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About Waterways Willy

Original Idea.

10 08 2007 - Children's Story Series based on the inland waterways of England. Waterways Willy is an original idea of Graham Beven. Every effort has been made to ensure that the name Waterways Willy has not been used before 10 08 2007.

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Waterways Willy ia a young green narrowboat built in 2007. Narrowboats can live for hundreds of years if they are looked after properly by their humans. Each boat, whatever its colour, size, style or creed on the inland waterways is given a human, we call them our tillermen, even when they are women!

 

Sometimes there are two humans and sometimes a whole family to look after them, then we call them our crew! Sometimes the humans are already looking after other moving things like cars or caravans, but cars and caravans don't live as long as boats and have no soul because they can't float like boats.

 

Sometimes the humans want to move away and look after something else like a villa in Spain or a cottage in the country or just get too old or fed up or the rest of the crew wander off to do something else but before they go for good they must find another human to look after us. Sometimes we end up waiting ages for a new human and then a human called a broker with his crew takes us in and looks after lots of us until we get our new human.

Their birth takes place on land usually with the help of humans.

Other Characters that will be appearing with Waterways Willy:

Old british waterways working boat - Frank - I'll always be frank!

Narrowbeam Dutch Barge - Harald

Dredger - Derek

Crane - Jim Morgan 1932 - "You must keep fit"

Widebeam - Wanda

Icebreaker - Frosty

Tug - Arnold

Working Boat - Bill

Butty - 'Chip'

Narrowboat (Trad) - Mrs Rose Castle

Narrowboat (Cruiser) Ex-Hire - Scuff

Hotel Boat Motor - Wanda

Hotel Boat Butty - Toad

Charter Boat - Willow (Meg the Collie dog)

Restaurant Boat - Broccoli

Trip Boat - Happy

Waterbus - Reginald

Waterways Trader - Foxy

Trader Butty - Vixen

Steam Boat - Mr McCoy

Horse-drawn Boat - Clop

Day Boat - Dizzy

Day Boat - Dillon

River Cruiser - 'Tupper'

Weed Cutter - Major Sharp

Rubbish boat - Enrico

Black Boat - Sirus

Brown Boat - Gordon