black plaque · England

Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon

Photograph at the Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon black plaque

To all those who worked so hard to safeguard the Southern Stratford Canal for future generations, culminating in the re-opening on 11th July 1964 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. "We were not experts therefore we did not what could be done" David Hutchings M.B.E. Project Manager

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