3rd May, 1996. Celebrating the re-opening of the Rochdale Canal through Sowerby Bridge with the construction of Tuel Lane Lock, now the deepest inland waterway lock in the UK at 19ft 8½inches, connecting to the Calder & Hebble Navigation.
Pictured here with the Major Oak, a large English oak tree near the village of Edwinstowe in the heart of Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire. According to local folklore, it was Robin Hood's shelter where he and his merry men slept. It weighs an…