Anderton for Orders: Memoirs of a Canal Boatman in the Early 1950's (Working Waterways S.) - Softcover

Foxon, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 094771233X ISBN 13: 9780947712334

Publisher: M.& M.Baldwin, 1997

Synopsis

M&M Baldwin of Cleobury Mortimer Shropshire published gloss pictorial card covered book with square bound spine. No.6 of 10 in the working waterways series. The memoirs of Tom Foxon who as a teenager in 1950 gave up an office job to crew a canal boat. Very readable account of life on the canals in the 1950s. 1997 2nd reprint. 152pp plus index. Size 8.25in tall x 5.25in wide.

About this title

Synopsis:

In 1950, the author was 17 years old and eager to experience life as a working boatman, one of hundreds whose craft whose craft still plied inland waterways from London to Liverpool, from Hull to the Bristol Channel. In this book, he describes his experiences and what it was like. The colour, variety and economic contribution of the canals in the 1950s can be judged from the list of the cargoes Foxon carried or saw- from the traditional coal, gravel and timber, to bentonite and borax, tomato puree and canned tomatoes, nuts and bolts, flint and flour, dustbins, matches and wheelbarrows, and even dates for making HP sauce.

About this edition

• Publisher: M.& M.Baldwin
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 094771233X
• ISBN 13: 9780947712334
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168
• Illustrator: Collings Brian