This collection of pages shows pictures taken on the Basingstoke Canal starting in the late 1970's, with others taken more recently. The images are scanned from slides or taken with a digital Canon 350D camera, and are available on application to me in far greater resolution.
When I first visited the canal many areas were in untouched dereliction, while restoration had just started in others. We watched (and helped on occasion) while restoration crept towards the eventual reopening of the canal as far as Greywell, and it was with great pleasure that my wife and I travelled the length of the canal to the Whitewater Aqueduct aboard 'Linton' on two occasions, the last being in 2001.
1 - Woodham Locks 1 to 6
2 - From Lock 6 to St.John's Locks 7 to 11
3 - Brookwood Locks 12 to 14
4 - Deepcut Locks 15 to 21
5 - Deepcut Locks 22 to 28
6 - Deepcut to Ash Lock 29
7 - Ash Lock to Odiham
8 - Odiham to Basingstoke
I have given a number of slide shows to waterway societies in the past.
The two main titles I have used are 'Locks, Bridges and Tunnels' (a personal view of the many features to be found on both UK and overseas waterways), and 'The Shrewsbury and Newport Canals' (a look at the two waterways illustrated with both old and recent images, not all shown on this web site).
Now living in Lincolnshire, I would be happy to talk to any organisation in the East Midlands.
If you wish to get in contact, feel free to mail me at mail me, taking the 'penny' out of this address and please include the word 'canal' in your subject line to avoid your email falling into my spamtrap!
