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From: "Gill Foster" <>
Subject: [CANAL-PEOPLE] The Waterman
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 18:30:14 -0000


Dear All

I am back from holiday. I have made the request below with no success but
perhaps I will have better luck this time!

I am researching religious missions to canal boatmen in the 19th and 20th
centuries. A colleague and I have quite a lot of information but would
welcome more on the subject

Also if anyone could tell us the whereabouts of any copies of The Waterman
from 1948 onwards, we would be deeply grateful. We can access them from 1894
to 1947
but want to know more about the last days of the magazine and the society.
The Waterman was published by the Seamen and Boatmen's Friend Society,
formed
in 1850 and now defunct. The magazine was distributed amongst boatmen as
well as to
mission supporters and we are hoping that some copies may have survived.

Gill

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