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River Ouse Bargeman - A Lifetime on the Yorkshire Ouse (Paperback)
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River Ouse Bargeman - A Lifetime on the Yorkshire Ouse (Paperback)
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Loot Price R415
Discovery Miles 4 150
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The Ouse reaches into the heart of Yorkshire from the Humber
Estuary. Until the 1980s, loaded barges made the challenging
journey from Hull to Selby, bearing bulk cargoes for the mills of
the town. The bargees had to be tough and resourceful; physically
strong enough to handle their craft, wise enough to combat the
rivers shifting currents and savvy enough to deal with those
supplying short measure. Laurie Dews of Selby worked the Ouse from
1937 to 1987, and is now the only ,man remaining with first-hand
experience of a lost way of life. In this book, "River Ouse
Bargeman", Lauries words of wit and wisdom give a skippers eye view
of a barge loaded to the gunwales fighting upstream, unloading at
the mill and drifting back with the tide. Laurie spins many a yarn
about a bargemans social life, too. His first-hand account includes
the mysterious river crafts of singling out and penning up, the
tricks and tell tales to show where the ever-shifting river channel
lay and the camaraderie of life in the close-knit watery world. In
this book, alongside Lauries account, there is a factual
commentary, illustrated by many images from Lauries collection
dating back over a century, and extracts from official documents
and maps.
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