... drinking heavily taking from the cargo of spirits that was on board When their passenger complained about their behaviour the boatmen became offensive towards her She was heard to say to Thomas: “Leave me alone I’ll not have anything to do with you” On the ...

... including the Trent and Mersey and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canals For the first time coal mined Brereton Seamen's Boatmens's and Friendly So-could be loaded into barges and shipped ciety staffed by local volunteers set up a down to the Midlands ...

... tramway was connected to other pits and brought coal to Hednesford Basin where it was loaded onto the waiting barges Seamen's Boatmens's and Friendly Society staffed by local volunteers set up a mission in 1885 to adminster to their spiritual and moral needs ...

... drinking heavily taking from the cargo of spirits that was on board When their passenger complained about their behaviour the boatmen became offensive towards her She was heard to say to Thomas: “Leave me alone I’ll not anything do with you” the Sunday evening ...