Canals & Waterways
Canal Arts and Crafts
Price: £5.99
ISBN: 978 0 74780 586 1 / Shire Library 300 / 56 pp
Narrow boat cabins were bright with paint, and the 'roses and castles' decorations of the canal boats are a true English folk art along with the embroidery of the boatwomen.
Canal Narrowboats and Barges
Price: £5.99
ISBN: 978 0 74780 587 8 / Shire Library 427 / 56 pp
This new Shire Album is primarily an introduction to narrowboats. It is illustrated by modern colour photographs of boats on the inland waterways today and will act as a guide to those who want to search out the heritage of the working canals.
London's Canals
Price: £5.99
ISBN: 978 0 74780 601 1 / Shire Library 432 / 56 pp
This title is for people who want to discover the canals of London on foot or by boat. There are about 60 miles of waterways in London waiting to be explored and popular stretches of London's canals are now busy with walkers, joggers and people who just want to sit and watch the boats go by.