Comments on: Along The Regent’s Canal

By: Paul Massingham

Paul Massingham — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 12:15:04 +0000

My great grandmothers father was a lock keeper at Johnsons lock, sadly he drowned around 06.00 AM Dec 29th 1900 when, it is thought, the keeper on the night shift left a lock gate open.

By: DLG

DLG — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 22:01:08 +0000

The lock keeper’s cottage at Mild End Road bridge is, fortunately, not being demolished to make way for the newly expanded school of business and management at Queen Mary University of London.

However, an equally charming early 19th-century house next door to the cottage, at 375 Mile End Road, IS going to be demolished. It used to house the law faculty, and then was the college’s Arts Research Centre, but apparently 375 Mild End Road has to go because the noise from the Tube is too loud for students to concentrate (does the Tube really run that close to the canal, I wonder?).

Universities are booming and business degrees are particularly valuable. The cynical part of me thinks that this harmless and relatively unspoiled little pocket of late Georgian/early Victorian London stands no chance in the face of commercial pressure (ok, greed).

By: Lesley

Lesley — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 09:09:54 +0000

A walk in the morning
I feel your quiet way
The smooth passage you give
I wander along

The graffiti of anger smally detracts
from the grafters who hungered
Who built this long tract

Memories are built by those who employ
Wandering at dusk stepping out to enjoy

By: Lesley

Lesley — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 09:02:17 +0000

Lovely, to walk beside the water, all the interesting boats and people. Love this. Thank you.

By: Jennifer Blain

Jennifer Blain — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 11:36:10 +0000

I was surprised to see that the two lock-keeper’s houses (Johnson’s lock and Mile End) are larger and more generous than I would have expected. Is this a bit of canal one-upmanship, do you think? Do you know anything more about them?

By: Pamela Traves

Pamela Traves — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 09:30:17 +0000

What Beautiful Pictures of the Canel!! I would love to walk along there!!????????

By: Hels

Hels — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 00:06:58 +0000

In a crowded city, Regent’s Canal provides transport of course. But equally important are the moments of serenity it provides.

By: Eric Forward

Eric Forward — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 15:01:49 +0000

I’m lucky enough to live off Johnson Lock, so enjoy the pleasure of using the canal often, mainly down to Limehouse basin, but I’ve also cycled up to Islington and Camden via the canal. A couple of years ago I dropped myself off in the middle of Acton and decided to cycle back in from the west via the canal. However, I could not find any Boris bikes initially, as the area was not urbanised at all. It was a wonderful walk and you felt as though you could have been anywhere other than London, it was so quiet and country like. My understanding is that this area is earmarked as the next Stratford-scale development, so it would be well worth documenting. I bet in 10 years or so it is fully developed with canal-side living etc. A mile or two in and the residential area quickly built up. I was well behind schedule but enjoyed a lovely walk to Paddington, taking in the delights of Little Venice. This year I depart London, but I’ll make sure I complete that currently unknown stretch to me, from Paddington to Camden. Happy birthday Regents canal, here’s to the next 200 years!

By: Nick Borden

Nick Borden — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:15:40 +0000

I’m sitting here in a modest local cafe on columbus Ave, in Manhattan, thousands of miles away. Isn’t great at a click of a button can immediately taken back via the internet. I am stuck by these striking simple photographs of charming subjects.

By: paul loften

paul loften — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 12:01:17 +0000

Thank you for these beautiful photos which convey a timeless sense of peace and relaxation. It certainly is a lovely walk that stimulates ideas and thought.