On 03/02/2008, Bruce Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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?
"Hard Working Boater" is a modern song, written by David Blagrove. Words and music can be found at http://home.clara.net/rod.beavon/hwboater.htm . This site suggests the 15 mile pound is between Tardebigge top lock and Gas Street Basin, but that doesn't really fit with a London to Birmingham run (unless the spelter was imported via Gloucester?), and anyway, the Tardebigge to Gas Street length is part of the Birmingham Level (453ft) which extends also to Lapworth top, Factory bottom, Swan Village, Coombswood and Blowers Green and is ISTR some 50 miles overall length. David Mack
