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archie57

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  1. - so perhaps he was at Braunston for 2 or 3 days, certainly there when we came past.
  2. Ted Ward lay there for a while to make sure of his place in the history books, only arriving at Croxley after the deadline for water-borne deliveries had passed...…..
  3. Cement traffic finished 1969 - "all mop and windlass"
  4. Had a Lister FR3 with radiator, fitted Saltley, 1956 I believe
  5. Doug Greaves bought the stern end as scrap, he took the "Otley" down to Bulls Bridge where he loaded the "Saltaire" stern end on it's side and took it to, IIRC, Caggy's yard at Tipton where it had (most of) the fore end built. As you say it was some time later that it was completed, ownership having passed meanwhile from Mr Greaves to Dick Smith to Malcolm Wigley, and the intended PD2 was never fitted, instead having a (again IIRC) HR2
  6. I recall seeing the "Saltaire" inside another Northwich motor...……...
  7. So what was the fate of the "Chesham" - was it one of those boats, as "Happy" Smith ( blacksmith at Hillmorton yard) once told me with relish, that was taken in to the outside dry dock there and burned?!
  8. I was told they were lined with poleite ( - think that's how you spell it!), an asbestos-containing board
  9. It was about this time when Mr Green went to Paddington to work on the Zoo buses
  10. I stand corrected! - he did have the Thaxted off Charlie Green, after an incident at Three bridges with the Tadworth
  11. http://collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/bw197.2.8.1 Thaxted and Betelgeuse - Phil Garrett's boats, he had this after the Tadworth The photos in the Will King collection often appear in books and magazines Thaxted,
  12. It's about time the Rochdale was restored!
  13. I see no mention of putting right the monumental b***s up at Minworth - apart from a short stoppage just after the event to move around some of the material, they don't appear to have done anything - are they hoping we've forgotten...…..?
  14. Looking forward to seeing how they install a lock ladder at Beeston iron lock...……..
  15. Here's one you may be interested in..... https://www.flickr.com/photos/130538128@N06/40396232972/in/album-72157690247929392/
  16. Is that Mr Maggs I can see having a ride?
  17. re Water Lilac - my understanding is that it was sold by BW to James Ryle ( - always Mr Ryle to us! -) in about 1977/8 after he sold the "Cassiopeia". At this time it was fitted with a Lister HA2, presumably the same one it still has...…!
  18. The late Phil Garrett had it for a while in the 1950s, paired with the "Betelgeuse", and in this period appears in many of Will King's ( - his Uncle) excellent photos.
  19. It doesn't mean they have to be rebuilt to this width - must waste a lot of water when two narrowboats can't share...….
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