Spring 2015 - Issue 37
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The Spring 2015 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
Thomas Clayton Ltd
For many years canal transport played a major role in disposing of London’s rubbish; Alan Faulkner looks at one of the companies involved
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Hardwicke Knight
NarrowBoat is delighted to be able to reproduce colour slides of British Waterways narrowboats in the early 1950s taken by the famous New Zealand photographer
You can view an excerpt here.
Art of the Waterways
Writing a Letter
Chris M. Jones looks at the different styles of signwriting on working narrowboats
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
Ashby Aspirations
Richard Dean explores proposed schemes at the upper end of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
A Broader Outlook
Lee Lighters
Hugh Potter visited east London's river just at the end of commercial carrying
You can view an excerpt here.
Early Campaigning
One of Nine Lives
Cécile Dorward did some pioneer cruising on her converted narrowboat Phosphorus, which she purchased from Robert Aickman and crossed Pontcysyllte Aqueduct before Rolt did on Cressy
You can view an excerpt here.
Last Traffic
Claytons at Oldbury: Follow Up
The feature in Winter 2014 NarrowBoat about the final days of this much-loved fleet brought in memories and photographs from several readers.
You can view an excerpt here.
