simon m
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i had the pleasure of knowing all of the bests alf . francis . ron . john . barry and janet
, as you can see from my name sicle was a boat we shared for many years ,i was told to get her from bulls bridge but then told she had been promised to alf , no problem we shared her and loved her , alf had been on a piling gang with sam lawton , and geordie waugh and john waugh who is still working
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alf best was my granfather! Fantastic
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HI. My name is simon martin. Bert wallington was my great uncle,my grandmothers brother. She was frances wallington then married my grandfather.He was from the canal too. I knew him as alfred best. Full name was john alfred best.They both worked the grand union canal. There children were barry ron john (janet my mother) lucy(jackson)married george jackson both buried in same graveyard and margret. there were three other children but died at a very young age. My grandfather did a programme about the rodger canal boat but saddly died before it was restored. When my grandparents finished working the boats they became lockeeper at stockers lock Rickmansworth Herts. Im trying to find My grandfathers history. I think he was born in gloucester. Any info would be grateful