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And from the opposite direction this is the GC bridge. The train is moving in this one, wonder how long the photographer had to wait to get the shot...
Copyright Leicester Museums
Never mind the loco (B16?) - this is Ernie Humphries with the "Phobos" and "Actis"
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Copyright National Railway Museum
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Boatman in the film is Jim Bradley, pictured here about 1953 at Tipton with wooden motor Chiltern (often mistakenly identified). His gait was unmistakeable, the result of a boating accident in a tunnel I believe
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I was looking over the Queen Mary at Long Beach some years ago and asked the British engineer/guide what engines the lifeboats had - he was highly amused that anyone would want to know- hadn't got a clue. At last I've found out!More info:-
Posibly RJ/2 as used in Queen Mary's lifeboats
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Ben Smith worked for Claytons right up into the 50s and perhaps 60s with various boats, including "Usk" and "Mole" and "Gifford"
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I should have added picture copyright CRT collectionsAre there any clues as to the boat in post 3 and from where the picture came from?
I know there is not much to go on but I just thought are there any other pictures from that day.
Colour would have been quite rare and, I would have thought, expensive.
I like the odd dollies
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http://collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/bw192.3.2.2.12.1.69
I know we have had this discussion before, but an old friend of mine had this picture of the "Hasty" and "Richmond" on the wall of her flat as she maintained it showed her parents, John Boyes and his wife. Her eyesight was good, and she had had this picture for many years, so she ought to know her own family? - I think we shall have to agree to disagree!
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I had a friend of an older boating generation (born 1896 - around when steamers were common) who talked about "Engines" (steamers) Motors and boats, a pair of boats being either "a pair of one-horse boats" or a "Motor and boat" - I don't remember the term "butty" being used very often. However younger boaters I knew called them such. The same with locks eg what we know today as the Cape locks at Warwick were known as "Warwick 2" to earlier generations, but going back further my friend would call these "Bailey's 2" (presumably a lock keeper of that time) and no doubt known by other names going further back still.
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If the engine has a fuel lift pump I'm assuming you've had a look at the diaphragm to check it hasn't got any splits in it, as this can send a lot of diesel in to the sump?
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Never had any friends and the girls never would!Well no, it hasn't got anything to do with topic, but I think I may have got it now . . . . I reckon you used to go about with a friend called Henry and a girl who might.
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You know very well who I am - but what has that got to do with this topic?
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Don't most boats have these - they're called drums in the back end!
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No, it was over a cup of tea in his house at Longford!Now you mention it . . . I think I recall him saying that too. . . . it was in the pub at Ricky one night, wasn't it ?
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Ernie told me that he was no relation to Tom
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Ron Hough died 10 years ago this MarchYes I believe two of the Ron Hough's were distant cousins. I was speaking To Mike Humphries on Wednesday and he backed this up. I stand to be corrected but I believe what I will call The Exhall Ron Hough died quite recently?
Tony, Mike was also telling me that he worked with Tyco for a while.
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There were 3 Ron Houghs in fact, although one (perhaps fortunately!) went to Australia. They were cousins I believe.
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All the people in this film are boaters, the main character is the late Ron Hough, of "The Bargee" fame, and his soon-to-be wife Sylvia. Also seen are her parents, Mr and Mrs Powell (of educational film strip fame) with their boats "Belfast" and "Argus". Ron had the "Banstead" and "Feltham" at the time, and they are glimpsed passing, with Louis Powell on the motor and Ron waving from the butty.Ron is elsewhere seen on the "Belfast". The scenes in the pub were the "Ship" inn at Braunston.
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Picture I believe is one taken by Will King
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Steel, covered with a top cloth
Note also the Ricky-boat pigeon box with oval portholes
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They emptied there on the inside, with a conveyor over the canl
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Note also Oil Pressure gauge in top panel (I'm getting that deja vu feeling....)
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Did anything happen over the "Wincham" affair?
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Mr and Mrs Green still live in Rugby area and son Alan works for CRT
Coventry Basin
in General Boating
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Boy racers? - don't you mean old git racers, ie me going back home to the other half (perhaps not racing then.....!)