Aylesbury Canal Society

Basin Map (1960)

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Group 3 Walton Street Stables and blacksmith Warehouse Office Office & WC Canopy + Weighing Machine House Ship Inn 2 5 1 7 4 3 6

1. View looking out of the basin at the end of the Aylesbury Arm

30th March 1967 (processed by V A Rose Ltd (Ref 6572/11) for Ken Gibbs)

  • The office, the nearest building on the left, with the former warehouse and stables beyond.
  • The weigh bridge office on the right, with the weighing machine platform alongside.
  • The bakery on the extreme right.

2. View looking towards the end of the Aylesbury Arm

30th March 1967 (processed by V A Rose Ltd (Ref 6572/5) for Ken Gibbs)

The bus is on Walton Street heading away from the town centre

  • The house on the left.
  • The Mobil garage on the far side of Walton Street.
  • The warehouse building with the awning over the canal.
  • Cruiser “Gray Curlew” under the awning, with a price of £2,750 (£917 deposit).
  • The L-shaped office building on the right-hand side.
  • The white cruiser with a price of £595.

3. View looking across Walton Street towards the end of the Aylesbury Arm

30th March 1967 (processed by V A Rose Ltd (Ref 6572/7) for Ken Gibbs)

The bus is on Walton Street heading away from the town centre

  • The white building on the left, which was originally a stables and blacksmiths.
  • The short length of wall to the right of the white building, which includes a post box.
  • The lean-to extension to the right of the white building, with a “Private” notice containing the logo of the Aylesbury Cruising Company.
  • The warehouse building in the centre; its roof is in poor condition with missing slates; the sign above the door advertises Harvey Taylor, the Aylesbury canal carrier; inside the open doors is a cruiser on trestles; polythene screens cover the end and side of the awning over the canal.
  • The corner of the Fellow, Morton & Clayton building in the basin, visible above the right-hand corner of the awning.
  • The white railings round the end of the canal.
  • The wide entrance to the canal towpath.
  • The “Boat Basin Entrance” notice in front of the house on the right, and the small “Aylesbury Cruising Company” direction sign on the post.

4. View looking from Walton Street towards the entrance to the basin at the end of the Aylesbury Arm

30th March 1967 (processed by V A Rose Ltd (Ref 6572/14) for Ken Gibbs)

The bus is on Walton Street heading away from the town centre

  • The corner of the Ship Inn on the extreme left, with the gable end of the bakery beyond.
  • The white building on the right, which was originally a stables and blacksmiths.
  • The small building centre left, which was the weigh house for the weigh bridge to its right.
  • The gates to the basin, with various boats out of the water.

5. End of the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal

June 1962 (photo by Ken Gibbs)

  • The office for Aylesbury Boat Company on the extreme left, beyond which is their car park, then a house.
  • The garage on the far side of Walton Street.
  • The buildings at the end of the canal in the centre of the photo.
  • Boats, including “White Heather”, “Cutlass”, “Sundowner”.
  • The Ship Inn on the extreme right.

6. View across the car park at the end of the Aylesbury Arm

30th March 1967 (processed by V A Rose Ltd (Ref 6572/2) for Ken Gibbs)

The bus is on Walton Street heading away from the town centre

  • The wooden building on the left; was the office of the Aylesbury Cruising Company; the front entrance on the left-hand side of the building was next to the towpath; there is a sign on the roof, and Calor Gas and Bottogas stockist signs on the left; some work is being done at the back of the building.
  • The wooden building on the right, described as a barn; presumably, this was used by Aylesbury Cruising Company as well.

7. View looking along the towpath towards the end of the Aylesbury Arm

September 1965 Chris Clegg

  • The buildings at the end of the canal, with a converted narrowboat under the awning.
  • Aylesbury South Signal Box in the distance.
  • Three wooden narrowboats moored by the wharf; they are an ex-Bridgewater butty, butty TOM, and a motorboat.
  • The pre-fab hut on the wharf, with an Aylesbury Cruising Company van on the left of it.
  • Two white Aylesbury Cruising Company hire boats moored in front of the hut.
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