Take to the Boats - Britain's inland waterways in 1962
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- čas přidán 17. 05. 2012
- This BTF documentary depicts the uses made of the inland waterways in the early 1960s. The boats and fashions have changed and the commercial traffic using narrow boats has all but gone, but much else is unchanged. The Zoo Water Bus still navigates the Regents Canal. Hire boats for partying, although bankers these days will want more spectacular venues than the Bank of Bangkok staff of 1962 experienced. There is still a trip boat at Newark, though it does not offer a five day trip form Nottingham to Lincoln as featured n this film. There are some changes with the passage of time . Upton on Severn Water Festival has down graded from an ox roast to a pig roast and Coventry Cathedral is not new any more.
Download this film, without idents obscuring the picture at video.eavb.co.uk/
Awesome look back at Narrowboat history.
what a fantastic film,
Many thanks for posting, this is a lovely film.
My father bought a converted army pontoon in 61 went to opening of Stratford Canal family owned many boats.main one a 70ft Joaher Kestrel. For 20 years recently scrapped my 7 foot wide trailer sailer went to a talk on Dudley no 2 last weekend.
I think the narrator of this film was Trevor Lucas (then an ultra-smooth announcer for ATV).
Amazing, so much crap on here about so called ‘modern boating’ in the 21st Century, far more interesting to see the history of the canals without people crying about, ‘boat life sucks’ and ‘we get threatened on the towpath’. And those naff channels get thousands of views and whatever’s, thank you for posting this, an educated and informative look at life on the canals from the perspective of a happier, gentler time.
Some of them were speeding me thinks.
Those children were so orderly and silently well behaved....
That's because it was 1962. Even American suburban children were well behaved in 1962.
fascinating ,peados were thin on the ground in those days ,even down london way
alan partridge stole this for a whole show
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It's strange to think even as the canals supported traditional custom, the inland waterways sought out vacationers.
Back when you could take a clown shoe up a wicky for a two day double camp.
Wonder how many, if any of those boats survived?
Just found this video through Canal World. We own one of the British waterways boats. It’s name is Water Lilac. Not in the film unfortunately but exactly the same as the larger boat with the central steering. Although it’s had that bit filled in and it steers from the stern now. We are restoring her to her former glory.
factories in maidavale 😀😀😀😀
should get rid off that water mark.
Lol, image you canals being used to transport people instead of stuff like coal, or oil, or grain or something.
-this statement comes from America gang
Americans could never putt-putt along at walking speed. When we are on the water we want horsepower and rooster tails. There's no replacement for displacement.
After watching, Ive decided to buy a narrowboat. Thanks.