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    Stories and tales

    Following on from all your amazing responses to my previous post about my PhD research, I'm going to risk a cheeky ask! Do any of you have or know people who have stories about canal workers learning to swim? I've found one story in a book about 2 boys taught to swim by their father tying a rope...
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    Birmingham fatal drownings 20th Century

    Good Morning all. How are you? Hope you are well? I am researching The Histories of Fatal Drownings in 20th Century Britain for a PhD at Birmingham University. I have seen many stories in this forum site that would be fantastic for my thesis. However I am reluctant to just "steal" these...
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