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Idle Women Get Their Plaque At Stoke Bruerne Waterways Museum

They were called Idle Women, from the initials IW, Inland Waterways, most had never seen a canal, after the land army girls got their recognition earlier this year, the ladies who ran the boats on the wateways get their plaque at Stoke Bruerne Waterways Museum. Three returned to the village today.

Sonia Rolt an original Idle Woman unveils the plaque at Stoke Bruerne

James Clifton of British Waterways with the plaque

Tony Hales, Chief Excecutive of British Waterways, Olga Kevelos, Roger Hanbury, Chief Executive British Waterways Trust, Sonia Rolt, David Blagrove, waterways expert and Emma Smith at Stoke Bruerne   

Emma Smith gets back on a boat

Emma Smith corrected her badge!

Fred Lee who returned for the unveiling of the plaque and village at war, he was evacuated to Stoke Bruene living in one of the waterside cottages

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