Here’s a lovely film, spotted by twitter friend and historian Kris Davies and posted on Twitter last night. It’s a documentary film covering a the journey of a cargo load by narrowboat on the Grand Union Canal from London to Birmingham in the 1930s.
This is a wonderful illustration of how canal life was for the cargo carriers of the day and includes some incredible views of places anyone familiar with canals of the UK will recognise.
I thank Kris for finding this film – from the Huntley film archive – and suggest anyone who likes this check out some of their other remarkable period films.
Anyone any idea which wharf this is in Birmingham, please?