TALES FROM THE OLD INLAND WATERWAYS. By Euan Corrie.

(1998) later reprint. 4to (200 x 270mm). Pp192. B/w photographs, colour and b/w illustrations by E. Paget-Tomlinson and John Paley, bibliography. Pictorial laminated boards in matching dust-wrapper.

." A nostalgic look at how life on our rivers and canals has changed during this century, through the memories of those men and women whose work both on and by the waterways was of vital importance to the country." First-hand accounts of life on the canals with many contemporary photographs, and specially commissioned paintings. Chapters include: Introduction; George Trevethick of Keadby, towage contractor and marine engineer; Harry and Sarah Bentley of Scholar Green, potteries boating; Tom Kelly of Runcorn, ship canal and tug skipper; Dredgings, discoveries from the murky depths I; George and Margaret Wood of Kingswinford, canal dredger driver and toll clerk; Violet Mould of Thurmaston, long-distance boating; Jack Strange of Ellesmere, blacksmith; Thomas Tyson of Ardrishaig, carpenter and lock gate builder; Joe Safe of Birmingham, from day boatman to lock keeper; Dredgings, discoveries from the murky depths II; Sam and Gladys Horne of Berkhamstead, boating till the last; Bill Dean of Newport, Shropshire, canal inspector.