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The canal was lined with 'Puddle Clay' which creates an almost impervious layer thus keeping the water from draining away. The work gang here are tamping down the puddle clay using a 'clay grafting' tool and their feet!
Since the 1730s, when the first Act of Parliament to authorize a canal from the River Severn to Stroud had been passed, the Stroudwater Navigation had been seen as part of a larger plan to link London and Bristol by waterway. No work took place…

Broadband to Oakridge for History Club PDF.pdf
Since the advent of the Internet age Oakridge residents had had to put up with very slow speed connections either via their old fashioned phone lines or by using a “dongle” and renting a specific data limit monthly. Big companies like Virginmedia were…
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