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Compilation 16: Keay's Boatyard, Walsall
Inland Waterway video

For over fifty years, until 1984, wooden narrowboats were built at the boatyard of Peter Keay & Son beside the Wyrley and Essington canal near Walsall. This compilation contains uncut low-quality VHS footage without synchronous sound, shot in 1979.

It features views of wooden & steel boats on the slips and in the sheds, the mixing of horse dung & tar for caulking a newly constructed wooden tug and a boatbuilder's reminiscences. NGR: 139 SK 007 002 Recorded 1979 This tape has no commentary. Running Time: 26 mins. £ 9.87 Low quality uncut material

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Last modified 24/03/01 Categories: Inland waterway history, canal history, inland waterway video, canal video