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19/12/2012

BBC Radio Scotland - History Zone, Boats

Ewan McIlwraith presents a boat-themed Zone.

Ewan McIlwraith presents a boat-themed Zone featuring an archive programme about the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, founded in Burma in 1856, and the story of The Canoe Boys.

Ewan McIlwraith mines the archives for programmes on a theme close to his heart - boats. In this edition of the Zone there are fascinating stories from the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, founded in Burma in 1865; followed by the story of The Canoe Boys - two journalists who set out in 1934 to kayak from Glasgow to Skye. Listen online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at bbc.co.uk/radioscotland.

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