Coal alone doesn't seem a good enough reason to build this canal unless Hanwood and other local collieries were no longer cost effective. I'm thinking that the canal that only got as far as Weston Lullingfields but was intended for Shrewsbury was the main reason because that would create such a shortcut into the midlands for the dairy goods from ellesmere and cheshire (cheese). It's a shame that the sheeqs wool wasn't moved east on the canal to the burgeoning carqet industry in Kidderminster. That would have been a financial godsend for the Leominster canal too and may have ensured it's comqletion from kington to the river severn.

is the Montgomery canal going to be eventually navigable all the way into newtown

i repaired the bridge at wappenshall some 20 years ago, we put a cradle over it as it had cracked.

i repaired that bridge some 20 years ago, we put a cradle over it as it had cracked.

i repaired that bridge some 20 years ago, we put a cradle over it as it had cracked.

link pant wwwDOToswestry-history.coDOTuk/oswestry-PQ.html

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shame about the picture quality very block y ( might just be my laptop play up)

Paul driving an Roger talking My dad was I'll so he wasn't there

gr8 video

gr8 video

gr8 video