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Posted: 27 Apr 2015

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Cheshire Cheshire

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canal •
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cheshire •
locks •
narrowboat •
trent & mersey canal •
malkin's bank •

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Towards Malkin's Bank

Towards Malkin's Bank
Motor boat with butty in tow approaching the locks at Malkin's Bank on the Trent & Mersey Canal.

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butty (ˈbʌtɪ)
n, pl -ties
1. English (esp in mining parlance) a friend or workmate

Definition of BUTTY BOAT
: a boat or barge towed by another boat; especially : a towed boat used in cruising on canals and rivers in England

The butty in boating is thus the friend or workmate of the boat doing the towing.
9 years ago.

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