archie57
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They are the topcloths
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Sorry to hear this, he was the Petter expert.
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Dare I ask - how long is your boat...…?
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- and presumably it still fits Edgbaston tunnel, despite CRTs best efforts......
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Caldon Canal - Bridge 37 - Lock 12 - Hazelhurst Bottom Lock
archie57 replied to rupertbear's topic in Stoppages
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Have the residents of Wolverhampton stopped going to the loo...……
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Ceres?
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The PDs may have been unreliable in later Willow Wren days - Leslie Morton hated them - but properly maintained, as in BTW days, I'm told they performed ok. I had one for 27 years which, apart from a broken oil pipe, never let me down.
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I'm sure Pete can tell us when eg Arthur Goddard had the Callisto…….
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Is it related to the 4 cylinder one in this?.... http://www.kerrstuart4415.org.uk/historyrestoration.html
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The article in the latest HNBC newsletter prompted me to contact his nephew just before Christmas who gave me the news. I miss his interesting contributions to the Forum, I wish I'd made contact with him....
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I'm sorry to have to report that Alan died last March.
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Tamarinds for HP sauce
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Claytons boat at Cropredy - Albert Beechey perhaps?
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Ross at the time was owned by the late Bill Brookes, together with the Erebus.
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The site of the junction at Longford is where boats used to wind before going stern first up to the loading shutes 1/2 mile further on towards Coventry. Tight for a full length boat, you probable couldn't do it now because of the moored boats.
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This was the ex-boating Sammy Lawton, moved there from Denham lock
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Beverley, Bordesley and Bedworth, on hire from BW - at least to begin with
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Any connection to Sammy Lawton, latterly boating in the SE division, who came from northern parts, married an Atkins IIRC?
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If you look at the DVD you will see scenes in the trailer filmed at the Gauging lock at Buckby which don't appear in the film.....
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Part two does exist, just needs publishing...……!
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Why were you "Bumping" down the canal - was it short of water?
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Looks like John Batten - the then owner- to me
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Great if you like trains!
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Photo of lock from 1965...location identity
archie57 replied to Philip's topic in History & Heritage
Weren't all the SUC gates from Ellesmere workshops.....
