Canal & Boating Publications

	"Lock Keeper's Daughter" by Pat Warner Autobiographical account of growing up as the daughter of a Lock Keeper on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal in the 1920's and 1930's. A glimpse of a totally vanished way of life illustrated with 89 photographs and drawings depicting the life on the canals 50 years ago Publishers: Shepperton Swan Ltd. ISBN 0 906986 08
	"History In Camera - Canals and Waterways" by Michael E. Ware This book traces through photography and description the history of the canals from Roman days through to the decline of commercial traffic in the 1950's. It covers the building of canals, the structures that make them work and the boats and people that travelled on them Publishers: Shire Publications Ltd. ISBN 0 85263 878 7
	"Narrow Boat" by L.T.C Rolt First published in 1944, this book has become a classic on it's subject. Starting in 1939 when the author and his wife bought "Cressy" a working narrowboat which they converted into a home and undertook a journey of 400 miles around the network of canals in the Midlands. Publishers: Hartnolls, Bodmin, Cornwall ISBN 0 7509 0806 8