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Wednesday 31 January 2018

New Talk

My talk on the history of England's canals is now finished along with a PowerPoint presentation of over 30 slides.

It covers the period from the building of the Bridgewater canal in the 1760s up to the present day and the transformation of the canals from privately-owned commercial waterways into a state-owned leisure and tourist facility.

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Unknown13 March 2019 at 13:08
Saw this at Northallerton last night (12 March 2019). Highly recommended.
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E A Jackson15 March 2019 at 13:02
Thank you for your recommendation, I'm pleased you enjoyed the talk
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