencing our group, The Burndell Bridge Society easily found and joined on Facebook. We do indeed hope to save and restore this important monument and regenerate the immediate area in conjunction with the residents of Emerald Gardens and their agents. Thanks again for drawing atte tion to our group and the features of the route.
Very interesting to see how much an be traced of this eastern section of the canal. Born and bred in Portsmouth, I was more familiar with the section across Portsea Island. The eastern locks are still in evidence. Part of it suffered the ignominy of being taken over by the railway that supplanted it, between Fratton and Portsmouth and Southsea, as evidenced by the name Canal Walk on a parallel road; but it has definitely been far more useful in this mode.
Loved it. I think it's very proper to give these abandoned infrastructural projects this kind of attention. They are in themselves a testimony of the quick expansion of the vast network of roads, canals and railways, without which other developments would not have been possible that soon (not all positive developments, but that's a discussion for another place and time).
I used to live on Goldsmith Avenue in Southsea when I was a kid which was part of the Portsea section of the canal leading to Langstone Harbour. Allegedly filled in to make the road, I can assure you it wasn't done very well. Every winter, at certain tides, the basement flooded with sea water.
All of that is local to me. I used to live in Yapton, I work within a stones throw of where that hidden bridge is, my family used to own parsonage farm in barnham and I remember my grandad taking me for a walk over the fields to show me where the canal used to be and I'm sure there was water in it, would of been late 80's early 90's. Maybe from heavy rainfall, I was around 9 years old at the time! I've seen that red lock gate because I used to deliver to the farm that it's on. Lost count of how many times I used to throw stones from one side of the bridge at chichester canal to the other side when I was younger, I'd easily make the throw now lol good video that has taken me down memory lane!
You didn't visit the Portsmouth part! There's interesting stuff to see. The sea entrance is still complete, along with the spot where the first lock was. You can still walk along both towpaths near Locksway Road, although the canal itself is now filled in. Between Fratton and P&S train stations the railway runs along the bed of the old canal. You can see it best from Canal Walk.
@@pwhitewick Just going to say the same thing, I used to live right on the old canal route in Portsmouth, Locksway Road, this was back in the 80's, the gardens of the houses were on the original canal bed, with steps at the end of the gardens, which lead up on to the old canal bank, which was until the 1990s, an accessible public footpath but has now been closed off & left to get completely off limits. I know Milton locks well, always down that area, as a kid.
Fantastic vid ... Made my Sunday complete!! Just love the amazing amount of research you put in, and the great filming of course. Gives us "Arm chair warriors" something to look forward to, and proves we are never too old to learn. Thank you for all the effort you put in. ☺
Glad the Selsey tramway finally got a mention. There’s actually a fair amount to see of this line if you follow it’s course all the way into Selsey itself. Also, going back to the Portsmouth and Arundel canal, there’s another hidden bridge a few hundred yards to the west of the Bognor branch line track crossing. At Hunston there’s a section of canal which still holds water.
Largest ever Gold bullion shipment was carried from Portsmouth to the BofE on that canal in 2 barges. Stopped overnight at the Ship Inn at Langstone and guarded by red coats.
How exciting. My youngest daughter lived right where you started your film on Canal Road. Sometimes the locals scrape off the C from the road sign - the little darlings.
Great video. Thanks. There’s also a stretch of water filled canal of the Chichester & Arundel canal just outside of Chichester at North Mundham and runs alongside the B2166. Can’t be far from the original spur/junction from the Chichester ship canal
When I was a kid, I used to live in Yapton and the bridges and the canals were our playgrounds, before the houses in the Pines it was shaped like a bmx half pipe, great fun, the entrance to the pines from Canal Road was a field that used to have donkeys and small horses that we used to feed on the way to school. The bridge covered in bushes has been like that since the 80s very shallow as we used to jump our bikes off it, then ride towards the airfield hangars on that part or canal going towards Ford, as kids we thought that part was haunted by a lady that look like she had drowned. Great video 👍
I was thinking about this from the beginning. I like how you can follow the route from the locks pub by pub until you hit the cut that's become the railway trackbed. It'll be cool to see Paul and Rebecca down in our town!
The first bridge (with the road through it is Tack Lee Bridge, then Burndell which you put the name on, there are also the remains of Park Bridge and the bridge at St Giles Merston has been renovated to preserve it. Poyntz bridge was removed in 1981/2 and replaced with a fixed bridge, I was part of the team that did it. the deck was restored by Sussex Archaeology and placed on the base of Padwick Bridge the Chichester section was built to bigger dimensions and both locks are still intact at Birdham as is the Milton sea Lock
Much of the towpath of the abandoned Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation between Hunston and Yapton is still a public Right of Way. It's surreal to be walking alongside a huge dry ditch, thirty-three feet wide and six feet deep, as it snakes its way across the rich farmland of the Sussex Coastal Plain.
About 30 years ago a chum of mine was working as a JCB digger driver at the Ford H.M. Prison site which is along side the old canal. He found part of his digging took him into the old canal and he started digging up aircraft remains that had been dumped by the R.A.F chaps at Ford Aerodrome.
Thanks for the history. It’s great too that you have a hobby which gets you outside, exercise, and you can share with your partner as well as all of use on RUclips.
A very informative video - I think I'll watch it again to catch bits I missed. So the bridges (over the canal) tell a lot of the story in some sections. After all the hard work by the navvies, the canal was then filled in again! Such is the evolution of transport. Good video both of you.
I grew up near Emsworth. I think the route to Portsmouth involved a cut across the neck of Thorney Island. As kids we often used to go down to the beach at Prinsted which is a stone's throw from there.
I think this is the second time you've mentioned canals/navigations as a way of ships travelling around the south without using the English channel due to French interference if I'm not mistaken? The Nantes - Brest canal was planned by Napoleon for almost the same reasons except it was the Royal Navy who were the problem!
looking forward to the Portsmouth video, discovered a lovely Industrial street Bishop St, which has some old ironmonger's warehouses and shop on my walk between Portsmouth & Southsea station and Portsmouth harbour station, real shame I only had a few hours to explore.
A great canter through quite a lot of history.. The best preserved bridge is at Merston near Runcton and there is a lovely intact stretch of canal between Yapton and Barnham, that aside its a really good overview of this stretch!
Great video Paul and Rebecca,hoping to see you in Portsmouth following the canal down to the city centre, well I know you are, it wouldn't be complete otherwise 😉👍👌
The Portsmouth end stretched from Milton Lock (much of which still remains) to the centre of the city. This section was only open for a very short while, as the sea water in it contaminated the wells used for drinking water.
You missed the Barnham-Merston section where the footpath takes you along the canalside - at the A29 at Lidsey there's a peculiar kink in the road which is supposedly to do with the canal crossing - also the appositely named Canal Cottage...never mind it was an interesting bit of film...the Hollingsworth Bridge relics were new to me too
I've actually seen a reconstruction of the road journey, demonstrated at a traction rally when i was a child. Utterly fascinating and probably very dangerous back in Victorian times. Steam engines are notoriously difficult to stop in an emergency.
Now you know! There's a hump and a tight bend in the main road at Hunston where there used to be a bridge over the Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation. If you look on an OS Landranger map the course of the old canal is clearly marked in areas where it hasn't been infilled!
You should check out The Royal Military Canal between Rye and Folkestone as It was built on the same premise. However, it fared better and was used right up until after WW2. Most of it is still there.
Hi. Not long before the lockdown. You was filming the lost line from Whitby to Saltburn. I sent you a message saying I was glad you was covering the lost line. I told you about a buried very early train turn table at Brotton. I am looking forward to you completing the video. This a line I could never understand why it closed. because all the time the line has been closed. It has been used as a potash line. Can you let me know if you are completing the video. Many thanks for the good footage you have done. Plus hear is hoping that the line opens up to the public again. Helping our local potash to stay in business for many years to come.
Hi Paul & Rebecca: The fascination factor is back, accompanied some subtle hang drum music (more please, excellent accompaniment to your mystic travels). Excellent series of videos about a section of our waterways, built in the right place at completely the wrong time. Destroyed by the European Wars end and the new ‘superfast’ Victorian Iron Horse.
Superb vlog. Great filming. Beautiful old bridge you found. You are both so enthusiastic. It makes your vlog all the more enjoyable. Aerial views excellent. Thank you for taking us with you.
Why did you not cover the final part, where the lock still stands next to the thatched house pub in Milton Portsmouth. Where roads are called “canal walk” and “Locks way road”.
I was surprised that you did not visit the Birdham end of the Canal, where the sea locks are still in place and the canal is still being used for berths for houseboats.
UNREALISED (verse 1 of 3) From London through to Portsmouth a splendid waterway The guarded thought of Marc Brunel one fertile thinking day Yet frequency of gradient would thwart his unique flare To engineer so many locks a cost too great to bear. JB 09
Canals, tunnels and railways! What more could you ask for in RUclips videos! Have you looked at the Andover to Southampton canal, later the 'Sprat and Winkle' railway? If not, please please please can you cover this? I live nearby and would love to see your take on it! Keep up the good work! 😁
@@pwhitewick I am not complaining. I love the videos that you do. I also really enjoy the story time on her channel and would like more of that in general. :)
@@pwhitewick I liked how it wasn't an obvious route you could walk along and really had to look for the clues there was once a canal there. I do enjoy seeing an old railway or a canal walk where one can walk along the route but what made this video really interesting was the having to really look for what you showed us and how it could be so easily missed if you weren't aware there was once a canal there.
With Arundel. As the A27 passes through Arundel city centre. There are plans to divert the A27 away from Arundel by building a new A27 bypass to the south of Arundel with a viaduct being built that would go over the River Arun and the railway line that goes from London Victoria to Chichester, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis and Worthing. Whether it will happen or not.
Another interesting video Paul and Rebecca. I was parked at the side of the Forth and Clyde Canal, I couldn't believe what my workmate said. He asked me if the canal was built on top of an old railway! I told him that canals came before railways, I thought everyone knew that.
Cool video - highlighting a very little known waterway.... such a shame, no-one can restore this fully... would be quite exciting heading towards Portsmouth I can imagine.
Ohhh, this is I can relate to as our canal in Ottawa was constructed just before the mid 1800s for the same reason... to transport troop and goods away from the nefarious Americans after the 1812 war, (which we won, no debate), at the US - Canada border, northwards to our capital city. The canal was in use until the 1920s. But parts of it have been blocked in, only to make their presence felt, during recent construction work for a light-rail tunnel. Where there was a very large cave-in 😢. Which was repaired.
I'm really enjoying the canal content. Although I don't suppose I'd ever thought about it too much, I didn't realise there had been so many canals in the South. None of them seem to have had much luck, really being built too late. Were there many narrowboats that far south? It's hard to tell how wide these abandoned cuts were but they don't look huge. Thanks for another interesting video; my only complaint is they're too short.👍👌😁 Cheers for now, Dougie.
Well researched and delivered. An educational treat! I also love the music by Yehezkel Raz. There were more canals than people realise in the south, and although not a network as such (well, not as integrated as in the midlands), there were still quite a few miles in total. I guess because they are mainly gone then nobody takes much notice of them anymore, while north of the Thames you are still tripping over active waterways. A good video. Thank you once again (nice weather too)!
@@pwhitewick I like that sort of music and you’ve used some Yehezkel Raz before. Took me a while to track it down to start with! You often use music I like, so “thank you”, it all adds to the enjoyment.
very interesting the Bundell road bridge has almost the same name as the Bundall road bridge that crosses the Nerang river on Chevron island Qld Australia .
Are you going to do a video on the Portsmouth section of the canal? There is lots of interesting places such as Milton lock. Locksway road and the ultimate combo of railways and canals with the section of track between fratton and Portsmouth and Southsea station that sits in the old canal bed (hence canal walk alongside the track)
Have you folk looked into the Carlisle Canal? which got railwayised eventually, now both the railway and canal are gone, but there is still plenty signs of what has gone. Might be worth a look?
Great video guys. I never knew there was a Burndell Bridge despite living relatively nearby for 20+ years! A great find and a place I must seek out for myself. Keep up the good work and looking forward to more videos (Sussex or otherwise!)
7:19, come back, you’ve forgotten your camera. Whenever I watch one of your videos, I imagine that you actually walk twice as far as the route shown on the maps through running backwards and forwards with cameras 🤣 Great video as always, well explained and canals always fascinate me… especially clues of where abandoned/filled in ones once existed.
Thanks Ian. Sadly it's often the lack of time. This took us about a day to film 8am to 5pm plus research and edit time means the format more or less ends up like this. I'd love to make longer documentaries... perhaps one day
You're not alone John...I spent my first thirty years in Brighton and never heard of this canal at all until I subsequently moved into West Sussex! Possibly one of the least known Sussex Secrets...
The downfall of the Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation was the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's main line between Ford and Chichester which opened in 1847. It runs parallel to the disused canal but about a mile to the north.
You will find a lot of information on the `Memories of Bygone Portsmouth` on Facebook. The Basin at the end of the Canal is where the Post Office is now.
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So much history is hidden in the countryside but it's heartwarming to hear that local people are looking to restore bits of it.
Fratton station in Portsmouth was built on the canal, I believe!
@@rainbather - Indeed it was - explaining why the main line railway between Fratton and Portsmouth & Southsea stations runs in a deep cutting well below ground level! It's the old canal bed!
Hi, thanks for referencing our group, The Burndell Bridge Society easily found and joined on Facebook. We do indeed hope to save and restore this important monument and regenerate the immediate area in conjunction with the residents of Emerald Gardens and their agents. Thanks again for drawing atte tion to our group and the features of the route.
Very interesting to see how much an be traced of this eastern section of the canal. Born and bred in Portsmouth, I was more familiar with the section across Portsea Island. The eastern locks are still in evidence. Part of it suffered the ignominy of being taken over by the railway that supplanted it, between Fratton and Portsmouth and Southsea, as evidenced by the name Canal Walk on a parallel road; but it has definitely been far more useful in this mode.
Loved it.
I think it's very proper to give these abandoned infrastructural projects this kind of attention. They are in themselves a testimony of the quick expansion of the vast network of roads, canals and railways, without which other developments would not have been possible that soon (not all positive developments, but that's a discussion for another place and time).
I used to live on Goldsmith Avenue in Southsea when I was a kid which was part of the Portsea section of the canal leading to Langstone Harbour. Allegedly filled in to make the road, I can assure you it wasn't done very well. Every winter, at certain tides, the basement flooded with sea water.
All of that is local to me. I used to live in Yapton, I work within a stones throw of where that hidden bridge is, my family used to own parsonage farm in barnham and I remember my grandad taking me for a walk over the fields to show me where the canal used to be and I'm sure there was water in it, would of been late 80's early 90's. Maybe from heavy rainfall, I was around 9 years old at the time! I've seen that red lock gate because I used to deliver to the farm that it's on. Lost count of how many times I used to throw stones from one side of the bridge at chichester canal to the other side when I was younger, I'd easily make the throw now lol good video that has taken me down memory lane!
Yes, I live locally betwixt Ford and Yapton and only found out about this canal by chance in local bookshop
You didn't visit the Portsmouth part! There's interesting stuff to see. The sea entrance is still complete, along with the spot where the first lock was. You can still walk along both towpaths near Locksway Road, although the canal itself is now filled in. Between Fratton and P&S train stations the railway runs along the bed of the old canal. You can see it best from Canal Walk.
Stay tuned.
@@pwhitewick Just going to say the same thing, I used to live right on the old canal route in Portsmouth, Locksway Road, this was back in the 80's, the gardens of the houses were on the original canal bed, with steps at the end of the gardens, which lead up on to the old canal bank, which was until the 1990s, an accessible public footpath but has now been closed off & left to get completely off limits. I know Milton locks well, always down that area, as a kid.
Looking forward to it, I walk along there every few days! There used to a shanty town by the lock too, but I can’t find much on it online :(
@@DeannaEarley Thats right, used to be a community of houseboats there until the 1970s.
When I lived in Southsea, I was told that Goldsmith Ave was a filled in canal, that seems to fit with Locksway.
I was looking forward to you going to the Portsmouth bit. My mother lived near Milton Locks,and has a photo of her sitting on the old lock gate.
Fantastic vid ... Made my Sunday complete!! Just love the amazing amount of research you put in, and the great filming of course. Gives us "Arm chair warriors" something to look forward to, and proves we are never too old to learn. Thank you for all the effort you put in. ☺
Glad the Selsey tramway finally got a mention. There’s actually a fair amount to see of this line if you follow it’s course all the way into Selsey itself. Also, going back to the Portsmouth and Arundel canal, there’s another hidden bridge a few hundred yards to the west of the Bognor branch line track crossing. At Hunston there’s a section of canal which still holds water.
Exactly
Largest ever Gold bullion shipment was carried from Portsmouth to the BofE on that canal in 2 barges. Stopped overnight at the Ship Inn at Langstone and guarded by red coats.
How exciting. My youngest daughter lived right where you started your film on Canal Road. Sometimes the locals scrape off the C from the road sign - the little darlings.
Great video. Thanks. There’s also a stretch of water filled canal of the Chichester & Arundel canal just outside of Chichester at North Mundham and runs alongside the B2166. Can’t be far from the original spur/junction from the Chichester ship canal
Thanks guys for taking me with you !
Lovely Video on the Abandoned Canal in the south of England.
When I was a kid, I used to live in Yapton and the bridges and the canals were our playgrounds, before the houses in the Pines it was shaped like a bmx half pipe, great fun, the entrance to the pines from Canal Road was a field that used to have donkeys and small horses that we used to feed on the way to school. The bridge covered in bushes has been like that since the 80s very shallow as we used to jump our bikes off it, then ride towards the airfield hangars on that part or canal going towards Ford, as kids we thought that part was haunted by a lady that look like she had drowned. Great video 👍
Awaiting part 2 with the Portsmouth section.
Stay tuned.
@@pwhitewick i live on where the canal is now the railway track.. gis a shout if you havnt done the 2n part yet
I was thinking about this from the beginning. I like how you can follow the route from the locks pub by pub until you hit the cut that's become the railway trackbed. It'll be cool to see Paul and Rebecca down in our town!
Can`t wait to see the Spice Island to Milton Lock section on Portsea island .
i'm from Arundel and me and my dad walked the old canal route about 25yrs ago when I was a kid
Thank you for this I live not a mile from the old canal and have often wondered about its history.
The first bridge (with the road through it is Tack Lee Bridge, then Burndell which you put the name on, there are also the remains of Park Bridge and the bridge at St Giles Merston has been renovated to preserve it. Poyntz bridge was removed in 1981/2 and replaced with a fixed bridge, I was part of the team that did it. the deck was restored by Sussex Archaeology and placed on the base of Padwick Bridge the Chichester section was built to bigger dimensions and both locks are still intact at Birdham as is the Milton sea Lock
Really interesting stuff about a long lost canal - the drone footage really helps to follow the canal along its route 👍🏻
Much of the towpath of the abandoned Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation between Hunston and Yapton is still a public Right of Way. It's surreal to be walking alongside a huge dry ditch, thirty-three feet wide and six feet deep, as it snakes its way across the rich farmland of the Sussex Coastal Plain.
Rebbeca looks so adorable in pigtails. And love learning about history.
About 30 years ago a chum of mine was working as a JCB digger driver at the Ford H.M. Prison site which is along side the old canal. He found part of his digging took him into the old canal and he started digging up aircraft remains that had been dumped by the R.A.F chaps at Ford Aerodrome.
Love this video .. i lived in this area for a number of years and that whole area is beautiful especially the Witterings . Thanks very much
Nice one folks. - Patiently waiting for the next..
Thanks for the history. It’s great too that you have a hobby which gets you outside, exercise, and you can share with your partner as well as all of use on RUclips.
thank you paul and rebecca , enjoyed this one , well done again guys :)
Loving the bridge hidden under the undergrowth. Fascinating discovery.
A very informative video - I think I'll watch it again to catch bits I missed. So the bridges (over the canal) tell a lot of the story in some sections. After all the hard work by the navvies, the canal was then filled in again! Such is the evolution of transport. Good video both of you.
I grew up near Emsworth. I think the route to Portsmouth involved a cut across the neck of Thorney Island. As kids we often used to go down to the beach at Prinsted which is a stone's throw from there.
This bit of Britain has so much interesting history, you could make dozens of films here.
3:33 "hidden under this great mass of shrubbery" is the knights who say Ni.
I think this is the second time you've mentioned canals/navigations as a way of ships travelling around the south without using the English channel due to French interference if I'm not mistaken? The Nantes - Brest canal was planned by Napoleon for almost the same reasons except it was the Royal Navy who were the problem!
Wait.... are we the baddies? Yup Lord Egremont dreamt up both for that reason!
My brother and I used to go bottle digging just near Eastleigh in a wood, we always dug in the old canal which ran for some way.
That was fascinating. A great history lesson. Thanks so much to both of you for work you obviously put into the making of this video.
looking forward to the Portsmouth video, discovered a lovely Industrial street Bishop St, which has some old ironmonger's warehouses and shop on my walk between Portsmouth & Southsea station and Portsmouth harbour station, real shame I only had a few hours to explore.
A great canter through quite a lot of history.. The best preserved bridge is at Merston near Runcton and there is a lovely intact stretch of canal between Yapton and Barnham, that aside its a really good overview of this stretch!
Great video Paul and Rebecca,hoping to see you in Portsmouth following the canal down to the city centre, well I know you are, it wouldn't be complete otherwise 😉👍👌
The Portsmouth end stretched from Milton Lock (much of which still remains) to the centre of the city. This section was only open for a very short while, as the sea water in it contaminated the wells used for drinking water.
That is or was one canal I have never heard of before. Nice one again.
Maybe you have heard of the Portsmouth and Arundel canal then?
Update name is now correct in the title.
I so enjoy your “walk abouts”! Of course you being such a cute couple makes it even more enjoyable.
Another really great video, very interesting and full of History. Well done both of you 👍🏼 look forward to seeing the next one!👍🏼👍🏼
You missed the Barnham-Merston section where the footpath takes you along the canalside - at the A29 at Lidsey there's a peculiar kink in the road which is supposedly to do with the canal crossing - also the appositely named Canal Cottage...never mind it was an interesting bit of film...the Hollingsworth Bridge relics were new to me too
Sadly we ran short on time
I've actually seen a reconstruction of the road journey, demonstrated at a traction rally when i was a child. Utterly fascinating and probably very dangerous back in Victorian times. Steam engines are notoriously difficult to stop in an emergency.
I’d wondered why there was such a sharp turn at hunston. I didn’t realise the original carried on straight!
Now you know! There's a hump and a tight bend in the main road at Hunston where there used to be a bridge over the Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation. If you look on an OS Landranger map the course of the old canal is clearly marked in areas where it hasn't been infilled!
Love watching you both as well as Sir Martin Zero! And one must mention Pat Dickinson of Sheffield,would love to share pints with all of you.
You should check out The Royal Military Canal between Rye and Folkestone as It was built on the same premise. However, it fared better and was used right up until after WW2. Most of it is still there.
Hi. Not long before the lockdown. You was filming the lost line from Whitby to Saltburn. I sent you a message saying I was glad you was covering the lost line. I told you about a buried very early train turn table at Brotton. I am looking forward to you completing the video. This a line I could never understand why it closed. because all the time the line has been closed. It has been used as a potash line. Can you let me know if you are completing the video. Many thanks for the good footage you have done. Plus hear is hoping that the line opens up to the public again. Helping our local potash to stay in business for many years to come.
Well done guys another enjoyable video
Hi Paul & Rebecca: The fascination factor is back, accompanied some subtle hang drum music (more please, excellent accompaniment to your mystic travels). Excellent series of videos about a section of our waterways, built in the right place at completely the wrong time. Destroyed by the European Wars end and the new ‘superfast’ Victorian Iron Horse.
Superb vlog. Great filming. Beautiful old bridge you found. You are both so enthusiastic. It makes your vlog all the more enjoyable. Aerial views excellent. Thank you for taking us with you.
My place of origin was Portsmouth and this was excellent to see. But you need to finish the route especially through to the now Fratton Station
Why did you not cover the final part, where the lock still stands next to the thatched house pub in Milton Portsmouth. Where roads are called “canal walk” and “Locks way road”.
Ah fantastic stuff, I live just round the corner from Canal Road in Yapton 😃
Do you ever attend the annual Yapton Beer Festival in mid-May? I've been a regular for the past decade!
I was surprised that you did not visit the Birdham end of the Canal, where the sea locks are still in place and the canal is still being used for berths for houseboats.
UNREALISED (verse 1 of 3)
From London through to Portsmouth
a splendid waterway
The guarded thought of Marc Brunel
one fertile thinking day
Yet frequency of gradient
would thwart his unique flare
To engineer so many locks
a cost too great to bear. JB 09
Excellent you two , another great find
Canals, tunnels and railways! What more could you ask for in RUclips videos! Have you looked at the Andover to Southampton canal, later the 'Sprat and Winkle' railway? If not, please please please can you cover this? I live nearby and would love to see your take on it! Keep up the good work! 😁
Indeed we have Michael, plenty of local videos, but you'll need to scroll through the back catalogue.
6:07 - Two gypsy caravans behind the hedge. Wonder if they travel or stay there? Perhaps for the farm workers?
Great video as usual!
it made me laugh watching Rebeccas face , a bit Laural and Hardy going on........Enjoyed it as I always do..Thank You
She has so much to communicate. I wish she would speak more in the videos.
She speaks almost exactly the amount she wants to.
@@pwhitewick I am not complaining. I love the videos that you do. I also really enjoy the story time on her channel and would like more of that in general. :)
Fantastic video! I think this is your best canal video yet!
Thanks Henry.... ooooh you think? I love peoes perceptions as I always end up thinking something compleyely different
@@pwhitewick I liked how it wasn't an obvious route you could walk along and really had to look for the clues there was once a canal there. I do enjoy seeing an old railway or a canal walk where one can walk along the route but what made this video really interesting was the having to really look for what you showed us and how it could be so easily missed if you weren't aware there was once a canal there.
With Arundel. As the A27 passes through Arundel city centre. There are plans to divert the A27 away from Arundel by building a new A27 bypass to the south of Arundel with a viaduct being built that would go over the River Arun and the railway line that goes from London Victoria to Chichester, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis and Worthing. Whether it will happen or not.
Another interesting video Paul and Rebecca.
I was parked at the side of the Forth and Clyde Canal, I couldn't believe what my workmate said. He asked me if the canal was built on top of an old railway! I told him that canals came before railways, I thought everyone knew that.
Cool video - highlighting a very little known waterway.... such a shame, no-one can restore this fully... would be quite exciting heading towards Portsmouth I can imagine.
Ohhh, this is I can relate to as our canal in Ottawa was constructed just before the mid 1800s for the same reason... to transport troop and goods away from the nefarious Americans after the 1812 war, (which we won, no debate), at the US - Canada border, northwards to our capital city. The canal was in use until the 1920s. But parts of it have been blocked in, only to make their presence felt, during recent construction work for a light-rail tunnel. Where there was a very large cave-in 😢. Which was repaired.
Thats the town I live in! I’ve explored the canal route many times.
You two do very nice camera work, very interesting.
I'm really enjoying the canal content. Although I don't suppose I'd ever thought about it too much, I didn't realise there had been so many canals in the South. None of them seem to have had much luck, really being built too late.
Were there many narrowboats that far south? It's hard to tell how wide these abandoned cuts were but they don't look huge.
Thanks for another interesting video; my only complaint is they're too short.👍👌😁
Cheers for now,
Dougie.
Now that was a very interesting video guy's, great job.☺️
Well researched and delivered. An educational treat! I also love the music by Yehezkel Raz. There were more canals than people realise in the south, and although not a network as such (well, not as integrated as in the midlands), there were still quite a few miles in total. I guess because they are mainly gone then nobody takes much notice of them anymore, while north of the Thames you are still tripping over active waterways. A good video. Thank you once again (nice weather too)!
Thanks Malcolm, how did you recognise the Yehezkel Raz?... impressed.
@@pwhitewick I like that sort of music and you’ve used some Yehezkel Raz before. Took me a while to track it down to start with! You often use music I like, so “thank you”, it all adds to the enjoyment.
very interesting the Bundell road bridge has almost the same name as the Bundall road bridge that crosses the Nerang river on Chevron island Qld Australia .
Well Done to both of you great videos Paul,
And whilst reviewing the canal route in Portsmouth you could also review route of old Southsea branch train line and its station
Perfect as always. I am just as amazed at the trail system you have. It’s not that way here. Roads and fences. Looking forward to next week!
Are you going to do a video on the Portsmouth section of the canal? There is lots of interesting places such as Milton lock. Locksway road and the ultimate combo of railways and canals with the section of track between fratton and Portsmouth and Southsea station that sits in the old canal bed (hence canal walk alongside the track)
National library of Scotland have old maps you can access online shopping be able to see it on there
Just around the corner from my house! Hope you checked out the disused station too.
Have you folk looked into the Carlisle Canal? which got railwayised eventually, now both the railway and canal are gone, but there is still plenty signs of what has gone. Might be worth a look?
Great video guys. I never knew there was a Burndell Bridge despite living relatively nearby for 20+ years! A great find and a place I must seek out for myself. Keep up the good work and looking forward to more videos (Sussex or otherwise!)
great work well done you two
Thanks for the video very interesting, take care both of you!!😎🐓🐓🇬🇧
Great video , lovely to hear a lot of local history to where i live that i didn't know , keep up the great work , thanks
You dig up some great stuff. Keep it up 👍
Another great video of the canal.
are you going do a video on the Portsmouth lost railway - mainly built to supply the docks
That journey was all in a westerly direction to get to East Head LOL. I though that was funny. Great Video Paul and Rebecca!
Nice one. I enjoyed this.
Thank you folks, fascinating. Really enjoy your stuff.
7:19, come back, you’ve forgotten your camera. Whenever I watch one of your videos, I imagine that you actually walk twice as far as the route shown on the maps through running backwards and forwards with cameras 🤣
Great video as always, well explained and canals always fascinate me… especially clues of where abandoned/filled in ones once existed.
This is my 2nd time on your channel ,I have enjoyed the prog but would like more information history for longer?????
Thanks Ian. Sadly it's often the lack of time. This took us about a day to film 8am to 5pm plus research and edit time means the format more or less ends up like this. I'd love to make longer documentaries... perhaps one day
@@pwhitewick you should try and make a longer documentary about this canal, i think you're the guy to do it Paul
A lovely vid as always guys. Thanks as always looking forward to Part 2. All our love and best
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I was hoping to see something of Castle Arundel.
Great stuff I lived in Brighton for seven years I knew nothing of these canals
You're not alone John...I spent my first thirty years in Brighton and never heard of this canal at all until I subsequently moved into West Sussex! Possibly one of the least known Sussex Secrets...
Brilliant , some of the canals were truly victims of circumstances , nice to see remnants left over nonetheless .
The downfall of the Portsmouth and Arundel Navigation was the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's main line between Ford and Chichester which opened in 1847. It runs parallel to the disused canal but about a mile to the north.
Oh I got my memory about the Chichester part wrong apart that a part of it still exists in Chichester marina area
You will find a lot of information on the `Memories of Bygone Portsmouth` on Facebook. The Basin at the end of the Canal is where the Post Office is now.
Really interesting that guys! Well done! A bit of Canal history is always interesting. Did you do the Uttoxeter canal yet?
Great video. Good info, filming and editing. Cheers.
Another excellent video, please keep them coming.
Perhaps, you might want to relate this to the “Intra-Coastal Waterway” on the East Coast of 🇺🇸? Good excuse for a “vacation” 😂