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... WOMEN BARGEES FIND CANAL LIFE TOUGH BUT JOLLY By MIA ALLAN | WENT bMtlni yesterday on the Grand Inion Canal in eanal boat manned by women. Eighteen them are now taking valuable cargoes from London to Birmingham and Nottingham their war Job. Ministry ...
... Director of the Cambridge linhersity School of Architecture. IT t V a - fill IA la rib Miss Lily Gaylord, M.S.E. Trains women for canal boats ~ ---.. or - 4.0 i MEW , , '. 0.,..„ k, e r- , ~.,. b.:, 4 . • i .. „ f t., . _. . \ .. , :t..r. ...
... COAL TO LONDON The women canal boatees open their winter campaign. Many of the Londoners who will be able to purchase coal this winter will owe it to the hard work of a gallant band of women volunteers who bring coal to London in canal barges-- or, as they ...
... NOW THE GALLUP POLL WORKS THE training of women for canal boats is being extended, and applicants are asked to write to the Inland Waterways Division, Ministry of War Transport, W.I. Mr. Churchill lunched with the King at Buckingham Palace. Diamond Woddina ...
... instance, gets the M.B.E.—for starting work at 5.30 a.m, and carrying on till eight at night as principal trainer of women crews for canal boats. Two foster-mothers of evacuated children will be able to wear the British Empire Medal. Two land girls—Miss ...
... :it the WOMEN WORKING ON CANAL BOATS In the House of Commons, Mr. Thorne asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport how many canal boats or barges wer e now being used between London and Birmingham; and how many women were working ...
... lay in a lake of water two miles wide and four feet deep. Gangs of workmen employed by the Grand Union Canal Company were called out to lift the canal's sluices to relieve the terrific pressure on the banks. One man said: I have known nothing like this ...
... There are 200 0.8.E.s 418 women). 371 N1.8.E.s (77 women) and 489 British Empire Medallists (59 women). There are also ten commendations for valuable service in the air. A wide variety of people and occupations is covered. ) Women range from the driver of ...
... welfare of the miners of South Wales. Fireside Chair 'T’HOMAS AMBLER, mate of lank canal barge, gets a . and Miss Elly Gayford. principal ira'ncr of women crews for canal boats, an M B E Since 1910 has been secretary of the Lodge of the Mineworkers Union ...
... eloirsc for mt.utal &rig. Lur ' an° prom° read - nun pros Four weeks annual ft .St. rott, I i.e holiday. Married women accepted. roetirvorrei -canal age 1 , :1 . / ft,,,, Matron. !rt . = agnk. _Ti.•_in 1 . /kJ rlf Ilea trim Nat •-. This advertisement ...
... WOMEN ON CANALS scheme for training women's crews for canal boats is being somewhat extended and there will shortly be vacancies 'for a limited number of additional trainees. A form of applicastion, and particulars of service, can be obtained from the ...
... half of which is coal. A casual observer is tempted to think of canals as placid waterways meandering through pleasant coun- try. These are the canals which he mainly sees, but ther are canals in the Black Country, among coalfields and in the industrialized ...