[Hancock and Lane]

I have no idea of who built it, but the Hapton that lived at Fools Nook on the Macc is now CCing between Coven and Gailey top on the Staffs and Worcs.

 

It is almost certainly an ex BW workboat given that it has the diagonal plate stiffeners on the hull where lifting eyes can be fixed. You can just make one of them out in your photo.

 

George ex nb Alton retired

Thanks for the location info They were lifting eyes as my dad had tripped over them many times going to the mooring rope that was attached to an eye on the roof for when we were pulling in at locks and such so 1 of the winters she went for her bottom to be re painted they were cut off at the gunnels

 

 

As Hancock and Land did build a lot of the BWB workboats, I believe, (at some phemomenal price each, IIRC), I think it highly likely that Hapton may have originally been built by H&L. (I seem to remember we have had people who worked for H&L posting on the forum, maybe they will know?).

 

I have seen this boat up that way this summer, and certainly concluded it was an ex-BWB workboat, but heavily modified, as originally it would have just had the squared off bow, but now sports a not unreasonable proper bow, which must have been added after disposal by BW.

 

Whatever else it is, though, it is certainly not one of Hancok and Lane's Norseman boats!

 

The Boat Listing gives no clue to builder....

 

 

 

I thought she was after i found one with the cabin on the bow as well as the stern and she had the same shaped stern, the sale said she was a Hancock & Lane

 

A penny has just dropped - I know I am a bit slow

 

HAPTON is indeed a former B.W.B. workboat, but what confused me is its index number of 89610 (issued 1984 - but the 8----- index numbers were cruisers, tenders, canoe's, privately owned maintenance boats e.t.c.). B.W.B. did not start issuing index numbers to their own maintenance boats until the 1990's.

 

The dropping penny is that 89610 is the B.W.B. maintenance boat asset number (usually welded onto the hull somewhere), and this number has subsequently been used as a term of reference when the boat was registered as a privately owned pleasure boat. Moving on a step B.W.B. asset number 89610 relates to HAPTON, a Class 135 50' narrow beam maintenance boat built in 1979, fitted from new with a Lister ST2 and a total cost of £14126 !!! HAPTON was based in the North West district of B.W.B. - but clearly did not stay for long

 

Thanks for the info, How do you find this stuff out?

 

I can try and find the pictures of her without a bow and the cabin mostly done on the back of the Irlams trailer in Chelford if you guys would like?

 

Just spoken with my mother and she said

she was a 40footer. She worked the Leeds Liverpool canal till Graham bought her. Graham had the pointed bow added by Warble near Hyde

 

Graham is the G.C and my mum is the N.J on the cabin side of her

[Hancock and Lane]

Old thread i know, Just wondering if anybody has had sight of what i believe to be an old Hancock and Lane Norseman, I have no idea of her registration number, existance whereabouts or colors any more as its years since i saw her last but i would like to know if anybody knows if Hapton still exists, she had a cabin fitted and joined to the old cabin and a proper bow fitted by my step dad when i was a baby.

She spent most of her life in Macclesfield between Bosley locks and Lyme Green

 

 

Im the 1 on the blue top and that picture was on The River Severn in Worcestershire