1970: BIRMINGHAM – The Venice of England?

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Take a voyage by narrow boat with Ken Dunham and his family to the centre of Birmingham, along the once flourishing Canal Navigations of the Black Country.

Today this great waterway system has served its purpose – industry has turned its back on “the cut”; but, with “just a touch of Venice,” Park Head Locks, Gas Street Basin, and Pudding Green Junction may come alive again – inland ports along a colourful cruiseway for voyaging into England.

Credit to : BBC Archive

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