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1962: A Lament for the FORTH AND CLYDE CANAL | Tonight | Retro Transport | BBC Archive
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7:10Now Playing"Looking at this desolate waterway now, it's hard to imagine what it was like in the great days - but it's not so hard for me, because I can remember the tail end of those great days."
Fyfe Robertson shares his memories of the Forth and Clyde Canal, which is soon to be closed to navigation after nearly two centuries of use.
Clip taken from Tonight, originally broadcast on BBC Television, 27 March, 1962.
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