John Graven - The Narrowboat Man - SAA

The Narrowboat Man

John Graven

Charlie Atkins, one of the last Runcorn boatmen, on the Bridgewater Canal at Preston Brook in 1968 on his narrowboat MENDIP, his home for over 25 years. "Chocolate Charlie" delivered chocolate chips from Ellesmere Port to Bourneville. Based on a photo by Roy Gough.

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The Boathouse, Chester

Lodge House, York Museum

Church Street Gt Budworth

MSC Talisman

The Plough team

Ring O'Bells, Daresbury

Tenby Harbour

The Parrog, Pembrokeshire

Top Locks Runcorn

"The Danny"

"The Clarendon, Runcorn"

Rialto Bridge, Venice

St Peter's, Aston By Sutton

Home Farm, Norley

The Bull Ring, Northwich

The Green, Halton

Golden Lion, Frodsham

St Lizier Cathedral

Ye Olde Kings Head Chester

Mersey View Helter Skelter

Heave !

Norton Arms,Halton

Cottage in Halton Village

Isla

Tiger's Head, Norley

"The Traveller's Rest"

Griffen's Bar, Tenby

Tudor Merchant's House, Tenby

Belle Mont Hotel,Frodsham

Burgess Cottage,Norley

Hare & Hounds,Crowton

Wheatsheaf,Weaverham

Gatehouse,Grosvenor Park, Chester

Dutton Stop Lock

Leigh Arms

Waterloo Hotel, Runcorn

The Narrowboat Man

Staring At The Sun

The Bear's Paw Frodsham

Church Street Frodsham

Great Budworth 3

Dinan Castle

Chateau De Vitre Brittany

The Ringers

The Boathouse, Parkgate

St Laurence's Frodsham

Dinan Street Corner

Wreck Of The Chica

Dinan Street Brittany

Cottage In Tiverton

Poplar Cottage Weaverham

Helter Skelter Frodsham

Old Police Station Runcorn

Old Bank Tea Rooms Helsby

Bulls Head, Frodsham

Great Budworth Cheshire

Bootham Bar York

House In Watery Lane Frodsham

Next Door Restaurant Frodsham

Cottage Tea Shop Frodsham

Queens Head Frodsham

St Marys Totnes

Feathers Hotel Ludlow

Stile On The weaver

School Milk

Girl With Pony

Valentino Rossi

Dog Walkers Tenby Beach

Swan Family

Big Freeze

Building Castles

Wet Day In Liverpool

Mischief

Eastgate Chester

Polar Bear Family

Lake Bled Slovenia

Norton Water Tower 2

Howling At The Moon

Royal Oak Kelsall

St Marys Helsby

Peckforton Castle Gatehouse

Bar La Carbonera Ibiza

Mill Lane Farm Kingsley

Overton Hill Frodsham

Leander at Frodsham Station

Harbour Wall Ibiza Town

Happy Together

Laughter In The Snow

Rabbit

Squirrel

Dinan Brittany

Full Moon At Stonehenge

Snowy Night in Frodsham

Splash

Dolphins

Bamburgh Castle

Sunlit Copse Brittany

Gold For Nick

Gold For Andy

The Knocker Upper

Foundry Workers

Rio And Toby

The Crop Pickers

Lunchtime In The Fields

Jonathan Trott

Thorn Tree Farm Crowton

Mario

Trio In The Bar Sorrento

Brittany Conversion

Cottage In Helsby

Picnic On The Terrace

The Old Vicarage Little Budworth

Say Cheese

Tan House Farm Kingsley

Amalfi Coast Nr Positano

Generations Will Remember Them

Horse Grazing Near Frodsham

Palet Players In Brittany

Cottages In Burton The Wirral

On The Edge Helsby Hill

Girl Laughing

Great Dixter

Giving The Whip

Building Castles

Weaverside Walkers

House With Red Shutters Escoulis

Diving Lesson

Horses Near Catton Hall

Women Victorious

View from Ron And Vals House Brittany

Tremorel Brittany

Runcorn Eight On The Weaver

Ready Steady Go

The Moors Above Disley

Mother And Daughter

The Handshake

Thank You

Hitching A Ride

Horses In Rural Wiltshire

Dylan And Caitlin

Beach Time

Rockpooling

Hand In Hand

The Wreck At Dutton Locks

Cheshire Walk

Admiral Rodney Prestbury

Downhill Racer

Jamie 3 Months

A Windy Day

Winter In Weaverside Avenue

Mum To The Rescue

Les Treize Chenes Tremorel Brittany

Otter Valley

Chloe and Sam

Winter Hamlet

Christ The Redeemer Rio

Stokenham Village

Tradesmans Arms Stokenham

Village Duck pond

The Kon Tiki Man

Crunch Tackle

St Malo Castle

Hampnett Cotswolds

La Sculpteuse Josselin

Bar On The Hill To Dinan

Frodsham Hill

Autumn Sunrise Salisbury Cathedral

All Hands To The Pumps

Snow Covered Pines

Ashes Victory

I Know Where You Live

Dartmoor Bridge

The Hallelujah Man

Divers At Aberystwyth

Follow That tractor

Blackpool Beach Belles

The End Of The Day

Parthenon Athens

North Yorks Moors Railway

Sandcastles

The Old French Farmer

The Lolly

Runcorn Ferry Landing c1884

Weaver Valley Walk

Sue And Holly

Late Afternoon Fun In The Sand

Old French Barn

Gold Hill Shaftsbury

Fun At The Beach

Winter Fun

Tremorel Church

Oh to be 25 again

The Storm

Bordeaux Market

Java And Pekin

Tuscan Landscape

Surfs Up Pembroke

Llanstephan Castle Wales

Winter Forest

Brittany Coastline

Carcassone

Stormy Brittany

Fishing Boats Sidmouth

House In Tremorel Brittany

Farm Near Tremorel BrittanyNew Picture

Fiskardo Kefalonia

The Cloud Congleton

Grandads Memory

Paris News Stand

View From The citadel Ibiza

Greek Temple Sicily

Farming Village

The Bulls Head Frodsham

Broadhembury

Cornish Art Class

Cottages Lymm Pond

Cloverlea

The Red Rooftops

Crescent Row Runcorn c1900

The National

The Town Hall

Cottage In Brittany

Where Did The Time Go

Children In Need

Sandstone Quarry Runcorn c1850

Mel and Hattie

Margaret

Wastwater Lake District

Ploughmans Lunch

Sunny Footpath In The Midi Pyrenees

Great Budworth Cheshire

Devon Street

Jacquelines House Brittany

Art Anywhere

Vietnam

Victorian Halton

Lymm Village Pond

Shackleton's Endeavour

Lion Cub

Snowy Village

Tower Bridge

Chelsea Goal

Rue Des Pierres,Escoulis

Little Miss Mischief

A Mother's Love

Steamer "Preston"

RMS Titanic

Elaines Fruit Bowl

Chloe

Poldarks Cornwall

Chester Cathedral

Mind Your Head

Footprints In The Snow

La Maison Du Mairie Escoulis

Val & The Gang

Malestroit Brittany

Feeding The Swans On The Bridgewater

The Temerara(Inspired by Turner)

Autumn Picnic On The Beach

Cannock Winter

The Ferry Lake Garda

First Gold

Venetian Cruise

Weaver Sailing Club Frodsham

Bar La Caleche Broons

Hungry Horses

Gone Fishing Ibiza

Evacuees

Dylan Crawling At Last

The River Weaver Near Frodsham

Gary Barlow

St Michaels Mount

The Racehorse

Frodsham Cut

Runcorn Cemetary

The Ship Canal At Runorn

Mr Motorsport

Old School House Escoulis

The Empty House Escoulis

Holly Growing Up

Harbour Wall Ibiza Town

High St Frodsham

The Bears Paw Frodsham

Victorian Frodsham

Sailboat On The Weaver

Whalebone Inn Frodsham

Winter Sunset Frodsham Hill

Borrows Bridge

House Nr Great Budworth

Cottage Nr Norley

House Near Norley

Sharing A Picnic

New Zealand Birds

Elaine Toe Dipping

Feeding The Chickens

Narrow Escape

Smell The Flowers

Cow In Bradley Orchard Farm

Ship Inn Wincle

Red House Pembroke Coast

Passing The Time Of Day

Because I Am A Girl

Majorca East Coast

Bradley Orchard Farm Frodsham

Castrale Chapel Salies Du Salat

Canada Geese On The Weaver

Holly Watching TV

Together Forever

Nantes Brest Canal

Studying The Form

France v England

Giraffe

Good Boy

Burning The Midnight Oil

Mont St Michel

Self Portrait

Miss Piggy Lee

Venetian View

Wells Cathedral

Start Point Lighthouse

Exmoor Ponies

Sunny Day In Escoulis

Nude with Horse

Oak Trees In Winter based on photo by Rita Taylor

Cottage in Burton The Wirral

Cromford Canal

Winter Feed Time based on photo by George Howden

Mevagissey Cornwall

Thatched Cottages

Pebble Cottage Solva Pembroke

Playing In The Woods

New Light Through Old Windows

Looks Like Rain

Pembroke Coast Storm Brewing

EDinburgh In The Fog

Holly At 9 Months

Goscar Rock North Beach Tenby

Dolphin

Emma At 90

Goal!

The Old Schoolhouse Escoulis

The Old Hall, Frodsham

Ring O Bells Frodsham

Thomas Hardys Cottage

Winter Farm

Where To Next ?

Dylan

Holly 7 Weeks

Holly 7 Weeks

Maisie

Going For Gold

Barge on the Bridgewater Canal Nr Runcorn

Farmhouse at Garenne, Nr Escoulis

Sunlit Stroll In The Midi Pyrenees

Hide & Seek In Haddocks Wood

Parkgate Parade The Wirral

Travellers Rest Frodsham

Boxing Hares

Pulling The Plough

Jacobs Ladder

Breton Ponies

The Gondolier

Thwack

Jacobs Ladder

Piggy Back

Weaver Sailing Club

War Memorial On Frodsham Hill

Winter Feed

My Poor Feet

Escoulis Village Hall

Relaxing In Ravello

The House At Pickerings Wharf

Towpath Walk