During a few years in the late 1940s and early 1950s Robert Longden
took a remarkable set of photographs of the narrow boat community
at Hawkesbury Stop - the main meeting point for those who worked
the Midlands canals. The images are of a close community and
represent its members in a very intimate way, at work, at play, in
their domestic affairs, and as they lived on the paired and single
colourful narrow boats. They illustrate the close relationship
between all ages and types within the community, and the dramatic
boat shapes and infrascape of this rural and industrial area. Sonia
Rolt, who herself worked the canals during the period and knew the
photographer, provides an introduction, which details how Robert
Longden came to this passionate involvement. It also sets the
photographs in the context of their time, the last period when the
narrow boats could be said to play a serious part in transporting
goods in quantity. Informative captions identify the scenes before
you. Providing a rare insight into the community who worked the
waterways when it was still a way of life for many, this book will
appeal not only to canal enthusiasts, but to anyone interesting in
Britain's social and industrial heritage.
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