On Mon, 11 Jan 2016 10:34:26 GMT, RIB <rib@rack.com> wrote:
>In reply to "PeggLeg" who wrote the following:
>
>> Wow! I thought I'd gone deaf (er)! Katherine may enjoy it...but I have
>> a feeling that there will be a lot more folks enjoying it with her. If
>> you have any more Canal Boat vids ( in XviD or DivX ) please post. I
>> got some that were just posted a ways back.
>> A long time ago, when I was much younger and wanting to tour Europe,
>> PBS (I'm across the pond, as you say) put on a three part mini-series
>> called "Barging Through Europe: The Voyage Of The Leontyne ) or
>> something like that. A guy in Britain restored a barge, got it all
>> fixed uo, then took it across the channel and started in France (I
>> think!?) and barged all the way up to somewhere in Scandinavia. I had
>> dreams about it back then. Never got to see it all but I guess that
>> they had quite a time getting it all started. Now THAT would be an
>> Adventure...with a capital A!
>> The canals over there, In Britain and Europe, look like a boaters
>> Heaven. Relaxed, easy days, friendly...
>> Thank You for the post...whether Katherine enjoys it or not. I will,
>> and I'm sure that many more will as well!
>> Later...
>>
>> PeggLeg
>
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>
>Hello Peggleg. I'm pleased you enjoyed the trip :-). I do have a Fred Dibnah vid
>somewhere about canals in xvid I can post if you are interested?
>
>A British celeb did a series last year called "Barging around Britain" but that
>was posted in MKV format. He got villified by the boating community for calling
>his narrow boat a "barge" though. Sacrilege to us (X in my case) narrow boat
>owners.
>
>Catch you later,
>
>RIB.
>
>
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I've got a series called 'Narrow Boat Afloat' which you might or might
not have already, Binsearch has no record of it so it might be a while
since it was last posted.
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***NFO***
Narrow Boat Afloat is a record of a trip on a narrow boat by Alan
Herd, from Birmingham to the Thames in 10 episodes.
While, strictly speaking, it is not really a documentary, it is
educational, and shows a number of buildings and industries that were
part of the Industrial Revolution. For anyone who is interested in
the British inland waterways, it is certainly of interest.
The network of canals that forms the British inland waterways is of
historical significance as it provided much of the transport for both
raw materials and finished products, from source to factory to market,
before the road network and trucks became the primary form of
transport.
10 episodes, approximately 22 minutes each.
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Also... Canals The Making of a Nation
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***NFO***
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0689qmh
Liz McIvor looks at who built the nation's canal network, who funded
it, those who worked on it and how they were regenerated following
WWII
6 episodes
Heritage
6/6 Liz McIvor explores how the nation's canal network was saved
following years of neglect.
The Boat People
5/6 The story of the people who operated the canal boats, carrying
goods around the country.
The Workers
4/6 Liz McIvor recounts the tales of the men who built the canals -
the navigators, or navvies
Capitalism
3/6 Charting the period of activity that helped develop Britain's
modern financial economy.
Geology
2/6 How the process of building the canals resulted in furthering
geological knowledge.
Engineering
1/6 The struggles of those tasked with creating a landscape of canals
around the Pennines.
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Let me know.
(Thats if the archive DVD's have not corrupted yet).
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