| The story of the Thames is a very rich one and the watermen and lightermen have played a large part in it. |
| We are both good watermen, Handel, and could take him down the river ourselves when the right time comes. |
| This book includes Tideway, a set of poems arising during a period spent with Thames watermen. |
| Many boats plied to and fro, oared by jolly young watermen who dreamt not of railways and steam-launches. |
| So poor was the harvest of recruits that an appeal was issued to the watermen on the Thames to join up. |
| In the 16th century, Acts of Parliament regulated the watermen and wherrymen working on the tidal Thames between Gravesend and Windsor. |
