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Forget-me-not

1927 - built for Henry Grantham of Whilton by Lees & Atkins, Polesworth

1929 - Converted to motor boat but retaining butty stern

23/4/1929 - Registered Daventry No 393

6/5/1929 - Gauged GJC No 11951

1931 - Converted to motor boat with conventional counter stern

10/1940 - Sold to Samuel Barlow Coal Co Ltd and renamed Sarah, Fleet No 80

29/1/1941 - Registered Daventry No 519

1957 - Fleet No 50

1959 - Sold into private ownership and converted to a pleasure boat

1987 - Sold to Wooden Canal Craft Trust (became Wooden Canal Boat Society Ltd in 1996)

1994 - Name reverted to FORGET-ME-NOT

1995 - Completely rebuilt and restored to cargo carrying condition

1996 - Winner of HNBC Keay Award 1996.