Tales From The Towpath

Author : Fiona Eadie
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750990163
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales from the Towpath written by Fiona Eadie and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered about the people who lived and worked along the canals? Have you ever caught a glimpse of something they might have seen or an echo of something they might have heard? As the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames and Severn canal wind their way from Framilode to Inglesham, they hold the stories of all who lived and worked on them. From Jack spinning yarns as he legs barges through the Sapperton Tunnel to Elizabeth swimming for all she is worth in the Wallbridge gala, the stories in ' Tales from the Towpath' span 250 years of life on the Cotswold canals. Mixing fact and fiction, they bring the past to life and, like all the best tales, appeal to children and adults alike. These original tales by storyteller Fiona Eadie are complemented by the evocative illustrations of local artist Tracy Spiers.

Author : Ian Douglas
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750997028
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folk Tales from the Canal Side written by Ian Douglas and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twisting and turning its way through great cities and towns is the eternal navigation: a network of canals that fed the industrial growth of our country. Nowadays we might consider our waterways a place to find peace and relaxation, but under that tranquil surface hides a turbulent past. Storyteller and narrowboat dweller Ian Douglas has salvaged a wealth of stories from the depths. Murder and mystery, heroes and love, devils and oatcakes are all wrapped up in this wonderful book – but beware ... you will never see the towpath in the same way again!

Author : Lori De Mori
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1645020126
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Towpath written by Lori De Mori and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lot has changed since Towpath first rolled up its shutters 10 years ago on the Regent’s Canal in Hackney and everything but the toasted cheese sandwich was cooked from home across the bridge. And a lot hasn’t. It is still as much a social experiment as a unique and beloved eatery. What happens when seasonality means you close every year in November, because England’s cold, dark winters are simply inhospitable to hospitality from a little perch beside a shallow, manmade waterway that snakes through East London? What if you don’t offer takeaway coffees in the hopes that people will decide to stay awhile and watch the coots skittering across the water? If you don’t have a phone or a website, because you’d rather people just show up like (hungry) kids at a playground? Towpath is a collection of recipes, stories and photographs capturing the vibrant cafe’s food, community and place throughout the arc of its season – beginning just before the first breath of spring, through the dog days of summer and culminating – with fireworks! – before its painted shutters are rolled down again for winter.

Author : Jim Shea
Publisher : Jim Shea
ISBN 13 : 173626060X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Get Up and Ride written by Jim Shea and published by Jim Shea. This book was released on 2020-12-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 2010, brothers-in-law Marty and Jim embark on a cycling trip along the Great Allegheny Passage and C&O Canal, a 335-mile trek from their home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Jim's boyhood home in Washington, DC. Chance encounters with colorful local characters and other surprising escapades during five days on the trail make for nonstop laughs. As they travel through forests and along winding rivers, they experience the breathtaking scenery of western Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia, exploring early American history while learning more about each other as well as themselves. This true story is for adventurers and cyclists as well as couch potatoes looking for a lighthearted take on friendship and some hilarious fun.

Author : Doreen Gordon
Publisher : Books By Alan Hartley
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales From The Towpath written by Doreen Gordon and published by Books By Alan Hartley. This book was released on with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biographical tale with a difference as it centres around the work and life of a lady who spent a number of years living on a narrow-boat in the Midlands.

Author : Chrissie M. Thompson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1496983947
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Canal Bank Tales written by Chrissie M. Thompson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gentle little bedtime story book tells about the day-to-day lives of the little animals and insects who live in the canal banks. Read about what happens when the school boat hits a bridge and who will fix it before school ends for the day. Discover whether Daisys new friend is going to like his new home. Then read about Archie Ant and how he solves the mystery of the missing sacks at the mattress factory.

Author : Donovan A. Shilling
Publisher : Pancoast Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0982109032
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Towpath Tale written by Donovan A. Shilling and published by Pancoast Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the adventures of Joshua Ford, a young mule driver on the old Erie Canal during the canal season of 1884.

Author : Ian Douglas
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750990547
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folk Tales from the Canal Side written by Ian Douglas and published by History Press. This book was released on 2021-03-22 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories that celebrate the real people that lived and worked on Britain's canals

Author : Kevan Manwaring
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750983191
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ballad Tales written by Kevan Manwaring and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-06-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ballad is a poem or a song that tells a popular story and many traditional British ballads contain fascinating stories – tales of love and jealousy, murder and mystery, the supernatural and the historical. This anthology brings together nineteen original retellings in short story form, written by some of the country's most accomplished storytellers, singers and wordsmiths. Here you will find tales of cross-dressing heroines, lusty pirates, vengeful fairy queens, mobsters and monsters, mermaids and starmen – stories that dance with the form and flavour of these narrative folk songs in daring and delightful ways. Richly illustrated, these enchanting tales will appeal to lovers of folk music, storytelling and rattling good yarns.

Author : Georgia Ann Mullen
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1598587994
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Shocking & Unnatural Incident written by Georgia Ann Mullen and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tess, Beany and Lucy live near the same sleepy canal in Seneca Falls but couldn't be more different. Tomboy Tess is the daughter of a drunken handyman, Beany the timid daughter of a runaway slave, and Lucy the ambitious daughter of a wealthy abolitionis. It's no surprise their goals and personalities clash. All three, however, are enamored of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her First Woman's Rights convention, but it's not until Tess rescues Stanton and Amelia Bloomer from town bullies and is rewarded with a job printing Bloomer's temperance and women's rights newspaper that they become friends. When Tess's father delivers Beany's mother to slave catchers, the girls fight to save her. A bloody battle on the towpath leaves two of them broken in body and spirit, adrift on the Rie Canal. Adventurous Tess finally gets her wish: she's leaving home. But at what price? And how will she survive? -- From back cover.