In a message dated 07/08/2007 00:19:46 GMT Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

But I  did read somewhere recently (it may even have been here) of a report
>  from about 1840 of one point on the BCN passing 400 boats a day.

Pshaw.  That's nothing compared to Cropredy lock on a Bank Holiday  Monday.



That's nothing!
  In my day we thought we were very lucky if there was a queue of only  400 
boats at Colwich lock at 7 o'clock on a winter's morning.
 
Arthur Naylor
 
nb Dead Parrot



   


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