The New Baby Arrives (The 'Kathy' Chronicles - pt 3)

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What was it like to give birth on small 30 ft boat in the 1960s? Mum continues her account of her life afloat on the Kathy in this week’s instalment of ‘The Kathy Chronicles’. We hear about the some of the challenges and joys of bringing up two very small children on a boat as well as Dad’s battle with the Pithers stove and a strange event that remains a mystery.

Episode Information:

You can hear earlier episodes of 'The Kathy' Chronicles here: One, Two.
You can see some family photographs from this time by going to the noswpod website.

With special thanks to our lock-wheelersfor supporting this podcast.

Anna V
Sean James Cameron
Phil Pickin
Orange Cookie
Donna Kelly
Mary Keane.
Tony Rutherford.
Arabella Holzapfel.
Rory with MJ and Kayla.
Narrowboat Precious Jet.
Linda Reynolds Burkins.
Richard Noble.
Carol Ferguson.
Tracie Thomas
Mike and Tricia Stowe
Madeleine Smith

General Details

In the intro and the outro, Saint-Saen's The Swan is performed by Karr and Bernstein (1961) and available on CC at archive.org.
Two-stroke narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative Commons Licence.

Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram.

All other audio recorded on site.

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For more information about Nighttime on Still Waters

You can find more information and photographs about the podcasts and life aboard the Erica on our website at noswpod.com.

Capitoli

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Welcome to NB Erica (00:00:43)

3. Introduction to Part 3 (00:02:49)

4. The 'Kathy' Chronicles (pt 3) (00:08:17)

5. Signing off (00:30:11)