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Christine Richardson has worked hard and to good effect to combine the fact and fantasy surrounding James Brindley into a very readable book. 136 pages, hardback.
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Christine Richardson has worked hard and to good effect to combine the fact and fantasy surrounding James Brindley into a very readable book. 136 pages, paperback.
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From tentative beginnings in the 1950s to a thriving industry today, here is a definitive history of hotel boats. Anecdotes, historic and coloured photographs cover all aspects of hotel boat life including routes, operators and crew. 128 pages, hardback.
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The 'Number Ones' were the proud elite of boat people who owned and operated their own cargo-carrying narrowboats. Joe and Rose Skinner were the last of them. This book brings together their story, along with their long-serving horse-boat Friendship, as a celebration of their unique position in waterway history. Edited by Hugh Potter, it includes a free CD-ROM featuring captivating interviews with Joe and Rose.
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In the first detailed history of the canal, the author traces the canal from its inception, through its construction and commercial success, to its eventual decline and new leisure role. 176 pages, hardback.
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This attractive binder holds eight issues (two years) of NarrowBoat magazine.
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This attractive binder holds eight issues (two years) of NarrowBoat magazine. Discounted price for NarrowBoat subscribers.
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A signed limited edition A3 (297mm x 420mm) print of the cover illustration from Narrowboat issue 1, specially commissioned from waterway artist Chris Jones. The picture shows Thomas Clayton's Tweed and Gifford moored below Somerton Deep Lock, on the Oxford Canal, in the early 1950s.
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A signed limited edition A3 (297mm x 420mm) print of the cover illustration from Narrowboat issue 1, specially commissioned from waterway artist Chris Jones. The picture shows Thomas Clayton's Tweed and Gifford moored below Somerton Deep Lock, on the Oxford Canal, in the early 1950s. This special price is available only to Narrowboat subscribers.
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A signed limited edition A3 (297mm x 420mm) print of the cover illustration from Narrowboat issue 2, specially commissioned from waterway artist Chris Jones. The scene recreates events at Gloucester Lock at sunrise in the 1980s.
A signed limited edition A3 (297mm x 420mm) print of the cover illustration from Narrowboat issue 2, specially commissioned from waterway artist Chris Jones. The scene recreates events at Gloucester Lock at sunrise in the 1980s. This special price is available only to Narrowboat subscribers.
A signed limited edition A3 (297mm x 420mm) print of the cover illustration from Narrowboat issue 3, specially commissioned from waterway artist Chris Jones. Showing Hopleys Dock alongside the Coventry Canal at Glascote in the early 1920s.
A signed limited edition A3 (297mm x 420mm) print of the cover illustration from Narrowboat issue 3, specially commissioned from waterway artist Chris Jones. Showing Hopleys Dock alongside the Coventry Canal at Glascote in the early 1920s. This special price is available only to Narrowboat subscribers.
A signed limited edition A3 (297mm x 420mm) print of the cover illustration from Narrowboat issue 4, specially commissioned from waterway artist Chris Jones. Displays a view looking north east on the Dudley No 2 Canal at Netherton during the 1920s.
A signed limited edition A3 (297mm x 420mm) print of the cover illustration from Narrowboat issue 4, specially commissioned from waterway artist Chris Jones. Displays a view looking north east on the Dudley No 2 Canal at Netherton during the 1920s. This special price is available only to Narrowboat subscribers.
The Spring 2006 issue of Narrowboat, including Tony Lewery on Art of the Waterways, Alan Faulkner on Thomas Clayton (Oldbury), Ian Langford on the Staffs & Worcs Canal, and Richard Dean on the proposed Watford & St Albans canal. Plus articles on Spoon Dredging, the Manchester Ship Canal in 1963, Boating Genealogy, and Severn Boats.
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The Summer 2006 issue of Narrowboat includes: Evelyn Booth on Measham Pottery, Alan Faulkner on the Severn & Canal Carrying Company, Richard Dean and Peter Brown on the history of the Llangollen (Ellesmere) Canal, and Brian Lamb's photographic memories from Marple. Plus Cromwell Lock, how to use parish registers, the never-completed Leicestershire & Northamptonshire Union Canal, and all the regulars.
The Autumn 2006 issue of Narrowboat includes: Famous Fleets – Samuel Barlow Coal Company; Historical Profile – Oxford Canal; Art of the Waterways – Roses & Castles; A Broader Outlook – Sloops and Keels; plus much more.
The winter 2006 issue of Narrowboat, the inland waterways heritage magazine, includes: Spider-web Belts and Clothes of the Cut - what 20th century boatpeople wore; Midlands & Coast - a famous carrying fleet working mainly on the Shropshire Union Canal; Leeds & Liverpool Canal - the last trans-Pennine canal to be completed; Alexander's Album - Early photographs around Stoke Bruerne and Blisworth; ...and much more.
The Spring 2007 issue of NarrowBoat, the inland waterways heritage magazine, includes: Canal Boat Registers - how to use them to trace your family history; Fellows, Morton & Clayton - the most famous carrying company of all time; Shropshire Union Canal - history of the UK's most popular cruising waterway; A View of the Landscape - the origins of narrowboat decoration; ...and much more.
Fellows, Morton & Clayton - carrying through two world wars. Historical Profile - Peak Forest Canal Picturing the Past - A boatman's album Canals that never were - Dorset & Somerset
The Autumn 2007 issue of NarrowBoat includes: Mersey Weaver - A major carrier from the North-West Historical Profile - Worcester & Birmingham Family History - Emanuel Smith of Brentford Canals that never were - Stockton & Darlington
One year's subscription (four issues) to Narrowboat, the inland waterways heritage magazine. Save 10% on the cover price.
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Two years' subscription (eight issues) to Narrowboat, the inland waterways heritage magazine. Save 15% on the cover price.
£33.65: Buy (quantity ) (Europe £44.00, Worldwide £44.00)
