The Back Cabin

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The wood below the gunwales and the floor was rotten; there was no stove; the roof was leaking badly and the lurid painting on the table was decidly not traditional.  

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I have since learnt that the castle panel had been painted in the S.E.Barlow dock in Tamworth and came from an old Canal Cruising Co. hire boat at Stone.  The Fullers bought it from someone who was using it to lie on while mending under his car. (We painted over the panel.  The original will still be there under the paint!)