Martin C posted . . . . > A correspondent tells me that one of her ancestors > worked on the canal as a "whiteliner". > > Does anyone have any idea what this would have been?
"The" canal ! How about Suez and the P&O liners which were white - eg Oronsay, Oriana, Canberra. Working on mobile so have not checked Dr Ron's links. I'm wondering if there were loading lines on barges similar to plimsoll lines. They might have been white. Beeky .... could it be the chap who paints the white lines to mark the *cills* ; -) Caroline and John nb Charlotte Rose ... presently at Braunston Junc Southbound on the Grand Union [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
