TY  - SOUND
AU  - Raven,Jon
AU  - Kirkpatrick,John
AU  - Harris,Sue
TI  - Canal navigation : : the story of the English canals in songs and words / 
PY  - 1900///?]
PB  - Broadside Records
KW  - Canals
KW  - Industrial revolution
KW  - Eighteenth century
KW  - Nineteenth century
KW  - Twentieth century
N1  - Cassette tape; "This cassette contains three programmes originally broadcast on 'Folkweave', BBC Radio 1 and 2, in the summer of 1974...tell the story of the construction, use and decline of the English canal system during the period from the mid 18th century to the present day; narration, contemporary reading and songs are employed to tell the tale" [from leaflet accompanying tape]; Not yet indexed; Leaflet [1 sheet].; Side one: Navvies, craftsmen and engineers who made the canals. Songs and ceremonies once used to celebrate the opening of completed canals.  Side one/two: Canal companies and people who worked on the boats. Side two: The decline of canal usage in the mid 20th century
ER  -