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Liz McIvor explores the heritage of our canal network. After years of decline in the post-war period much of the network was eventually restored. Once places of labour and industry, they became pla...ces of leisure and tranquillity. The newly renovated canals were increasingly popular for boating holiday makers. Liz visits the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales and travels to Birmingham where canals have become catalysts for property development and urban regeneration. Canals offer so many benefits today. Perhaps, Liz suggests, it is time to construct a few more?
Liz McIvor explores the heritage of our canal network. After years of decline in the post-war period much of the network was eventually restored. Once places of labour and industry, they became pla...ces of leisure and tranquillity. The newly renovated canals were increasingly popular for boating holiday makers. Liz visits the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales and travels to Birmingham where canals have become catalysts for property development and urban regeneration. Canals offer so many benefits today. Perhaps, Liz suggests, it is time to construct a few more?
| Series: | Canals: the making of a nation |
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| Episode | 6 |
| Published: | 2015 |
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| Duration: | 00:29:00 |
| Note: | BBC One version |
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| Producer: | Andy Richards |
| Contributor: | Liz McIvor |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | BBC One website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b068c3zh |
| Subject terms: | Canals--Great Britain; Inland navigation--England |
| Production number: | FKIC347N |
| Available to public: | no |
