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X Alan W

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  1. You are spot on there ,the load I delivered to Whaley Bridge started at Drayton with 16ish tons of concrete piles after digging a trench for myself for most of the Macky. Marple side of Bosley was really bad I had to unload around half the load on to the coping by the bridge near to the top lock (not open at that time ) to be able to pass the 2 swing bridge "oles" at he start of the stretch to WB had to return & load in the rest & deliver in 2 goes stuck for 3days at Fools Nook bridge non operative & had to wait for parts on the return journey "Argh the good old days"
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  4. If you want croissants& coffee you'll be OK, money or any thing in that line not sure ,the branch mentioned in my post has since closed so the nearest building containing staff is the in next village 3day staffed rest automatic transactions , a further 8km's further away but the local small Intermarche has installed a fruit machine but only accessible during opening hours
  5. Had a bit of a surprise a couple of month 's back ,Tuesday local village open street market day fairy early around 8.45am wanted to by an item IIRC in the region of €5 only had a €50 note stall holder hadn't enough change,at that time ,right behind his stall the bank local branch where I have my €100's deposited enter & ask for 5x€10 notes in exchange for my €50, certainly when would you like to collect , "NOW" not possible the soonest would be 10 days as we have to get it from head office . Gobsmacked is an understatement .
  6. As Said not sure if the broken crank was fact/ towpath tattl just know it was a no goer on that afternoon
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  8. I think it's a few hundred yards below Banbury lock would guess around 1970 It was a somewhat "crappy" stretch in those days
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  12. Would the motor in it at that time have been a PD2/3 ISTR looking in the"ole & seeing the fish frying range & was the crank breakage fact/tow path tattle? thinking back the steerer was a shortish fair haired guy with glasses ?
  13. Seeing the photo stirred the grey matter but some things are a bit hazy Time frame mid 60's? was at that time the boat named Rainbow ?Bringing a half load of piles for Whaley Bridge came across it broken down some 2/3 miles "Maccy" side of stop lock with a boatload of trippers towed him back to stop lock motor in question Petter PD2 or 3 heard later it had divided it's crank into several parts but again a later hearsay Fact?
  14. Ahh but one mans junk is another mans treasure Piano's for instance years back seeing over muscled guys smashing them up in the least amount of time now a similar example fetching twixt £1000/2000 & more
  15. Don't know the present day work procedure but they used to install stop planks in the narrows above top gate/s & drain the lock leaving the bottom gates open & paddles up so top gate heel post cill area etc is as water free as possible the water level above stop planks would have been normal or only a small amount down Further read seems they may install bottom stop planks& pump out lock chamber
  16. Dont kno who or what now but at the time Cerebus Salt Worrks
  17. I m sorry you see my post as a triple moan It was more a cry to try to keep a unique system going to far down hill .It is a no no for me now due to residence location, & age & i did my boating at a time/ manner for which it was designed commercial carrying, I agree the uses are ever changing but to alter use of a system to maybe in the future rule out the use it was designed for the mooring of many live aboards seems a shame I ve seen & worked on sections that went to dereliction to restore possibility of cruising I fear it ill not be so enthusiastically taken on a second/third time
  18. Back in the day the BW guy that lived in the Hallgreen Stop lock cottage used to make model narrow boats but STR he only did NothernFleet boats Heny Seddons etc
  19. Cut end side of the locks at Drayton is the narrow section Unless its altered a lot I boated through some 3years back with over 20tons of steel channel on a"Josher" motor some 6" dry side so guess i'd be in the 4ft draft area no problems give it a few revs to get under way & then shut off a bit to let the water swill lift the stern repeat as required & tow path side is or was deepest not been thru "Brum for years so no help in that I'm afraid
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  21. Got to bet that small gesture made the kids day some thing out of the normal
  22. Used to regularly contribute but been vert quiet of late Trust Halsell & himself are well & his venture is working out
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