- 1970s
onward narrowboats were
gradually being converted into
permanent residences or as
holiday lettings. Currently,
about 8,580
narrowboats are registered...
-
canal system the term 'barge' is no
longer used to
describe narrowboats and widebeams.
Narrowboats and
widebeams are
still seen on canals,
mostly for leisure...
-
vessels using the ship
canal to p****
through and
smaller craft, both
narrowboats and broad-beam barges, to
cross over the top. The aqueduct, the first...
- are unsuited. (Occasionally
narrowboats take to the sea, such as
Terry Darlington's "Phyllis May", but both
narrowboats and
widebeams are
class D vessels...
- the do****entary
series Great Canal Journeys (2014–2021),
travelling on
narrowboats with her
husband and
fellow actor Timothy West.
Scales was born in Sutton...
- that is used
exclusively by non-industrial
pleasure craft such as
canal narrowboats.
Marinas may be
located along the
banks of
rivers connecting to lakes...
-
South Yorkshire) in 1905. As
competition intensified, horse-drawn
single narrowboats were
replaced by
steam and
later diesel powered boats towing an unpowered...
-
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- car park. Warwick's
narrowboat moorings are on the Arm by a
public park
partly in view of the Castle. Over 800
visiting narrowboats cruise to
Warwick each...
- they have been
since the 18th and 19th centuries:
mostly operated with
narrowboats. An
exception to this
stagnation was the
Manchester Ship Canal, newly...
