Grantham Canal – Galleries

Galleries:

Grantham Canal – main page
Grantham Canal – from the Wadkin Archives
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Some of these galleries are very large but each one contains a variety of images of the Canal, the Wharf & the Basin parts of the village – we hope that you enjoy flicking through them or dipping in and out.

We welcome any photographs that you would like to add – please contact us.

(please note: images are free to use for personal and non-commercial purposes – please contact us for business use. The quality of photographs is reduced to make them more accessible on the website; if you would like a full quality copy of any of the images, please contact us.)

Triptych of Hickling Aerial Photographs

(Norton family)

We think we have roughly dated these aerial photographs; however, please contact us if you can help.

Our best guess is sometime between mid-1999 and late May 2001; the towpath was surfaced in 1999 – the parched ground and full trees probably puts them in the late summer and changes on Mill Lane make them unlikely to be later than late May 2001.

(undated/Norton family)
(Norton family)
(undated/Norton family)
(Norton family)
(undated/Norton family)
(Norton family)

Grantham Canal – highlights from galleries 1990-2022:

(to follow)

Hickling Wharf Building and Basin (highlights):

Black Cat helps the fishermen:

black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
black cat for luck - Nottm Evening Post 21st Feb 1939
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The Grantham Canal: 1990-2008

2006: 38 resident swans

The Grantham Canal: 2009

The Grantham Canal: 2010

The Grantham Canal: 2011-2017

The Grantham Canal: 2018

The Grantham Canal: 2019

The Grantham Canal: 2020 (the lockdown year)

Lengthsman’s hut – restoration

2020: January – June

2020: July – December

Snowy January (25/1/2021):

The Grantham Canal: 2021

The Grantham Canal: 2022

GCS: Boats launched 1977 & 1997:

As a remainder waterway boat usage is subject to licensing; at the time of writing (2022) the only boating license in place along the Grantham Canal is for the GCS trip boat which operates around Harlaxton.

Grantham Journal 8th Oct 1971 – Canal Rally:

From the Wadkin Archives:

Wharf Building June 1999 - Country Fair Corn Dollies(
Wharf Building June 1999 – Country Fair Corn Dollies
Grantham Canal – from the Wadkin Archives

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  • Galleries of photographs
  • Extracts from the Wadkin books – memories, anecdotes, names and dates
  • Transcripts of the newspaper articles

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Grantham Canal – In the News (Wadkin Archives)

In the News – zoomed