Carrying contract

Commercial carrying on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Short Boats Wye, owned by Apollo Canal Carriers, and Derek Bent's Weaver, on a contract for Bradford Corporation moving sewage pipes from Esholt to Shipley in August 1973. I was working with Derek Bent on this job and on completion we made a fast dash back across the Pennines to Leigh.

One particular memory of the job is that the Corporation's steam locomotive Elizabeth was in action on the sewage works' system whilst we were loading.