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Narrowboat interior: What’s with all the wood?

It strikes me every time I open a canal boating magazine and see a “modern” narrowboat interior: What’s with all the wood? It’s been well over half a century since the narrowboat leisure industry emerged and nowadays the varnish is lighter, the wood more polished. But it’s still a lot Read more…

By Sharon Peach, 8 months29 September, 2021 ago

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