Summer 2024 - Issue 74
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Front Cover: The short boats of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal had a unique form of decoration. And there was a subtle difference between craft painted in Lancashire and Yorkshire. Here, Annie of Shipley, Yorkshire receives the final touch to the paintwork at Apperley Bridge.
The Summer 2024 issue includes the following features.
Historical Profiles
Foxton Inclined Plane
Andy Tidy explores the short history of this lost Leicester Line lift
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
George Bate’s Worcester & Birmingham Canal
Andy Tidy uncovers the detailed records of a canal maintenance worker from the first half of the 20th century
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Canal Maps
Bottom Boat Canal
Richard Dean illustrates a short but contentious Yorkshire scheme
You can view an excerpt here.
From the Archives
Family History Sources
Joseph Boughey uncovers the lives connected to the tragic drowning of a boater in 1881
You can view an excerpt here.
Leisure on the Waterways
What would Tom Rolt think?
David Cheetham ponders what the celebrated waterways writer and campaigner would make of the contemporary canal and river scene
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
Boats of the Eastern Leeds & Liverpool
Chris M. Jones looks at some of the wide-beam craft that once worked the L&L in Yorkshire
You can view an excerpt here.
Life Afloat
Alice Lapworth
Tim Coghlan explores the life of a former working boatwoman who recently passed away
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
Waterways go to War
Chris M. Jones studies a World War II government publication laying out the state of Britain’s transport industry
You can view an excerpt here.
