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大象传媒
Oxford's Jillian Moody traces the history of Banbury's narrow boatyard
and looks
Listen
to her specially commissioned documentary online.
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Alongside
the Banbury museum, Tooley's boatyard has reopened. The yard was
pivotal in the history of canals.
In
1944, a book called 'Narrow Boat' written by Tom Rolt, was published
which told of his experiences journeying around England's canal
system.
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He
found the waterways in a sad and sorry state, and in the years that
followed, and because of his observations, the Inland Waterways
Association was borne and the canal system saved.
The
Tooley's connection was made when Tom Rolt bought an old horse drawn
barge, Cressy, which he had converted into a pleasure boat at the
yard.
He
spent three months in Banbury, observing the local people and working
with the Tooley family. Cressy's conversion even included having
a full sized bath put on board!
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