Description: Life and Times have been keen supporters of Chippenham so when this new show was on offer we jumped at the chance. In addition to this Barry & Graham will be seen in various guises all over the weekend including a wonderful show, with Redbournestoke morris on the Arena
Where The Working Boats Went
The canals seem to have been with us forever but the first ‘modern’ canal was commissioned by the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater in 1759. ‘Canal Mania’ swept the country when people could see the benefits of water transport for the products of the Industrial Revolution. A decline and almost complete demise in the 1950s saw a reinvention of the waterways as a leisure facility but, with an eye for the ‘green’ option, could we see a return of some cargoes to the waterways? This show in song, drama, music, and dance tells the history of the canals through the eyes of the canal folk themselves at different periods of the canals’ history. The show contains 12 new songs, some rarely heard and some old favourites as well as many genuine canal stories and canal facts.
