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The Canal: Tring - Rickmansworth in Camera by Peter Ward & Ray Lacey , ISBN 0-86023-374-X :96 pages, Published by Quotes Ltd Description and history of this part of the canal with photographs, prints and facsimiles of old documents. Order now from 
Canal City Souvenir by Michael Pearson , ISBN 0 907864 77 5 :48 pages, Published by J M Pearson & Son Colour photographs illustrate this guide to the canals around Birmingham. Order now from
Grand Unions by Peter Ashley , ISBN 1 84159 083 5 :80 pages, Published by Everyman Pocket Books 2003 Excellent photographs of canals, not limited to the Grand Union as the title might imply, but the captions are not to be relied upon. Order now from
The Yorkshire Ouse Navigation by Mike Taylor , ISBN 0 7524 2369 X :128 pages, Published by Tempus 2002 Historical photographs of the river and its commercial traffic. Order now from
Forgotten Thames by Brian Eade , ISBN 0 7509 2818 2 :128 pages, Published by Sutton Publishing 2002 A photographic history of the river. Order now from
The Calder & Hebble Navigation by Mike Taylor , ISBN 0 7524 2755 5 :128 pages, Published by Tempus 2002 A photographic history of the navigation, Order now from
London's River by Chris Thurman , ISBN 0 7524 2379 7 :96 pages, Published by Tempus 2002 A photographic record taken by the author over a period of 40 years. Order now from
The Essex & Suffolk River Stour Navigation by John Marriage , ISBN 0 7524 2350 9 :128 pages, Published by Tempus 2001 The history of the navigation illustrated with old and new photographs. Order now from
Waterways - Images from an Industrial Age by Nick Billingham , ISBN 0 7524 1725 8 :128 pages, Published by Tempus January 2000 An illustrated introduction to the history of the waterways. Order now from
Francis Frith's Canals & Waterways by Dennis Needham , ISBN 1 85937 129 9 :118 pages, Published by Publisher not known 2000 Photgraphs of the waterways. Order now from
One Man's River - The Clyde in Pictures 1920-1980 by Len Paterson , ISBN 1 899863 49 4 :144 pages, Published by Holywell Press Ltd 1998 A selection of photographs taken by Dan McDonald. Order now from
A Canal People: The Photographs of Robert Longden by Sonia Rolt , ISBN 0 7509 1776 8 :159 pages, Published by Sutton Publishing May 1998 Softback edition of the 1997 book. Order now from
Water Under the Bridge by Julian Holland , ISBN 1 85585 688 3 :144 pages, Published by Collins & Brown 1998 Description and history of eight canals, with many colour photographs. Order now from
The Canals of England by Eric de Mare , Edition: Softback edition ISBN 0 86299 418 7 :128 pages, Published by Sutton Publishing July 1997 Written 1950 Reprint of an early canal book with classic monochrome photographs by the author. Order now from
The River Trent by Brian Lund , ISBN 0 946245 67 3 :36 pages, Published by Pictures of a Bygone Age 1996 Softback A5 book containing about 60 postcards from the first part of the 20th century. Order now from
The River Don by Mike Taylor , ISBN 1 900138 00 X :32 pages, Published by Pictures of a Bygone Age 1996 Softback A5 book containing about 60 postcards from the first part of the 20th century. Order now from
Canals and Inland Waterways - A Journey Through Frith's England by Not known , ISBN 1 85937 028 4 :120 pages, Published by The Francis Frith Collection 1996 A4 paperback based on the famous postcard collection. Order now from
Canals of England by Martin Marix Evans , ISBN 0 2978 3399 5 :160 pages, Published by Weiderfeld & Nicolson Ltd June 1995 Description of the waterways superbly illustrated by Robert Reichenfeld's photographs Order now from
Canals of England by Martin Marix Evans , ISBN 0 297 83261 1 :159 pages, Published by Weiderfeld & Nicolson Ltd 1994 Description of the waterways superbly illustrated by Robert Reichenfeld's photographs Order now from
The Victorian Thames by D G Wilson , ISBN 0 7509 01837 :132 pages, Published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd 1993 Large format book illustrated with photographs and sketches. Order now from
The Stroudwater and Severn canals in Old Photographs by Edwin Cuss & Stanley Gardiner , ISBN 0 7509 0432 1 :159 pages, Published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd 1993 A5 book containing nearly 300 photographs. Order now from
Historic Waterways Scenes: London & South East England by Martin Denney , Edition: Paperback Edition ISBN 0 86190 508 3 :124 pages, Published by Moorland Publishing Co Ltd. 1993 Written 1980 168 historic drawings and photographs. Order now from
Caledonian - Monster Canal by Guthrie Hutton , ISBN 1-872074-16-2 :52 pages, Published by Richard Stenlake 1992 Pictures of the canal earlier this century with informative captions. Order now from
A Pictorial History of Canals by David D Gladwin , Edition: Reprint ISBN 0 7134 0554 6 :143 pages, Published by Batsford 1986 193 photographs and 14 drawings. Order now from
English Rivers and Canals by Paul Atterbury , Edition: American Ed ISBN 1 85605 171 4 :152 pages, Published by English Tourist Board 1984 Generously illustrated in colour. Order now from
Pleasure Boating in the Victorian Era by P A L Vine , ISBN 0 85033 504 3 :159 pages, Published by Phillimore & Co. 1983 A guide to the accounts of river and canal journeys made by Victorians, with 80 illustrations. Order now from
Southern Inland Waterways by Derek Pratt , ISBN 0 7110 1225 3 :128 pages, Published by Ian Allan 1982 Has 202 b/w photos with a colour cover. It covers the River Thames and its attendant waterways including the southern G.U. and Oxford, and all the Kennet & Avon. Size 9 ½" x 7 ¼. Order now from
Historic Waterways Scenes: London & South East England by Martin Denney , Edition: 1st edition ISBN 0 86190 508 3 :124 pages, Published by Moorland Publishing Co Ltd. 1980 Illustrated. Order now from
Historic Waterways Scenes: The Trent & Mersey Canal by Peter Lead , Edition: 1st edition ISBN 0 86190 509 1 :96 pages, Published by Moorland Publishing Co Ltd. 1980 Pictures (mostly photographs) of the Trent & Mersey and associated canals. Order now from
A Pictorial History of Canal Craft by Peter L Smith , Edition: 1st edition ISBN 0 7134 1637 8 :135 pages, Published by Batsford 1979 118 Plates. Order now from
Canals in Colour by Anthony Burton & Derek Pratt , Edition: First Ed ISBN 0 7137 0715 1 :176 pages, Published by Blandford 1974 84 colour plates and 28 b/w photos by Derek Pratt. Order now from
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Clinging On by Gerald Box , ISBN 0 9545056 0 3 :110 pages, Published by Ambion The Moria Cut, coal and the last days of carrying. The history of commercial carrying on the Ashby Canal from 1965 to 1980. Order now from
Rivers, Canals and a Young Lad by Mike Routledge , ISBN 0 9544459 0 2 :56 pages, Published by Published by the author 2003 The boating and working experinces of a boy in the 1950s. Order now from
Working Boat: Midland Canal Carriers 1770-1845 - 2 - The Birmingham Trade by Ray Shill & Tom Foxon , ISBN 0 9543098 0 4 :64 pages, Published by Heartlands Press 2003 The third volume in a series covering Midland canal trade. Order now from
Windlass in my Belt - a canal adolescence by John Thorpe , Edition: 1st - Paperback ISBN 1 870002 96 2 :290 pages, Published by Waterways World Ltd 2002 A school boy's introduction to the waterways in the late 1950's and early 60's and his experiences on hire boats, working narrowboats and a pair of hotel boats. Order now from
Working Boat: Warwickshire & Worcestershire Trades by Ray Shill & Tom Foxon , ISBN 0 9517755 2 9 :64 pages, Published by Heartlands Press 2002 The waterways of these counties and the history of the trade carried by their working boats. Order now from
Knobsticks by Robert J Wilson , Edition: Reset edition. ISBN 0 907381 33 2 :32 pages, Published by Robert Wilson 2002 Written 1974 Canal carrying on the Trent & Mersey. Order now from
The Number Ones by Robert J Wilson , Edition: Reset and expanded edition. ISBN 0 907381 18 9 :48 pages, Published by Robert Wilson 2002 Written 1973 The story of the life of owner boatmen on the Midland canals Order now from
Adventures of the Nippy by James Hewitt , ISBN 0 9543197 0 2 :164 pages, Published by Published by the author 2002 The story of boating in the 1950s and the fight to keep the canals open. Order now from
A Spark on Salford Docks - Manchester Canal Memories 1954 - 1963 by Bill Hardie , ISBN 1 85216 149 3 :50 pages, Published by Neil Richardson 2002 An electrician's story of the people who worked in the docks. Order now from
Hold on a Minute by Tim Wilkinson , ISBN 0 947712 39 9 :188 pages, Published by M & M Baldwin 2001 Written 1965 Paperback version of this 1965 account of working a pair of narrowboats. Order now from
I'd Go Back Tomorrow by Mike Lucas , ISBN 0 907864 89 9 :186 pages, Published by Wayzgoose 2001 The authors account of the Mikron Theatre Company, of which he was a founder, and its progress through the waterways. Order now from
Working Boat - An Introduction to Midland Canal Carriers 1770 - 1845 by Ray Shill , ISBN 0 9517755 7 X :60 pages, Published by Heartlands Press 2001 Looks at the operation of canal carrying in the early years. Order now from
Scenes from the Past - Lancashire Canal Carriers, J Monk & Sons by Norman Jones & James and Leonard Monk , ISBN 1 870119 54 1 :64 pages, Published by Foxline 2000 Large format book with good photographs of the Manchester Ship Canal and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Order now from
Waterways at Work by Thomas Pellow , ISBN 0 947849 74 2 :84 pages, Published by Landscape Press 2000 Illustrated with drawings by Edward Paget-Tomlinson. Order now from
Severn Traders by Colin Green , ISBN 0 9533028 2 2 :180 pages, Published by Black Dwarf 1999 Illustrated history of the trows, barges and other trading craft of the River Severn. Order now from
Burscough Boatmen: Their Marriages and their Boats by Robert Cheetham-Houghton , ISBN 1 901231 12 7 :52 pages, Published by Countyvise March 1999 A history, with photographs, of the boating families of this small town on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Order now from
George Smith the Children's Friend by Adrian Bristow , Edition: Softback ISBN 0 9535 0020 9 :181 pages, Published by Imogen 1999 The story of this social reformer who fought to improve the conditions for children on working boats. Order now from
The Quiet Waters By by David Blagrove , Edition: 1st ISBN 0 947712 35 6 :248 pages, Published by M & M Baldwin 1998 The story of the author's time spent as a Thames Lock keeper and of some canal trips made at this period. Published in paperback as number 7 of the Working Waterways series. Order now from
Tales from the Old Inland Waterways by Euan Corrie , ISBN 0 7153 9452 5 :192 pages, Published by David & Charles 1998 Stories of the past life on the waterways as told by the people who worked on them. Order now from
John Knill's Navy - Five Years on the Cut by Sir John Knill , ISBN 0 9532897 0 2 :144 pages, Published by Published by the author 1998 The author recalls the 5 years in the fifties that he spent running a small fleet of working boats based at Braunston. Order now from
Anderton for Orders by Tom Foxon , Edition: Revised ISBN 0 947712 33 X :158 pages, Published by M & M Baldwin 1997 Written 1988 Memoirs of a canal boatman in the early 1950s. Order now from
Voices from the Waterways by Jean Stone , ISBN 0 7509 1351 7 :181 pages, Published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd 1997 Recolections of the waterways by people who spent their lives on them. Order now from
A Canal People: The Photographs of Robert Longden by Sonia Rolt , ISBN 0 7509 1048 8 :154 pages, Published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd 1997 Order now from
Gongoozlers at the Gate by Kathleen Balchin , ISBN 0 9530511 0 2 :144 pages, Published by Silverswan 1997 The author and her husband spent three years in the 1980s as lock keepers at Tewkesbury on the Lower Avon. This is an account of their time there. Order now from
The Amateur Boatwomen by E Gayford , ISBN 0 947712 31 3 :162 pages, Published by M & M Baldwin 1996 Written 1973 Order now from
Tugs, Barges and Me by Jake Abram , ISBN 1 85216 104 3 :55 pages, Published by Neil Richardson 1996 Subtitled Manchester Ship Canal and Bridgewater Canal Memories. A4 card covered book describing work on the canals and in the docks. Order now from
The Industrial Canal - Volume 1, The Coal Trade by Ray Shill , ISBN 0 0951773 5 3 :166 pages, Published by Heartlands Press 1996 A5 softback history with photographs and illustrations. Order now from
Women & Children of the Cut by Wendy Freer , ISBN 0 901461 18 0 :80 pages, Published by Railway and Canal Historical Society 1995 Order now from
Bread upon the Waters by David Blagrove , Edition: Paperback edition ISBN 0 947712 27 5 :224 pages, Published by M & M Baldwin 1995 Written 1984 Describes the author's experiences of working on the waterways in the 1960s, from a trip boat on the River Kennet at Reading to a pair of working boats in the Willow Wren fleet. Order now from
Idle Women by Susan Woolfitt , Edition: Paperback edition ISBN 0 947712 28 3 :223 pages, Published by M & M Baldwin 1995 Written 1947 Illustrated account of the work of "trainee" boatwomen during the Second World War. Order now from
Troubled Waters - Memoirs of a Canal Boatwoman by Margaret Cornish , Edition: Corrected ISBN 0 947712 25 9 :204 pages, Published by M & M Baldwin 1994 Written 1987 Covers the author's life as a trainee boatwoman during the Second World War. Order now from
Canal Coins: Inland Waterway Tokens, Medals, Badges and Buttons by Stanley Holland , ISBN 0 947712 18 6 :71 pages, Published by M & M Baldwin 1993 Well illustrated. Recommended. Order now from
Railway on the Water by Harrold Crabtree & Mike Clarke , ISBN 0 9522592 0 6 :120 pages, Published by Sobriety Project 1993 Written by Crabtree and edited by Clarke this book deals with the operation of the Tom Pudding compartment boats that operated on the Aire & Calder Navigation. Order now from
Maidens' Trip by Emma Smith , Edition: 1987 Paperback reprint ISBN 0 947712 05 4 :208 pages, Published by M & M Baldwin 1993 Written 1948 A novel based on author's experiences as a trainee boat woman during the second world war. Order now from
Number One by Tom Foxon , ISBN 0 907864 58 9 :136 pages, Published by J M Pearson & Son 1991 The author's experiences as a working boatman in the early fifties. Order now from
Troubled Waters - Memoirs of a Canal Boatwoman by Margaret Cornish , ISBN 0-7090-2955-1 :Published by Robert Hale 1987 Written 1987 Covers the author's life as a trainee boatwoman during the Second World War. Order now from
Lock Keeper's Daughter by Pat Warner , Edition: Softback ISBN 0 906986 08 7 :158 pages, Published by Shepperton Swan 1987 Autobiography of life on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal.. Order now from
The Canal Boatmen 1760 - 1914 by Harry Hanson , Edition: Paperback Edition ISBN 0 86299 067 X :244 pages, Published by Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd 1984 Written 1975 A study adapted from a thesis presented for an M.A. degree at Manchester. Much well researched and interesting information, complete with photographs. Order now from
Claytons of Oldbury by Alan H Faulkner , ISBN 0907381014 :48 pages, Published by Wilson 1978 Includes photogrphs. Order now from
Clothes of the Cut by Avril Lansdell , ISBN 0905 366328 :36 pages, Published by Belmont Press 1975 A history of canal cosume. Order now from
The Dark River by Cyril Bracegirdle , ISBN 0 85427 033 7 :Published by Sherratt & Hughes 1973 About the river Irwell in and around Manchester, and the tales and characters associated with it over the years. Order now from
Journeys of the Swan by J Liley , Edition: 1st edition ISBN 0 04 386005 2 :192 pages, Published by Allen & Unwin 1971 An illustrated account of various journeys in a former Cowburn & Cowper motor boat. Order now from
Hold on a Minute by Tim Wilkinson , ISBN 0 04 386004 4 :Published by Waterway Productions 1970 Written 1965 Order now from
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