Death on the Waterways

Death on the Waterways
Death on the Waterways

by Allan Scott-Davies.

This book delves into the darkest criminal cases to occur or be associated with the canals and inland waterways of Britain, including many high-profile murders and assaults.

Among the cases featured are the notorious Victorian baby farmers who used the waterways to dispose of unfortunate infants, the horrific murder of Christina Collins in 1839, the inspiration for Inspector Morse’s The Wench Is Dead, and the nefarious deeds of Burke and Hare who both worked on the Union Canal.

Soft back. 159 pages. 15.6cms x 23.3cms approx. Illustrated with black & white photos and drawings. Price £12.99p and can be ordered here.

Waterways Journal Vol 13

Waterways Journal Vol 13
Waterways Journal Vol 13

from The Boat Museum Society, Ellesmere Port.

Waterways and food supplies in Manchester and Staffordshire.
George III and canals – English and French canal construction.
Two centuries of boatbuilding – the story of the Taylor family.
Policing on the canals and inland waterways.
Waterways between east and west europe.
Soft back. 72 pages. 21cms x 19.9cms approx. Black & white photos and drawings.

Priced at £6.99p and can be found here.

Boatbuilders of Market Harborough

Boatbuilders of Market Harborough
Boatbuilders of Market Harborough

by Bob Hakewill.
Charting the history of boatbuilders and companies that supplied them around the Market Harborough area, including Harborough Marine, North Kilworth Marine, Springer and Fernie Steel Fabrications to name some of them.

Soft back. 56 pages. Spiral bound. Black & white photos and diagrams. Priced at £4.50p and can be found here.

Canal 250

Canal 250
Canal 250

by Anthony Burton.

This book tells the story of 250 years of history on the canals and of the people who made and used them. It describes the great engineers and the industrialists who promoted the canals they built.
It also tells the story of the anonymous navvies who dug the canals, the men and women who ran the boats and the workers who kept the canals running.

Covering the entire history of the canal network, from the glorious early days, through the years of decline, up to the subsequent revival of the canals as leisure routes.

Hard back. 192 pages. 17.9 cms x 25.5cms approx. Illustrated in colour and black & white.

Price £17.99p and can be ordered here.