On 03/02/2008, Bruce Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We were listening to our copy of the Narrow Boats LP on the iPod last > night. We bought this record in the 70s, and it was particularly > entertaining to realise how many more of the places referred to were > now known to us. > > One thing though: in the song "I'm a hardworking boater" comes the > lines "Meself and the missus has nearly been drowned/Working by night > in the 15 mile pound". He's got "a big load of spelter for Birmigum > bound" so presumably he's on the GU, but we can't think where there's a > 15 mile pound on that run. > > Can anyone relieve my ignorance?
Perhaps he turned onto the north Stratford and went into Birmingham that way. How far is it from Lapworth Top to Worcestor Bar - and would the guillotines at Kings Norton Junction have been permanently open in those days? -- Bob
