The Flapper & Firkin PH is on the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line).
The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was built by Exuperius Picking Junior and opened on January 1 1816. The canal joined the sea near Bournemouth. Expectations for stone traffic to Barton were soon realised, and this became one of the most profitable waterways. Although proposals to close the Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) were submitted to parliament in 1972, water transfer to the treatment works at Wakefield kept it open. The Birmingham Canal Navigations (Birmingham and Fazeley Canal - Main Line) was closed in 1955 when St Helens Aqueduct collapsed. In his autobiography Arthur Clarke writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

| Farmers Bridge Lock No 4 | 1¼ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 3 | 1 furlong | |
| Farmers Bridge Lock No 2 | ½ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge (Cambrian Wharf) | ¼ furlongs | |
| Farmers Bridge Top Lock No 1 | a few yards | |
| The Flapper & Firkin PH | ||
| Farmers Bridge Junction | ¼ furlongs | |
- Birmingham Canal Walks — associated with Birmingham Canal Navigations
- Sixteen walks along the Birmingham Canal Navigations with a detailed description, history and photographs.
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Nearest water point
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest rubbish disposal
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest chemical toilet disposal
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest place to turn
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest self-operated pump-out
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
Nearest boatyard pump-out
In the direction of Fazeley Junction
In the direction of Farmers Bridge Junction
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The Flapper is a 1920 American silent comedy film starring Olive Thomas. Directed by Alan Crosland, the film was the first in the United States to portray the "flapper" lifestyle, which became a cultural craze or fad in the 1920s.




























![Plaque, Farmer's Bridge Lock. On the towpath of the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. The re-built Toll House is to the left, the top lock behind the camera. A fuller explanation of the Grade II Toll House can be read in [[7184042]].Milestone Society National ID: WA.Y.FBL by Alan Lake – 15 November 2023](https://s3.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/07/65/20/7652071_9217c866_120x120.jpg)

