 Canal
Books
Britain's Waterways - A unique insight
- Brian Roberts - GEOProjects
Introduction to waterways covering all the usual and many less
usual canals. Excellent maps with walks etc. and packed with
information. Click to see more details.
The Illustrated History of Canal and River
Navigations - Edward Paget-Tomlinson - Sheffield Academic
Press
A comprehensive "inland waterways encyclopaedia" covering almost
every possible canal and river navigation related topic.
The Canals of the British Isles -
Charles Hadfield - David and Charles
A series of carefully researched books covering waterway history
by geographical region.
Flowers Afloat - Tony Lewery - David
and Charles
Lavishly illustrated celebration of the traditional narrow boat
paintwork. See Tony's Folk Art Links page for more books.
Narrow Boat - L.T.C. Rolt - Eyre
Methuen
Rolt was one of the first to convert a narrow boat for cruising
and he and this book were largely responsible for the
re-awakening of interest in canals.
The Narrow Boat Book - Tom Chaplin -
Oxford University Press
A paperback with lots of historic photographs of narrowboats and
boat people.
Waterways in the Making - Edward
Paget-Tomlinson - the Landscape Press
Paperback with extensive illustrations to show how the waterways
were planned, built and maintained.
A Canal People - The Photographs of
Robert Longden - Sonia Rolt - Sutton Publishing Ltd. 1997.
"The best atmospheric photographs of the narrowboat world when
it was working."
The Number Ones ... Roses and Castles
... - Robert Wilson and others - Robert Wilson
A series of small well illustrated paperbacks covering many
historic canal subjects.
Tales From The Old Inland Waterways -
Euan Corrie - David and Charles
Another of the many specialist canal books published by David
and Charles
Nicholson's Ordnance Survey Guides -
Nicholson
Cruising guides covering English and Welsh canals by regions.
Canal Companions - Pearson
Cruising guides mostly covering popular circular routes. |
Canal
DVDs & videos
A number of firms now produce and market
videos & DVDs with canal related topics. Cruising guides for
individual canals or routes are increasingly available,
including some about cruises most boaters might not want to
attempt! There are also videos about historical topics, often
including film footage shot on the canals during commercial
operations, and there are instructional videos like Tony
Lewery's on canal painting.
Video Active produce a set of cruising
guides describing features and places of interest with
historical and background information. Most cover a single canal
or river navigation or circular route and there are currently
sixteen in the series.
They include, the Grand Union, Llangollen, Shropshire Union,
South Oxford, Staffs. and Worcs. Canals and the River Thames.
Laurence Hogg Productions has a number
of videos for inland waterways enthusiasts including;
Floating Castles featuring Tony Lewery giving a detailed
practical demonstration of painting roses and castles.
Traditional Transformation is a complete step-by-step
introduction to the art of canal boat wood graining.
The Narrowboat Story, Working for the Company, The Manchester
Ship Canal are historical records
Operation Wash and Go and A Canal Too Far are
records of two narrowboat cruises through unfamiliar territory.
Waterways, new DVD/Video from Trent
Television features ex Blue Peter presenter and long time canals
enthusiast John Noakes celebrating the history and heritage of
the canal network. More details.
Any videos listed here are produced to
European PAL format. Video Active videos are also available in
NTSC format for North America. Many video players in North
America will play either format. You may need to have the tapes
converted by one of the specialist firms that offers this
service.
Waterways World - published monthly by
Waterways World Ltd,
151 Station Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire DE14
1BG,England
For subscription information telephone +44 (0)1283 742970 or
email
subscriptions@wwonline.co.uk.
Canal and Riverboat - published monthly by A.E. Morgan
Publications Ltd.,
PO Box 618, Norwich, NR7 0QT, England
email for subscription information to
valerie@aemorgan.co.uk.
Canal Boat
Archant Specialist, 2 Jubilee Place, Kings Road, London SW3 3TQ
For subscriptions: 0870 830 4960 Overseas: 01858 438840
Towpath Talk
Media Centre, Morton Way, Horncastle, Lincs, LN9 6JR
Tel 01507 529300 Fax 01507 529495
Canalcuttings
Penkridge, Staffordshire
Tel: 07788458988
email:
admin@canalcuttings.co.uk
There are also many specialist magazines produced
by canal societies and groups. |
