"Cressy" cruise
(1939)
thing and journey
Died aged c. 0
The book 'Narrow Boat' was published in 1944. It was about Tom Rolt's 1939 journey around the canals in his boat Cressy. The book included a letter from literary agent and aspiring author Robert Aickman suggesting that a society to campaign for the regeneration of canals should be formed. To canal enthusiasts this is the beginning of modern-day canal use.
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Commemorated on 1 plaque
L. T. C. Rolt 1910-1974 engineering historian, champion of inland waterways began his historic "Cressy" cruise here in 1939
Tooley’s Boatyard, Banbury, United Kingdom where it began (1939)