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 | Anderton for Orders - Tom Foxon - working waterways series
Tom Foxon tells of the colourful and exciting life of a teenager who gave up office work in 1950 to crew a narrowboat. Evocative and full of authentic detail.'Working Waterways ' series 5.5" x 8" softback. This and the next books are in the 'Working Waterways' series of inexpensive softback books with period black and white photographs, giving lively first hand accounts of life working the boats during the post war period of canal carrying, full of the authentic detail which gives a real taste of the times. Collect them all!
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Number One - Tom Foxon - working waterways series
Number One, the ninth book in the 'Working Waterways' series is the second book in Tom's Foxon trilogy preceded by his first book ' Anderton for Orders' and prior to 'Following the Trade'Tom Foxon is demobbed from the RAF and sets himself up in business as an owner boatman or Number One. Before doing so he takes a memorable trip with his horse-boat from Tardebigge to Cannock and back to Worcester. His first trips are plagued with engine troubles but, after replacing his National engine with a Ruston he settles down to recoup his fortunes by a winter spent on local work around Birmingham before starting to carry coal to Oxford. Soft back 137 pages with black and white illustrations
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 | Following the Trade - Tom Foxon - working waterways series
The third, and last, volume of Tom Foxon's boating trilogy finds him ranging widely over the waterways system as an owner and boatman before selling up and working for British Waterways on the Birmingham- Severn route. With the loss of this contract imminent, Tom goes to work on a general cargo barge trading between Bristol, Avonmouth, Lydney and the river Severn before becoming a Mate/Driver on the smart motor barges of the Regent Oil Company with trips taking him as far afield as Stourport, Cardiff and Swansea.Soft back 138 pages with black and white illustrations
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The Amateur Boatwomen. Eily Gayford - working waterways series
Eily Gayford describes the life of one of the women in charge of the 'trainees' on canals during the last world war.'Working Waterways ' series 5.5" x 8" softback. This title is currently out of print
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 | A Bit More Boating. Shirley Ginger
Shirley Ginger takes a light hearted look at her many experiences and adventures while running her canalside shop, and while boating. An entertaining "front deck" read, or an inexpensive gift.Softback 8" x 6"
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Bread upon the Waters. David Blagrove - working waterways series
David Blagrove describes the last years of regular narrowboat carrying with great feeling describing challenges such as the 'great freeze'.5.5" x 8" softback. Around 170 pages
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 | Brunel's Britain - Derrick Beckett
In the 1820s Isambard Kingdom Brunel wrote 'What a life, the life of a dreamer - I am always building castles in the air, what time I waste…' This book by expert Derrick Beckett, describes how these 'castles' materialised into some of Britain's best engineering achievements and still form an integral part of the rail network today.Features of this book include: " A chronicle of events and the lives of marc Isambard and Isambard Kingdom Brunel " The era of railways and the line from Paddington to Penzance " Stations, bridges, tunnels and locomotives " The three great steamships " A gazetteer of 35 principal locations " A unique technical appendix quantifying Brunel's works 222 pages soft back
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Canals Are My Home. Iris Bryce
This new edition of Iris Bryce's classic book celebrates 30 years since the author and her husband Owen sold their farmhouse in Kent and set off to tour the waterways of England. Here is the story of their adventures.soft back - coloured photographs
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 | Hold on a Minute. Tim Wilkinson - working waterways series
Tim Wilkinson gives up his job as a post war factory production inspector to go canal carrying with his wife on a pair of hired working boats.
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The Inland Waterways Association - David Blagrove
The Inland Waterways Association - Saving Britain's Canal and River NavigationsSixty years ago, a small band of enthusiasts gathered together to form The Inland Waterways Association. This book provided a photgraphic history of the Association. It tells the story of how, after the canal mania years, navigable rivers and canals were abandoned, and neglected structures left to rot. How the IWA fought countless battles to save them. It also examins how the waterways have changed from industrial corridors to become places that 10 million people visit each year to enjoy walking, cruising and many other activities in relaxing surroundings. Paperback 128 pages Retail price £12.99 Our price £12.00
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 | Idle Women. Susan Woolfitt - working waterways series
Susan Woolfitt gives a detailed description of the life of a 'trainee' working narrowboats during the second world war.'Working Waterways ' series 5.5" x 8" softback.
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It's a Boats Life - Nancy Larcombe
A true travel story through the eyes of the narrowboat "Nancy Bell" coverering the Grand Union, Oxford and the River Thames.72 page Paperback
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 | Journey Without End. David Bolton
David Bolton's enthralling tale about when he and his wife gave up "city life" in the 1970s to go on an 18 month journey all over the main network, from London to Ellesmere Port and Sharpness to Peterborough. For those of you who have always dreamed but never dared - read and be inspired!Softback 191 pages size 5.5" X 8.5"
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Kiwi Afloat - Doris Coppell
Have you ever sunk your boat before you've sailed it?Do you fancy a holiday on an English canal or river during which you will be ship-wrecked (almost), cold, depressed, tired. On the other hand, would you enjoy hilarious situations, colourful characters, beautiful remote moorings. Then this book is for you. Doris Coppell, who now lives on the Auckland's North shore, tells of her and her husbands time spent exploring the canals. Soft back 248 pages with black and white photographs
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 | Landscape with Canals. LTC Rolt
The second part of his autobiography.Landscape with Canals tells of voyages through the secret green water-lanes of England and Wales and of the beginning of his writing career with the publication of his celebrated first book, Narrow Boat. Paperback
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Lock Keeper's Daughter - A Worcestershire Childhood
Pat Warner's delightful account of life in a lock cottage on the Birmingham and Worcester Canal in the 1920s and 1930s with a lot of recounted period detail and accompanying photographs. A charming book - a real snapshot of the period and social class.Softback 138 pages size 5.5" X 8.5"
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 | Maiden's Trip - Emma Smith - working waterways series
Emma Smith's vivacious and entertaining story of three girls working on England's canals during the last war.'Working Waterways ' series 5.5" x 8" softback.
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Narrow Boat. LTC Rolt
L.T.C. Rolt was one of the first, shortly before the second world war, to convert a working narrow boat for cruising. His classic story of travels on 'Cressy' was responsible for much of the upsurge in interest in canals for leisure, and probably responsible for saving the system from complete dereliction. A lovely book, the superb original lithographs of Denys Watkins-Pitchforth being supplemented by original black and white photographs.5.5" x 8.5" softback 211 pages.
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 | The Quiet Waters By. David Blagrove - working waterways series
David Blagrove vividly recaptures the waterways scene of the 1960's, describing work as a Thames lock keeper and at the same time running a narrowboat company.'Working Waterways ' series 5.5" x 8" softback.
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Ramlin Rose. Sheila Stewart
Sheila Stewart's recorded interviews with boatwomen unearthed poignant accounts of astonishing courage and resiliance, capturing a unique way of life in the early 20th century. Includes 17 historic black and white photographs.5" x 8" softback 227 pages.
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 | Tales from the Old Inland Waterways. Euan Corrie
Euan Corrie's collection of reminiscences of canal people, from narrowboat skippers to blacksmiths and lock keepers, with background information about the waterways upon which they worked. Beautifully illustrated with original photographs and charming blue and white drawings and sketches. A delightful book to treasure.8" x 10.5" hardback, 191 pages. See inner pages.
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Troubled Waters. Margaret Cornish - working waterways series
Margaret Cornish describes the second world war scheme recruiting girls 'off the land' to crew canal boats.'Working Waterways ' series 5.5" x 8" softback.
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 | Voices from the Waterways. Jean Stone
Jean Stone has collected stories of the men and women, on rivers, canals and Broads, both on boats from barges to coracles, and on the bank. All are witnesses of the final stages of the closing of inland waterways to commercial traffic. A fascinating collection of autobiographies, full of human interest.6" x 9" softback 180 pages.
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Walking on Water - Nick Corble
"Her name was "Florrie", she was twenty-three and she came from skipton, North Yorkshire"Fired by memories of a canal holiday when younger, and inspired by a desire to rediscover the true values in life, Nick Corble, in a moment of claculated madness, acquires a rather battered but much loved canal boat called "Florrie". With a free summer stretching before him, Nick, aided by a rotation of very different crews, embarks upon what becomes nicknamed the Grand Trek South. A marathon journey through the canal systems of England. His observations as he passes through the arteries of England, as well as his descriptions of the personalities he meets along the way, offer an infectious mix of humour and vitality spiced with sometimes surprising honesty. Softback 307 pages
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