Canals in Popular Culture
The opening of the Tennant Canal in 1824 inspired Elizabeth Davies, who owned a lollipop-shop in Neath, to write a 19-verse poem, which was published by Filmer Fagg of Swansea. More recently, the canals have inspired local musicians to write songs about them. Huw Pudner and Bob Thomas have written a folk ballad called The Lockkeepers Daughter about the Neath canal, and Pudner worked with Chris Hastings to produce a folk ballad called The Red Jacket Stream about the Tennant Canal.
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