The canal boat.

By Canal to Camden

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August 20th 2014
Today we took a boat ride through Little Venice in West London. it is called Little Venice because there are lots of canals that were used for transporting goods around London. Nowadays the boats carry passengers, and rubbish and some people use the boats as their houses. In the olden days the boats had no motors so they were pulled along the canals by horses who walked on the canal banks. However ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more