Narrow Boats |
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Originally a BBC lp recording issued in 1969 (REB 56 M), it was re-issued in 1975 on Argo ZTR 142. |
Hard Working Boater | David Blagrove | ||
Working Boatman's Way | David Blagrove | ||
Poor Old Horse | |||
Single Bolinder | |||
Keep Yer 'Ands Off | |||
Willow Wren Bride | |||
Boatman Cut Down in his Prime |
Sleeve Notes : This
record is an attempt to capture, in words, sound and music, something
of the fast disappearing world of the 'narrowboat' and the people whose
lives were inextricably bound to the boats and the canals on which they
worked and travelled. |
Charlie Atkins | Leslie Moreton |
Harry Banister | John Roberts |
George Bate | Joe Skinner |
Alf Best | Rose Skinner |
Harold Garner | Ernie Thomas |
Joe Green | Herbert Tooley |
Tom Hickson | Jock Venables |
Jack James | Sister Mary Wood |
Sam Lomas | John Wooley |
Jock Moody | |
and others, whose voices it has not been possible to identify.
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