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WOMEN CANAL WORKERS

... effort to increase the use of canals for the carriage of goods in the Birmingham area and elsewhere. The principal difficulty had been the shortage of labour for canal wharves and crews, but women had been trained and several women crews were already at work ...

Published: Wednesday 07 October 1942
Newspaper: Birmingham Mail
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 425 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WOMEN CANAL CREWS MAN EXPRESSES”

... WOMEN CANAL CREWS MAN EXPRESSES” NOEL BAKER (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport) told Mr. Thorne (Lab., Plaistow) in the Commons to-day that the through journey between London and Birmingham. is being made by narrow canal boats ...

Published: Wednesday 19 April 1944
Newspaper: Evening Despatch
County: Warwickshire, England
Type: | Words: 80 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WOMEN OF CANAL

... WOMEN OF CANAL £57.007 FOR WAR OFFICE AM) ADMIRALTY. Ottawa, Tuesday. His Hoppa Highness the Dothan of Coo:Sone W1=04112016 that the women of Canada have d £57,000 for the ore of the British War Ofbee Thutv seven thousand pounds Was handed over to the ...

Published: Thursday 01 October 1914
Newspaper: Leicester Daily Post
County: Leicestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 337 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

26 WOMEN IN CANAL

... 26 WOMEN IN CANAL. MOTOR COACH'S PLUNGE NEAR MANCHESTER. RESCUES THROUGH SMASHED (WINDOWS. , n *nnual picnic the Peak district, Saturday, were pi unired into the Bridgewater Canal. Patncroft, near Manchester, when their motor-coach skidded Oai road. them ...

45 WOMEN IN CANAL

... 45 WOMEN IN CANAL LORRY FATALITY AT NIEUPORT: BODIES RECOVERED. Brussels, Thursday.—A motorlorry carrying 45 female workers dashed into the canal yesterday at Nieuport.. Up to last night 12 bodies had been recovered.—Reuter. ...

Published: Thursday 24 July 1919
Newspaper: Globe
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 33 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

26 WOMEN IN CANAL

... 26 WOMEN IN CANAL. A MOTOR COACH'S PILUiNGE NEAR MANCHESTER. RESCUES THROUGH SMASHED WINDOWS. Twenty-six women, on annual picnic to the Peak district, on Saturday, were plunged into the Bridgewater Canal, Patricroft, near Manchester, when their motor-coach ...

Published: Friday 21 August 1931
Newspaper: Western Gazette
County: Somerset, England
Type: Article | Words: 200 | Page: 14 | Tags: none

WOMEN ON CANAL BOATS

... WOMEN CANAL BOATS SIHD. MACLEAN CRITICIZED FOX WANT OF CHIVALRY During the discussion on the Canal Boats Bill in the -Standing Committee of the House of Commons yesterday, a new clause was added at the instance of the promoters, prohibiting the carrying ...

Published: Friday 21 March 1930
Newspaper: Western Morning News
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 180 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

WOMEN FROM CANAL LOCK

... WOMEN FROM CANAL LOCK tell you I wtll go home and do murder, and then myself in.” The magistrates adhered to their decision, and the chairman requested a clergyman, who had spoken for the boy, to take the woman outside and console her. ...

Published: Thursday 22 June 1933
Newspaper: Illustrated Police News
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 43 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WOMEN WANT CANAL WORK

... WOMEN WANT CANAL WORK And Why Not ? A. P. Herbert Adventurous women with a desire for an open-air life are now offering themselves for work on barges, and Mr A. P. Herbert. M.P.. who has made a study of canal life, sees no reason why they should not ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: Hull Daily Mail
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 222 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WOMEN WANT CANAL WORK

... WOMEN WANT CANAL WORK VIEWS ON FITNESS Adventurous women with a desire for an open-air life are now offering themselves for work on barges. Mr. A. P. Herbert, M.P., who has made a»stuuy of canal-life, sees no reason why they should not make a success ...

Published: Wednesday 02 April 1941
Newspaper: Gloucestershire Echo
County: Gloucestershire, England
Type: Article | Words: 186 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WOMEN IN THE CANAL

... WOMEN IN THE CANAL. MURDER. At Merthyr Polios Court yestord, -Engm nnu‘fin&wim'-zn-'m‘zd trial to the Assizes on cl oln-m.to murdar Alico Gough and Seott, , by throw|lyh.mmto'h|oommun Canal. Pria first said he was sorry he did not drown his wife, but ...

Published: Wednesday 16 December 1908
Newspaper: Halifax Daily Guardian
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 88 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

WOMEN IN THE CANAL

... WOMEN THE CANAL. T „ h l an named E!len - aged fifty years age, who was rescued in stain ™ii from the Salford Canal on and conveyed to the Salford Royal Hospital was' stated last night to be progressing sati.sfac orilt the early part of yesterday evening ...

Published: Thursday 31 May 1906
Newspaper: Manchester Courier
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 86 | Page: 10 | Tags: none