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DVD. Narrowboats. 55 Minutes. More people than ever are turning their backs on traditional ways of living and taking to the water as a choice of lifestyle. Buying and living aboard a narrowboat is one such choice, one that is proving an attractive way of living to thousands of people all over the country. This program will look in detail at the differences between traditional...

DVD. Narrowboats. 55 Minutes. Canals are part of our cultural heritage but today, what was the commercial network of the industrial revolution, has become the leisure playground of boat-owners and holiday-makers who wish to take the time to discover the wealth and beauty of the canal system. A holiday on board a narrowboat is a perfect way to see what life afloat is all about....

DVD. Narrowboats. 60 Minutes. When James Brindley designed and built his first canal in the 1760s to transport coal to Manchester, had someone told him that in the 21st Century people from all over the world would be taking their holidays on his 'Stinking Ditches' as his critics dubbed the canals, it's fair to say the brilliant young engineer would have laughed out loud! But...

DVD. Narrowboats. 60 Minutes. When it comes to the old traditional ways of life, there are few examples that are compatible with the day-to-day living of the 21st Century. However, there is an exception, where ancient practices go hand-in-hand with all the advantages of modern technology and for the thousands of people in Britain today who live aboard narrowboats on the nation's inland waterways, there...

DVD. Narrowboats. 60 Minutes. As with many things, it's the people, their stories and their experiences that can best describe life aboard a narrowboat. Join us in this program as we meet a wealth of characters and personalities who are united in their love of days spent on the canal. Life on a narrowboat may be taken at a slower pace but it is never...

DVD. Narrowboats. 60 Minutes. For a brief spell in history 'canal mania' swept the land, but when the railways came steaming over the horizon, the canals were abandoned in favor of speed. Yet the canals survived on a reduced scale, and necessity proved to be the mother of invention. With reduced wages the boatmen were forced to take their families with them to live aboard...