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Comment on Droitwich Barge by gitot.1342

gitot.1342 — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:22:40 +0000

Hi Pete, thanks for your comment which I’m sure will help others.

Firstly,the slideshows on canalscene.com run under Adobe flash Player. So they won’t run with apple products – ipad and iphone – because apple don’t support the Flash Player.
(Soon, the software I use for creating these will be able to produce HTML5 slideshows which will – I will then need to recreate them all!!)

Secondly, if you’re not using apple, you may have a pop-up blocker set in your browser – a little message should “pop up” at the top telling you that a pop-up has been blocked and normally it will ask you to click on something to allow the pop-up. This default can probably be changed in the Settings or Options of your Browser, if you wish.

Thirdly, when you click on the slideshow you may get a message saying you need to download Adobe Flash Player – you should follow the instructions for this – the Flash Player is used very widely and is harmless. (This is likely to happen with the Firefox browser).

I have just tested the slideshow on Internet Explorer, Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers and all work.

Hope this Helps,
Keep visiting the site!
Geoff

Comment on Droitwich Barge by Pete Smythe

Pete Smythe — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:48:42 +0000

Hi – I can’t get your slideshow to run – is there a problem? By the way, I’ve shedloads of digital camera photos from when the barge canal was being restored; would anyone be interested in copies? Cheers, Pete

Comment on New Sainsbury Development at Selly Oak Now includes Lapal Canal Section by Will Birmingham add to Coventry’s initiative by introducing hydrogen water transport « Our Birmingham

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:37:19 +0000

[...] Worcester & Birmingham Canal, runs past the proposed new Sainsbury’s store at Selly Oak. The latest plans to be submitted for planning permission will now include a “narrow canal [...]

Comment on Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Construction Simulation by Matt

Matt — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:07:07 +0000

Very helpful for my essay on a historical Civil Engineering project.

Thanks!

Comment on Worcester and Birmingham to Get Waterside Development at Selly Oak by simon gray

simon gray — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:08:23 +0000

Personally I think putting the Lapal canal restoration project on ice is only a good thing, as the whole thing was nothing but a total waste of money and resources motivated more by nostalgia than to serve any real need. At the end of the day, the re-boring of the Lapal tunnel was never going to happen, and the revised idea of taking a bridge over the top even less so; there’s no navigational imperative for restoring the canal anyway since there’s no urgent need for boats to be able to get to Dudley from Worcester quicker than going through Birmingham city centre and along the main line, and the idea of having a leisure marina at California / Weoley Castle is one held to clearly by nobody who has ever lived in or sat on a bus going through the area.

Even if we were still in an era in which the money was flowing as free as water through the bottom paddle, that money should always be prioritised into improving and developing existing canal infrastructure rather than being wasted on what amounts to vanity restoration projects in areas where restoration isn’t really needed.

Comment on Worcester and Birmingham to Get Waterside Development at Selly Oak by Worcester and Birmingham Canal to Get Waterside Development at Selly Oak « BrumCityCentre.com

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 21:27:14 +0000

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Comment on Stourbridge Navigation Trust Open Weekend 2011 by gitot.1342

gitot.1342 — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:50:12 +0000

Thanks Colin,I have changed the post accordingly.

Comment on Stourbridge Navigation Trust Open Weekend 2011 by colin clements

colin clements — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:34:16 +0000

Very nice photo coverage, just one comment in your info, its the 28th year not the 8th.

Many thanks
colin clements
Director & Manager
Stourbridge Navigation Trust

Comment on Leeds and Liverpool by jamesmacjim

jamesmacjim — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:17:25 +0000

well done im now a big fan of your work

Comment on Avoncliff Aqueduct – Anglo Oz Family Reunion by Pat & Richard

Pat & Richard — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:17:29 +0000

Hi everyone, nice to see you all great pics, Aunt Zena looks marvelous, 93, luv to you all
Pat and Richard