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Book review: May 2011

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Guide to North Yorks waterways

THE latest guide book from inland waterways specialist publishers Richlow covers the most northern of the waterways east of the Pennines, the North Yorkshire Waterways.

Richlow guide books are written by people who 'go there' – and this one is based on the cruises of Fiona Slee and her husband John aboard their narrowboat Epiphany in 2010.

The guide covers the rivers Ouse, Ure, Foss, Derwent and the Ripon and Pocklington canals.

All Richlow guide books are kept up-to-date using short-run production and free updates are posted at www.richlowinfo.blogspot.com

North Yorkshire Waterways by Fiona Slee is a spiral-bound paperback with plastic covers back and front, colour throughout and 16 maps. Price is £7.50 and it can be obtained post free from www.richlow.co.uk or from Richlow, PO Box 3994, Sheffield S25 9AZ.

ISBN: 978-09566675-0-2.

Photographic history of Ellesmere Port

THE National Waterways Museum is the exclusive stockist of a reprinted book packed with fascinating images of old Ellesmere Port.

Images of England: Ellesmere Port shows atmospheric pictures from the history of Ellesmere Port over the last hundred years. More than 250 images tell a story of the history and major developments which have shaped Ellesmere Port today.

It also features images of the docks in its heyday, lined with sailing ships and other craft.

The book, put together by local historian Pat O’Brien, has been unavailable for several years.

The museum has arranged a reprint and the book is only available in the museum shop, priced at £12.99.

For more information call 0151 355 5017 or visit www.nwm.org.uk