Written by one of the women whose "war effort" during World War II was to operate cargo-carrying...
David Blagrove was a working boatman carrying coal, timber, and a cargo of hardboard and cocoa residue...
The author tells how he and his wife hired a pair of boats from the Docks & Inland Waterways Executive...
In 1943, Emma Smith joined the Grand Union Canal Carrying Company under their wartime scheme of employing...
The second in a series of three memoir-cum-social-histories; it follows on from where the earlier Anderton...
This book describes the colourful experiences of a young man who worked as a Thames lock-keeper, while...
Mike Webb's interest in cargo carrying canal boats started at an early age, when from his school...
Forging Ahead is a fascinating look at Tooley's historic boatyard in Banbury. This almost hidden...
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