On 17 Jun 2009, at 20:57, [email protected] wrote: > That was certainly the view over my shoulder. On my map > I remember it was Nash Mills, the guy cutting the grass and hedge > by the > upper lock told us that it was formerly the Ovaltine factory which was > making way for rows of annonymous yuppie commuters' flats, it was > impossible to > judge from the wreckage what had been made or processed there. He > was not > impressed by what was being passed of as progress.
Nah. The Ovaltine factory was a mile or so further south and has been thoroughly yuppified. It was behind me when I took the snap of Kings Langley Lock, but for a more useful view you could do worse than ask Google Earth for a sight of postcode WD4 8GX. If you then follow the canal northwards you'll come to the Dickinson Mill site which, as the current GE image was taken in 2006, shows it before demolition started. Just goes to show how reliable the man on the bank was. Maybe his lifejacket was affecting his historical perception? Baz
