I received an email from Peter Ricketts regarding a letter he received from Neath Council in 1989. The email contained a copy of a letter that had been sent to Neath Council on the 26th December 1989. The letter had been sent from a W. J. Benjamin of Empire Avenue and...

Attached you can find a schematic map of the Neath Canal from Pentrclwydau to Abernant canal Head, Glynneath. The map shows the locks and bridges, along with the major houses in the locality at the time. Resources and References: Ordinance Survey Maps. The Canals of...

The following account looks at the events that took place on the canal over it’s lifetime. It wasn’t alway’s plain sailing on the canal, things did go wrong, we have tried to capture these events, but as well, on a more happier note, we will also look at people...