Winter 2008 - Issue 12
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The Winter 2008 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
Harvey-Taylor
Alan Faulkner looks at a small but significant narrowboat fleet based at Aylesbury
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
River Thames: Part 1 Up to 1860s
David Blagrove investigates the early history of the UK’s best known river – one that has not always been easy to navigate
You can view an excerpt here.
Traditional Techniques
Ice-Breaking on the Weaver
Colin Edmondson examines ice breaking on Cheshire’s River Weaver
You can view an excerpt here.
Life Afloat
Wood End Hostel: Education of boat children
Hugh Potter looks at Wood End Hall Hostel in Birmingham, specially opened to enable boat children to attend school
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
The Peak District
Richard Dean looks at waterway projects that were left on the drawing board
You can view an excerpt here.
A Broader Outlook
Sailing on the Trent
Euan Corrie takes a closer look at photographs from the 1920s or early 1930s that are probably the work of Ernest W. Carter, a prolific photographer and postcard publisher based at Gainsborough in Lincolnshire
You can view an excerpt here.
