Mine came on Saturday and I looked at all the pictures which took an hour or so, and realy enjoyed seeing and in some cases remembering. The thing which surprised me most about all of these films is that they are all made with quite a sense of humour. I was expecting them to be dust dry but I suppose they had to hold the viewers' attention somehow.

This is a new company, not involved with tyres, certainly not racing tyres, but still part of what was Firestone, now owned by Bridgestone. Historic England. "Aqueduct, formerly carrying Grand Western Canal over driveway to Nynehead Court (1307612)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 December 2007. The restoration of this delicious relic is due to the hard work of the former owner, Denis Dodd, with a little help from his friends!

Would you believe he built 7 of these substantial structures, but the remains at Nynehead are the most we have left of them.

Di and Saul Books is run by Diane Hempsall and Saul Staniforth, and is based in Lancashire in the United Kingdom. Start point & parking: If there is space at Nynehead Memorial Hall they are happy for walkers to park there, but please be considerate towards other users. Postcode: TA21 0BH; Grid ref: ST145229 Historic England. "Remains of vertical lift on former Grand Western Canal. (1177043)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 6 December 2007. Wellington RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth . Retrieved 5 January 2014. At the end of the bridge go through a metal gate, swiftly followed by a wooden kissing gate, on which a yellow arrow points the way, bearing right on the public footpath across the field. Follow this, but first glance left at the avenue of young trees, planted in 2011 to mark the line of the original avenue along which the old carriageway passed. Follow the footpath across the field heading for a point between two pylons. This line passes beneath the wires and reaches a metal gate. Go through, crossing a small bridge and entering under trees.

Nynehead is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Tone, 7 miles (11km) south-west of Taunton and 1.5 miles (2km) north-west of Wellington. The village has a population of 415. [1] History [ edit ] Parking is nearly impossible, but there is a footpath that you can take from the road down to view the boatlift. It even has an info board erected by the Friends of the Grand Western Canal.After 30 odd years though the ever growing threat of the rail became real and as soon as 1869 they had become commercially unsuccessful, purely due to the decline in use of the canals. A colleague of mine recently left our company, to start working for Firestone Europe (Firestone Industrial Products Europe, ARNHEM, The Netherlands).