The Boat Inn
On Old Towcester road towards the draw
bridge was a row of cottages on the right. The last house of the row was used
as a public house by the bargees. In the 1940's it was a dingy looking place with
steps going down to a room with barrels and no pumps. An old lady who looked to
young eyes like someone that was 100 but was probably 60 served the clientele.
There was a large over hanging structure over the canal where the goods unloaded.
The barges used to stay here overnight to be out of the rain.
1898 Alfred Draper
1903,10 Joseph Seabridge
1913 Harry Roughton