Dudley Canal Trust celebrates award Gallery
NEARLY 50 years after the Government ordered the abandonment of the Dudley Canal, the tunnel was recognised as one of the waterways’ 21st century success stories with a Transport Trust award.
Beneath the red wheel are: Peter Stone, trustee of the Transport Trust; Stuart Wilkinson, chairman of the Transport Trust; Dudley Canal Trust chairman Vic Smallshire; the Mayor and Mayoress of Dudley, Coun Peter and Mrs Hilary Miller; and Tony Hales
Transport Trust chairman Stuart Wilkinson said this was the 25th red wheel to be awarded.
The first of two boats carrying guests makes its way into the Dudley tunnel.
Manager June Hodgetts and admin assistant Diane Griffin.
Inside the tunnel.
Guests make their way onto the boats.
Vic Smallshire: the driving force behind the Dudley Canal Trust.
British Waterways chairman Tony Hales took it all in good part when he was ceremoniously ‘presented’ with this old British Waterways Board sign.
Power to the people: this plaque epitomises the struggle against the establishment.
Nearly 50 years on the Dudley Canal Trust’s fleet of electrically powered narrowboats take more than 85,000 visitors a year into the tunnel complex.
Gaylor Farley and Carol Turley in the shop.
In Castle Hill Basin
Between the tunnels.
Mind your head!
Trip boats make their way into the tunnel.
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