This is a photograph of Braunston yard we are uncertain of the date of the picture. The picture shows the old warehouse and the end of the arm. A butty is moored where the Marina entrance now runs. It is obvious that grass cutting and tidying was not high on the company agenda. On the sky line one can clearly see Braunston station and below this the double fronted house which is still in use today. The arm which contains the butty was the feeder from the resevoir. This resevoir was eventually opened up to become the marina and the arm became the marina entrance.
A busy scene showing Braunston as it is today. It is not always quite as busy and colourful as it appears in this picture which was taken during a recent years Braunston Boatshow. This picture was provided to us by Mr T Coghlan the Managing director of Braunston Marina. The old warehouse has been gone for many years and has recently been replaced by the new houses shown behind the boat moorings. The white building, just of centre, is the same building shown in the previous picture. This building is now the Marina shop. The boat just entering the Marina is the steam boat Laplander which was taking part in the parade of historic boats. It is interesting to note that the butty "Bullfinch" moored to the right of the marina entrance is in the same location as the butty shown in the old photograph above. This butty is the home of Tradline Fenders who are permanently moored here at Braunston.
This picture is a postcard from 1923. This was taken at about the same time as the boatmans strike. The picture is taken looking towards Braunston bottom lock. The same buildings you see today are all visible in the background. The water on the right is the top resevoir of course there are no fences and the other requirements of safety and security that are needed now.
The picture shows Braunston Station, this was for a long time a very low use line and many of the trains that stopped at Braunston were only a single carriage pulled by a small saddle tank locomotive. The station can be seen on top of the embankment in the first Photograph on this page, the station has now gone as has the railway line and even the bridge across the road.
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