Characters of the cut

CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Paul Lowry, The Leather Boat

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June 13, 2025

PAUL Lowry has always enjoyed messing about on boats so when he decided to leave his career in print and […]
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CHARACTERS of the Cut: Christine Wood, Traditional Canalware

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May 13, 2025

Alice Elgie reports… IT SEEMS like Christine Wood was blessed with the right name for her trade, busy as she […]
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Marcelo Duarte – from Sao Paulo to the Kennet & Avon

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April 25, 2025

Alice Elgie reports… WHEN Marcelo Duarte moved to the UK from Brazil’s biggest city, Sao Paulo, where he had been […]
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Paddy Screech

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December 6, 2024

Paddy Screech – Word on the Water, The London Bookbarge By Alice Elgie WHEN Paddy Screech and his friend, Jon […]
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Sally & Stephen, Narrowboat Bears

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November 11, 2024

Alice Elgie reports… FOR English teachers Sally and Stephen Underwood and their companion, a knitted travelling frog called Mathew, holidays […]
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Ken Norman, Flock Comedy

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October 18, 2024

Alice Elgie reports… IT WAS a school narrowboat trip back in 1977 that first piqued cartoonist Ken Norman’s interest in […]
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: A narrowboat family

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September 11, 2024

Alice Elgie reports… WHEN Dawn Rooney and Ben Pearson’s first child, Willow, was born, the family were living happily in […]
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Stuart Fenwick

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August 3, 2024

Alice Elgie caught up with Stuart aboard The Briarose… AFTER sofa surfing for a number of years, florist and fiddle […]
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CHARACTERS OF THE CUT: Paul & Anthony Smith-Storey

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July 24, 2024

Alice Elgie caught up with Paul & Anthony… AFTER 13 years of hiring a small day boat from Ellerbeck Narrowboats […]
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Characters of the Cut: Mark Ellis Bowes – narrowboat Ellis

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January 9, 2024

Alice Elgie reports… IT WAS 2007 when Mark Ellis Bowes first had an epiphany about how to release himself from […]
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Characters of the Cut: RiverMouse – Laura Lee Tanner

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November 14, 2023

Alice Griffin reports… IT WAS a bright November Sunday in 2021 when singer-songwriter Laura Lee Tanner would embark on her […]
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Characters of the Cut: Lazydays – Colicia Summers

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October 16, 2023

Alice Griffin reports… FOR actress and photographer Colicia Summers, canals and water have always been part of her life. As […]
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Characters of the Cut – Giles Williams!

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September 7, 2023

Alice Griffin caught up with Giles Williams – your helmsman! WHEN Giles Williams found himself recovering from illness in early […]
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Characters of the Cut: Narrowboat Family Foster

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August 9, 2023

Alice Grifin caught up with the Foster family WHEN Craig and Ellie Foster relocated to London for work, they knew […]
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