----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] War Time Boat Account.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> While we're both on perhaps we should ask the assembled hordes about that= >> Children's tv show that I thought could have been called "The Flower of Gl= >> oucester" where the kids deliver a narrowboat to London coz their Dad's bro= >> ken his leg & the business will go under unless this boat is delivered. Alo= >> ng the way the kids meet 'interesting' characters every week & finally moto= >> r along the Thames in triumph. >> You kindly looked in the BBC archive but could find nothing = >> under that title. Perhaps one of our number might have another title for th= >> is story???=20 > > I think it might be the spelling that's wrong. I have the book of the series, > and I think it's 'The Flower of Gloster" - ie > copying the spelling from the early waterways book of the same name. > > Martin L You got that right Martin. see http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/flowergloster.htm Dave Croft Warrington http://oldengine.org/members/croft/homepage http://community.webshots.com/user/crftdv
