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It lost the deck beam and "rising" pieces of the sides when rebuilt at Gloucester in 1973. Legend has it that the portholes were still shining from Ernie Humphries' polishing efforts as it was craned off the lorry for butchery.
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Won't be dredging.....
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As I understood from what I was told, where boating on the Grand Junction was concerned, the butty was a family boat unconnected with the steamer, the latter being an all-male preserve. The family had to work all the locks, and going down the other side from the Cowroast is where the "Three Lengths" came into operation, the lockwheelers changing over at Boxmoor and Hunton Bridge change lock.
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Further to Pete's post - in their working days, these "Engines", as they were referred to, were immaculately turned out (according to a late friend who had first-hand experience of them) and eg it was common to scrub out the cabin on the long pounds with the drawers taken out and scrubbed and left on the cabin top to dry out.
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tugs White Heather and Tyburn. where are they now?
archie57 replied to magnetman's topic in History & Heritage
I seem to recall seeing it dumped at the top of Brentford locks with a PD Petter in it - was I mistaken? -
I believe it's the Argo about to be halved
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He might have had the Lyra as a change boat
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- and it's not a historic boat!
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Cement boats had of course to be clothed up all the time, loaded or empty
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I think the butty "Ash" is still composite
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Sorry to be pedantic, but the Lock Cottage at Claydon was demolished many years ago, the building for sale was formerly workshops
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Of the small boats, I think the "Corvus" was probably last to retain its cabin when on the maintenance on the Soar. I think it lost it when converted to a motor - late 70's?
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Ian Nairn and canals from '70's on BBC IPlayer
archie57 replied to Erie Canal's topic in History & Heritage
The boat as I recall belonged to John Heap, a leading light in the NW IWA. He was a bank manager and owned Lyneal Wharf near Ellesmere -
Regarding long - lasting FMC painting, Ernie Humphries' "Jaguar" was the last in the SE Division fleet to bear their colours, keeping FMC painting until it was docked at Saltley in 1956 - a testament perhaps to how well the boat was looked after!
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As regards Rugby aqueducts, I have met boats many a time in the past on them, but our Lords and Masters, in their infinite wisdom (/ignorance) have seen fit to reduce the width in the course of repair works - like some bridgeholes on the Coventry and Ashby canals, for example. As I once said to a BW engineer, what other countries in Europe go around actively reducing the width of their canals - they enlarge them whenever they can!
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Oldbury reservoir near Hartshill is one that feeds the Coventry Canal
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Not heard of Mrs Cox - I'll make some enquiries!
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The engine was under water once upon a time when it sank in Limehouse!
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This is the only GUCCCo one I've seen. With it's grading of the boatmen (I note the trainees were in a class of their own - I wonder why!) it created a lot of interest amongst the boaters I've shown it to who were around at the time!
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Shown on Manning List dated 14th Sept 1944 paired with "Otley", steerer F. Wenlock
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Not sure that the Wains ever had the "Puppis" in working days though (but never say never!) One who did have it was Joe Fitchford, and a picture of his boats "Antony" and "Puppis" is in the Arthur Watts collection at the Waterways Museum. His daughter may still live in Hillmorton
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Is This Our Boat Sickle IN 1957 or 1958?
archie57 replied to alan_fincher's topic in History & Heritage
To be pedantic it's actually the steam dredger backfilling the concrete piling (-you can see the grab behind the RH man) -
I might add that it's important to stretch the deck cloth and get it taut and only have a single fold!
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It did look like a B1 on the first passenger....