I am pretty certain that this was a Granada Programme. Bill Grundy showed an episode to the Manchester branch IWA at the time. We needed to call in the university projectionist as it it was a "double header" ie picture on one reel sound on another, the Roscoe building where we met, was the only place in Manchester apart from Granada and possible the BBC who had such a facility.From memory we had the biggest ever attendance at a branch meeting of approx.240.Chris.KP former Branch Chairman NB sunnyinspain
----- Original Message ---- From: Dave Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, 8 December, 2006 1:51:00 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] War Time Boat Account. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED] demon.co. uk> To: <canals-list@ yahoogroups. com> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] War Time Boat Account. > barryhollanduk@ yahoo.co. uk 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.televisi onheaven. co.uk/flowerglos ter.htm Dave Croft Warrington http://oldengine. org/members/ croft/homepage http://community. webshots. com/user/ crftdv Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
