archie57
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It did have a reservoir - Oldbury, near Mancetter - seems to have disappeared though.......
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.........and that still hasn't been sorted out - don't suppose it ever will be, meanwhile I'll continue to bump over it, even with the pound running weir........
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2 feet ?!!
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Perhaps they will just move what is in the canal to one side so boats can pass.....
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Doubt if they'll dredge the rubble out of the cut because it's probably now "contaminated" which is a good excuse to leave it there......
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All the sandstone coping was replaced when the canal basin development took place - so it's only 30ish years old - and that ridiculous swing bridge was installed, no doubt an architects whim, and doubtless at vast expense!
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....nor the Benbow ( ie Bath) once owned by the Tardebigge Boat Co......
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Canal charity brings forward Macclesfield Canal lock repairs
archie57 replied to Ray T's topic in Waterways News & Press
..... plus their previous inaction on sorting out the Coombes feeder...... -
I understand that Oldbury reservoir was a source of water for the Coventry canal - but it doesn't seem to exist anymore..........
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No. The turners boat was the ex-Seddons motor I believe, now no longer with us - although bits do survive on another boat.....
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The powers-that-be put in a concrete roadway some years ago, caused a lot of fuss at the time but they wouldn't be told, after all they are the experts, added to which the summit level was lowered.........
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It was installed, no doubt at vast expense, when the basin redevelopment took place. There was nothing there before
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I think you'll find that using the side ponds correctly wouldn't increase the speed of passage - I've used them myself in the past. What it needs is the centre paddles(removed a lifetime ago) would need reinstating........
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The Towpath i would think....
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You didn't show the Fulbourne and Hagley......
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That's Helen Smith doing a towing job!
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Just been down there - we had no chance of mooring in Thrupp, it was totally clogged up with boats. Meeting boats anywhere was a real pain, especially where the outside vegetation hasn't been touched. To say nothing of queueing for locks.....
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- plus the Petter PD4.........
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It finished Easter 1997
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I'm sorry to say that the gent pictured is the "Other" Tony Miles, who was apparently involved with Keay's boatyard at one time. Tony Miles of "Grace" fame was a teacher who went on to run the Coventry Waterways scheme up until his retirement in 1996. After parting with the "Grace" he had the "Capricorn" for many years.
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No - they came from Tony Miles who had the "Grace" at the time. They were copies made by the production company of some in the Stoke Bruerne museum, so I was told.
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I've still got those legging boards - anybody need any.....?!
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I'll dig it out in the morning and be in touch....
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I think I've got one in the shed going spare....
