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Comment on Caen Locks by Chris West

Chris West — Sat, 19 May 2012 15:18:40 +0000

This flight is usually known as “The Caen Hill Flight”. It was completed in about 1810 when the K&A was opened. Prior to this a parallel tramway carried goods to & from Devizes between the completed ends of the canal.

How Caen came to be used is unclear. The hill was known as Cane & Kane, naturally the English pronounce Caen as “cane”.

Comment on Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Construction Simulation by gitot.1342

gitot.1342 — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:14:30 +0000

Chris, I’ve now added it to the Langollen/Pontcysyllte Aqueduct page under Photos by Canal.

Comment on Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Construction Simulation by Chris West

Chris West — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:15:38 +0000

Very, very good animation but how do you get to it from the menu?

Comment on My ambulation along the Staffs and Worcester 27 March 2012 by Joanne Orrell

Joanne Orrell — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 07:38:21 +0000

Hi. How do I contact the photographer to ask about using one of the pictures on our website? Andrew and Pennie Read are members of our dog club and I would love to put their pic on our website.

Comment on My ambulation along the Staffs and Worcester 27 March 2012 by John and Val Butler

John and Val Butler — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:49:50 +0000

It was good to meet you last week on the Staffs & Worcs Canal. We are flattered that you have used two pictures of our boat.

Comment on My ambulation along the Staffs and Worcester 27 March 2012 by Andrew & Pennie

Andrew & Pennie — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:32:58 +0000

Hi there,
Nice to meet you the other day.
Great photo of us, with our dogs Emma & Lucy on nb:
‘ JEMIMA’
Thanks, keep up the good work!
Andrew & Pennie READ
2nd April 2012.

Comment on Gloucester Docks – Two Canadians on 10 Week Visit by Adriana

Adriana — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:49:09 +0000

thanks for share!

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 [...]