Scottish History and Culture

Forth and Clyde Canal Focus of Documentary:
Film Shot from Canoe Over One Year

Contributed by Deliverance Productions

Still from film on Forth & Clyde Canal, Click for larger image

The Forth and Clyde was the first canal built in Scotland. Construction began on June 10, 1768 and the canal operated until January 1, 1963.

A Scots filmmaker is currently seeking funding to bring his documentary featuring the £73 million restoration of Scotland's oldest canal to nation-wide audiences.

The year-long filming of the Forth and Clyde Canal, shot mostly from a canoe, is the brainchild of Ronnie Goodwin and his new Dunbartonshire-based film company Deliverance Productions.

The documentary covers several different perspectives of this 69-mile restoration with commentary from local people living along the canal to the removing of 33 obstructions and the repairing of canal banks.

The re-opening is planned for 2001 and will boost local tourism from Falkirk to Bowling, attracting yachts and boat houses offering holidays similar to those enjoyed in the popular Norfolk broads.

Still from film on Forth & Clyde Canal, Click for larger image Filmmaking was an avid hobby for Ronnie, whose background includes working as a horseback stuntman in films such as Lorna Doone and Taggart, he also served his time as an engineer and artist, designer, shepherd, stage manager and an extra in movies. A recent period of unemployment prompted Scotland's newest filmmaker to approach his local enterprise, Scottish Enterprise Clydebank to turn his hobby into a business. To get his venture off the ground he was assigned a dedicated business advisor from DHP, Scotland's leading business start-up company who assisted him in compiling a business plan with cash projections.

Other recent projects include "Beer for Nowt" which was recently sold to Meridian, an English television channel and "The Deep Fried Mars Bars" which has been short-listed in a competition sponsored by Kino films, for films themed on food and drink.

"Beer for Nowt" is based on public perceptions and features fireman on holiday behaving like lager louts and then captures them at home in their usual roles of fathers and heroes.

This article was contributed by Deliverance Productions, July 2000.

E-Mail Ronnie Goodwin ronnie@deliverance.scotnet.co.uk

LINKS:

Forth and Clyde Canal Society

History of the Forth and Clyde Canal

The Forth and Clyde Canal Map

The Forth and Clyde Canal

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