Hi Jane,
thanks for your reply, had a quick look at the Morton and fellows site and that looks like the right boat, the info I have so far on the Bannister side is as follows...
Edward Bannister age 23
Sarah Ann Jones age 23
At the parish church of st James, Wolverhampton
on 25th December 1907
Edward of the canal boat "SWINDON"
Sarah of the canal boat "BEECH"
Thomas Bannister father of Edward
Thomas Jones father of Sarah
all were canal boatmen..
Marriage witnessed by
Richard Hillman
Elizabeth Bannister
Children of this marriage were
Louisa Bannister 1909 Hanley Staffs
Susannah Bannister Sep 1911 Rochdale Lancs
Edward Bannister Dec 1913 Rochdale Lancs
Elizabeth M Bannister Sep 1917 Rochdale Lancs - Mar 1918 Rochdale Lancs aged 0
John H Bannister Dec 1918 Rochdale Lancs
1911 Census Edward and Sarah were both off the boats
and living on Walton St Castleton Rochdale along with their fist child Louisa and Sarah's mother Elizabeth Jones (widow) aged 52 and Henry Jones (my grandfather) aged 16
Sarah's father Thomas Jones had died sometime between 1907 and 1911, place unknown.
I have just located Sarah A Bannisters grave in Rochdale and I am setting off now to view the cemetery records, she died aged 37 in 1921 Rochdale......