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In 1954 Tom Foxon, released from three years National Service in the RAF, finally achieved his dream to become a ‘No.1’, the owner and captain of a working narrowboat New Hope.

From horse boating, whilst New Hope is docked at Tamworth, to lucrative short haul contracts around the BCN, to a harsh winter on the Joey Boats, Foxon describes his fight to make a living of sorts whilst always seeking to achieve his concept of perfect boating which is centred on the long haul coal contracts, such as those down the Oxford Canal to Banbury and Oxford.

He successfully traded as an owner-boatman until 1959 when he sold up and became a captain in the British Waterways Midland fleet, and later still he gave up canal boating to spent time on river and estur ...more

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	Anderton for Orders: Memoirs of a Canal Boatman in the Early 1950's (Working Waterways #6) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Following the Trade 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trent & Mersey Canal: Trade and Transport 1770-1970 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Molecular Beam Epitaxy: A Short History by John Orton, Tom Foxon 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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