River Ouse Bargeman

River Ouse Bargeman PDF Author: David Lewis
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473880696
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
The Ouse reaches into the heart of Yorkshire from the Humber Estuary. Until the 1980s, loaded barges made the challenging journey from Hull to Selby, bearing bulk cargoes for the mills of the town. The bargees had to be tough and resourceful; physically strong enough to handle their craft, wise enough to combat the rivers shifting currents and savvy enough to deal with those supplying short measure. Laurie Dews of Selby worked the Ouse from 1937 to 1987, and is now the only man remaining with first-hand experience of a lost way of life. In this book, "River Ouse Bargeman", Lauries words of wit and wisdom give a skippers eye view of a barge loaded to the gunwales fighting upstream, unloading at the mill and drifting back with the tide. Laurie spins many a yarn about a bargeman's social life, too. His firsthand account includes the mysterious river crafts of singling out and penning up, the tricks and tell tales to show where the ever-shifting river channel lay and the camaraderie of life in the close-knit watery world. In this book, alongside Lauries account, there is a factual commentary, illustrated by many images from Lauries collection dating back over a century, and extracts from official documents and maps.

River Ouse Bargeman

River Ouse Bargeman PDF Author: David Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781473880702
Category : Barges
Languages : en
Pages :

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River Navigation in England, 1600-1750 PDF Author: T. S. Willan
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780714613833
Category : Inland navigation
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
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Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
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