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two links, first an example of arguing over turf in Bradford 2010 and the second Wikipedia about Glasgow in the 80’s https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/bradford-ice-cream-turf-war-spills-into-violence-as-children-look-on-1971313 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_ice_cream_wars

I was proper upset with Lime Kilns last summer. Changed hands and it’s shyte. If it weren’t for the good pub in Stoke Golding and that lovely beer I doubt I’d go up the Ashby again.

….I’m Allan Richards

being a plumber you should have stuck to Tap Dancing …oh no don’t tell me..

Did he wear bells? White his face up? Sing daft songs? or ruin a peaceful afternoon? we’ve been taking the piss out of the NBTA dress code but these win hands down and sticks up,

Ffs, why when your having a quite pint do all the country’s morris dancer have to walk in!! Like a load of fking cats wearing bells

£25 sounds cheap enough, Sweet 👍

shit, I’ll be paying someone to take the boat off me hands at that rate

Still looking but I’ve come up with Fellows at Bilston?

when I worked the Leeds area a couple of years ago my boss was very quite about what went on back in the day, looking at old newspaper reports it was serious stuff

I like that, I know it can’t (or needn’t) be done everywhere but to see it’s still practised (is that the right word?) every now and again is great 👍

dunno how it all works for him, I’d guess he’d miss out on regular customers with online moorings but then again he simply changes route and picks up other customers. 🤷‍♀️ I’ve always wondered how these boats get on if they stray in to each other’s patch? Perhaps there’d be coal boat wars, just like Ice Cream van wars.

just for added interest, this painting hangs in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Yes that’s right. Roach’s movements/routes appear to be on a constant change at the moment. He said with all the rain we’ve had lately there’s been a build of sediment/muck washed in to the cut, somewhere passed (or before) one of the two tunnels above Tardibigge. Can’t remember which. Reckons that’s put a stop to him there too.

Buy on tick, you can pay with cash next day,