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Radio Leicester,3 mins

The Narrow Boat: Two - Foxton Locks

Jonathan Lampon

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Part Two in a series celebrating of the 70th birthday of a very special book, the Narrow Boat, by LTC Rolt. It might not be a name that means much to you, but when Rolt's book hit the shelves after the second world war it introduced a whole generation to the leisure side of the canals and almost single handedly reserved the fortunes of the waterways, which were losing their commercial appeal. 91福利社 Radio Leicester's Matt Smith has been celebrating Rolt's contribution to the Canals by recreating his journey through Leicestershire and visiting some of the stops along his journey and after beginning at Husband's Bosworth, Matt carried on to Foxton Locks, where he met Mike Beech at the museum there:

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