A series which explores living memory
"There's no doubt about it - they were fighters. They used to fight sometimes over a lock, sometimes over a bridge, and sometimes they'd have a fight just to see which was the best man."
"...I was drunk for two days after that, and the only way I got sober was to drink seven pints. It was really a good Christmas that was!"
The pains and pleasures of trading on Britain's narrow canals recalled in tonight's film by: Chocolate Charlie Atkins, Joe Green, Jack James, Sam Lomas, Leslie Morton, Jack Roberts, Joe and Rosie Skinner

(Next week: Birth Control in the Twenties)
(Colour)