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Index
Cover
Title
WHY IS A SHIP LIKE A WOMAN?
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1: Selby’s trade on the Yorkshire Ouse
Chapter 2: Soapy Joe comes to Selby
Chapter 3: A bargeman’s life on the Ouse in the 1920s
Chapter 4: How the Dews family came to work on the river
Chapter 5: A childhood in Selby and holidays on the river
Chapter 6: Picking up cargo in Hull Docks
Chapter 7: Wartime experiences
Chapter 8: New partners at home and at work
Chapter 9: The Journey upriver from Hull
Chapter 10: Coming into Selby and the passage of the bridges
Chapter 11: Mooring up and unloading at Barlby
Chapter 12: Getting paid for the job
Chapter 13: Retirement
Appendix 1: The OCO/BOCM barge fleets
Appendix 2: Making your own entertainment
Appendix 3: Glossary of terms
Appendix 4: The LB craft
Bibliography
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