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Good to see so many canal boats together

The Braunston Tunnel is 2,042 yards in length on the Grand Union Canal about 830 yds east of Braunston, Northamptonshire, If you take a small ride up the service road and look out for some nice tech trails back down to the towpath, great fun 👍

This plaque is dedicated to the Whitlocks one of the three Braunston boatmen families who worked the canals to their end. In 1940 Rose and an all female crew of mother, sister, and niece Laura aged eleven, set the record for Samuel Barlow Coal Co. by loading coal twice in one week at Coventry, after unloading the first in London. When the trade ceased in 1970 the Whitlocks tied up here and lived the next six years on Butty Lucy afloat in the old way, until Rose's arthritis forced them to move onto the bank. Rose Whitlock (born Ward) 1917 1999 Bill Whitlock 1915 2001 Laura Carter 1929 20

THIS PLAQUE IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE BRAYS ONE OF THE THREE BRAUNSTON BOAT MEN FAMILIES WHO WORKED THE CANALS TO THE END. FINALLY THEY CARRIED COAL ON THE JAM OLE RUN FROM THE MIDLANDS TO LONDON UNTIL THE TRADE CEASED IN OCTOBER 1970 AND WITH IT THE BOAT MEN'S WAY OF LIFE. HERE THE BRAYS THEN TIED UP AND LIVED THE REMAINDER OF THEIR LIVES AFLOAT IN THE OLD WAY. ARTHUR BRAY (CAPTAIN) 1905 1998 ROSE BRAY/ KENDALL /(BORN WARD) 1898 1971 ERNIE KENDALL 1927 1996

This is a tower mill. It was built in c1800 for cereal milling (grinding). It stopped working in c1895. It was converted to a house in c1920. This is when the top floor was demolished.

Butcher's Bridge No 1 is a minor waterways place on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Braunston to Norton) between Braunston Visitor Moorings (marina end) (½ furlongs to the west) and Welton Junction (proposed) (Proposed location of the Junction with the, as yet to be built, Daventry Canal) (3 miles and ½ furlongs and 6 locks to the east). It is the centre of Braunston. The nearest place in the direction of Welton Junction (proposed) is Braunston Marina (eastern entrance) (Entrance into Eastern end of Braunston Marina Moorings); ¾ furlongs away.

Braunston Marina (western entrance) is a minor waterways place on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Braunston to Norton) between Braunston Turn (Junction of the Grand Union, Oxford and Grand Junction Canals - Bridges No 93 & No 94) (3¼ furlongs to the west) and Braunston Visitor Moorings (marina end) (¼ furlongs to the east)  It is part of Braunston. The nearest place in the direction of Braunston Turn is Gongoozler's Rest Café Boat; ¼ furlongs away.

Braunston Stop is a minor waterways place on the Grand Union Canal (Grand Junction Canal - Main Line - Braunston to Norton) between Braunston Turn (Junction of the Grand Union, Oxford and Grand Junction Canals - Bridges No 93 & No 94) (3 furlongs to the west) and Braunston Visitor Moorings (marina end) (½ furlongs to the east). It is part of Braunston. The nearest place in the direction of Braunston Turn is Braunston Road Bridge No 91; 1¼ furlongs away. The nearest place in the direction of Braunston Visitor Moorings (marina end) is Gongoozler's Rest Café Boat; a few yards away.