DROWNING FATALITY AT BROWNHILLS

Whittington Lock, Staffs & Worcester Canal.  Any narrow lock will do, the scene of this tragedy has yet to be reconstructed.

Here is the tragic end to the young life of Harry Johnson, a coal miner from Walsall Wood working his stepfather’s coal boat through the long lost Ogley Locks.

Lichfield Mercury 20 October 1905 p5 col4.

DROWNING FATALITY AT BROWNHILLS

THE INQUEST

When you leave a lock gate open

The Lock Inn, Wolverley

My cruise along the Shropshire Union, and the Staffs & Worcester, Canals has been a trip down Ancestry Lane.  First, because some of Andrew’s Kindred navigated this inland waterway, second, because others lived nearby, and witnessed (or worked on) its construction,  and I am following in their wake on my own boat.

So what is it like?