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 Waterways"Waterways" is a Trent Television Production featuring interviews with people who worked the canals during their heyday and decline as well as modern day merchants who are using the network now. The film is a celebration of canal heritage. "Waterways" includes the reconstruction of skills such as horse handling and boat building. Canal craft features in interviews and demonstrations by master craftsmen in boat painting and rope work. "Waterways" also takes a look at canal culture, featuring the traditional costume of the boatmen and the families. The film shows some famous traditional craft in action from the old horse boats to steamers and diesel powered craft - even a reconstruction of how iceboats were used to keep the frozen canals open. "Waterways" features archive footage and photographs from the early days of boating taken from the British Waterways and The Waterways Trust collections. The DVD includes original folk music about the waterways and is presented and voiced by former Blue Peter presenter and boat enthusiast John Noakes. "Waterways" is endorsed by The Waterways Trust and Inland Waterways Association. Proceeds from sales of the film will fund continuing canal restoration projects. The inland waterways were once the arteries of commercial Britain. Join John Noakes on an historical trip with the unsung heroes of the industrial revolution - the boatmen and, of course their craft. "Waterways" looks at the revolutionary concepts pioneered by one of the Midlands most famous sons James Brindley and how his vision, and that of men like him, helped created one of the greatest commercial networks that Britain has ever seen. "Waterways" is 65 minutes in duration and available on DVD and VHS from Trent Television Production and associated retailers. Copies can be ordered from: Trent Television Productions, 1 Green Terrace, Glasbury on Wye, Hereford HR3 5LJ. Tel: 01497 842998. trent-television@beeb.net. The Heritage of the Inland Waterways is priced £14.99 DVD and £12.99 VHS, inclusive of postage. |
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