The captain of Newark’s floating museum is appealing for volunteers to carry on the word and the nautical passion of the Trent. Les Reid, of Newark, has always been involved with boats, if not working on them or hanging out, he was discovering more about the visitors’ untold stories. Feeling the lack of something to represent and reflect the town’s and the river’s history, he created a floating museum with his friend Jeff in 2008, and he has been responsible for the Leicester Trader — Newark Heritage Barge — ever since. “When I was in Australia, I used to volunteer there at a waterway museum a…
