The Yorkshire Evening Post of 21 July 1919 published their reporter’s first hand account of his journey between Leeds and Hull by tug with barges in tow. … Read More
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Yorkshire Waterways Heritage Society
Illuminating the lives of the hard working watermen who plied their trade on the waterways of 19th and 20th century Yorkshire.
Historic Photograph Collection
Browse 150 years of life on Yorkshire's waterways as captured through the photographer's lens.
Historic Photograph Collection
Browse 150 years of life on Yorkshire's waterways as captured by the photographer's lens.
Canal Boat Registration
A new resource for family historians. Search for Yorkshire's watermen and their vessels in our free to use database
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Memories of a Water Baby: 1
In 1980, Nellie Gale nee Scott, the daughter of a busy Knottingley waterman, recalled her childhood memories from before the Great War describing school days and accompanying her parents on working trips by keel towed along the Humber to Hull. … Read More
The Billy Boy
Waterways historian Steve Gardham writes about an unusual class of waterways vessel found in Yorkshire, the Billy Boy. This type of craft was able to not only navigate Yorkshire’s rivers, canals and the Humber but significantly also take to the … Read More
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