David Schweizer

I have used Zebo Grate Polish for years, to blacken and polish the cast iron bases of Traditional Victorian Oil lamps. I still have an almost full tube in my workshop cupboard. Before Zebo, I used it's predecessor, Zebrite Grate Polish. I can still remember when the name changed some time around 2000 and, apparently, a long time before that it was called Zebra, having been originally inintroduced in the 1890's. Zebo has not been available for a number of years, but the HotSpot polish packaging seems to be a fair attempt to relate to Zebo, whether it is as good, I have no idea. Fortunately, I still have enough Zebo to out last me, (he said smugly). Edited to Add :- I have just looked at an advertisement for Hotspot Grate Polish, and it is apparently Water Base. This makes it different from Zebo, which is described on the box, as "Inflamable"

It is my understanding that the tug will not have a new engine installed, whilst the square box welded into the centre of the superstructure still remains in place.

Calcutt stock filters for the BMC1.6 engine https://calcuttboatsshop.com/epages/c3a6cb0f-3e0f-4132-9636-974f7502e04d.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/c3a6cb0f-3e0f-4132-9636-974f7502e04d/Products/LU357 Edited to add:- I found that the cheapest place to purchase BMC oil filters was the local Agricultural Merchants. I used to buy both oil and fuel filters for my BMC 1.5 in bulk, and got trade discount, which made them about a quarter of the cost from the local Chandleries.

The cases which I referred to are not "mooring agrements" but legally enforceable entitlements enshrined in the deeds of the property, which cannot be cancelled.

Check the deeds of your new property. Whether C&RT have any rights will depend on how the land was initially sold for housing, and what it's former status was. I know of several sites where the land was sold to include historical mooring rights, those rights were contained within the deeds, which also transferred the mooring rights to any new owner, so it is worth spending some time on the research.

I found that TCut and 0000 grade wire wool worked well, as far as as could tell it was just a stronger version of Brasso.

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None of the items displayed suggest any painter known to me. The water can and dipper do not display the swift flair of a professional painter, and are probably the work of an amateur or a boatman. The cabin block is well excuted with hints of a northern style, but a bit too meticulously to suggest that it is the work of a dockyard painter. In conclusion, I suspect that, probably, none of them are the work of professional painters. Dave may not agree, but he is far more knowledgeable than me, Phil Speight may well recognise the painters, he hasn't posted on here for something like ten years but has facebook site advertising his painting courses.

Like This, perhaps.

Agreeed, I live only a couple of miles from the K&A, and moored on it for several winters, cruising out to the Thames and beyond over the summer. During that time, I came to the conclusion that the K&A is not a wide canal, but a narrow canal with wide locks.

I had one for several years, from recollection it was called a Mooring Permit, and had a large green capital "M" on it.

And that is not what I expected. If I wanted that, I would be looking for an appropriately qualified presenter, but isn't Mark Benton an actor?

That more than adequately describes what I paraphrased as "poor amateurish production" with the link person's childish sense of humour and regular use of adolescent colloquialisms. I could not watch him for long, even if the subject being presented was something outside my knowledge or experience.

We only watched the first fifteen minutes before turning it off. What we saw was a poor amateurish production, comprising of numerous talking heads interspersed with still pictures which rarely related to the narrative. The only live presentation was of someone digging out a canal undergoing restoration with a mechanical digger, accompanied by narrative relating to digging the canals with shovels and barrows!! People are being paid to produce this rubbish.