A group of boys swinging on top gates in the Welshpool Town Lock, on a section of the Shropshire Union Canal known as the Montgomery Canal. The warehouse to the north subsequently became the Powysland Museum in 1990.

Date:
1960s
Location:
Welshpool Town Lock, Shropshire Union Canal
Reference:
AA081570
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The top gates were removed in 1964 and are now at the Canal Museum, Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire.

Archival History

This image has come from a envelope labelled "Salop - Shrewsbury, Welshpool".

Content

This is part of the Series: GAY01/07 Foreign Material; within the Collection: GAY01 John Gay Collection

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Gay, John

Keywords

Canal, Canal Lock, Childhood, People