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14 hours ago, PeterScott said:
[17 October] 2021
Barton Turns Lock
T&M.
Warning sign that stepping back to pull the towingpath gate is over some steep steps. And the gate handle has been moved in[wards]
14 hours ago, David Mack said: Hmmmm! This appears to be an instruction:
Pictures from 9Sept2009.
In 1999 I was standing here talking to Peter, who was on the offside gate, waiting for Copperkins to enter the lock. I was on the top step and behind me the staircase drops like this:
By the time the boat was clear of the gate, and maybe because of Peter's engaging conversation (or maybe not), I had forgotten about the steps behind and pulled the gate handle, which was still at the far end of the beam and directly above the steps. I lost my balance, and (Peter says) spectacularly rolled down the steps coming to rest on the cobbles below, still holding my windlass.
My elbow was broken, and still has the screws the hospital used to attach it together. It gives me a special twinge whenever we go through the lock, and Peter takes another dozen pictures of this year's version of the hazard and warning signage, which is now about as good as it could be, I suppose.
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Genuine answer
I find them practical. I have worn them on all boat trips since 1990 when i made my first bonnet. As BEngo says, the pleats form good insulation for both hot and cold weather. They also don't blow off. By the time the rain gets through the water has warmed up nicely.
As they are tired at the back the curtains are held off the back of the neck which again helps with insulation.
The original bonnets were less ornate and came from the bonnets worn by farm workers . The fish wives of Staithes wore similar bonnets.
The boating bonnets became more ornate over the years.
Two more frivolous answers:- nobody recognises me without the bonnet and you can't see what state my hair is in!
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Making your own is cheaper wh3n the bonnet is lost on the nearest tree.
You can make matching blouses
or change the design to suit.
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Only the first four on the left are mine. Minimum of three needed for weeks canaling - one on, one drying and one clean for pubs etc.
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Best thing to do is to make your own. Pattern available from Waterways Museum Society
or The Canal Shop Company Very easy to make. needing about 1.5 m of fabric. Use different weights for different times of year. Fine cotton or polycotton for summer, nice and light, Heavier cotton for winter. For rain I find a polyester materiel takes more time to get wet.
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Peter says it is Linton Lock
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On this day 2017
pp Peter
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On this day 2017
Crane about to lower boat into cut at Streethay Wharf
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0n this day 2013
IWA West Riding Work Party, Salterhebble locks Calder and Hebble Canal
pp Peter
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On this day 2017
Curdworth flight, Birmingham and Fazley
pp Peter
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On this day 2014
Paddington Arm, Grand Union
pp Peter who should be back late tomorrow
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0n this day 2018
Canal art, Birmingham
pp Peter
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0n this day 2010
Sheffield and Tnsley pointing to point on bridge where flood waters reached in 2007.pp Peter
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0n this day 2017
Quotepp Peter who is indisposed Old Turn Roundabout
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16 minutes ago, PD1964 said:
Can I ask why does your wife always dress in that attire (bonnet, shirt/blouse, skirt) when your on the boat, as every time I see you I wonder?
2 minutes ago, PD1964 said:Maybe a modern twist on traditional boat woman’s dress ?? As seen them out on Copperkins a few times and always wonder.
Yes, hopefully it is. I like it, and it is very practical, especially the bonnet, which is the best bit. It keeps me cool in hot weather and warm in cold weather and keeps the sun and rain off the back of my neck. ? And I like making the bonnets to this style, in the tradition developed by boatpeople over a couple of hundred years. I'm also marginally allergic to sun, so long sleves and long skirt are useful. Also they are very good in rain as the skirt flaps rather than sticks, and it blow-dries well. And a long skirt was brilliant at Wakefield IWA National Festival 1992 trapping lots of buoyancy when I fell in from the Lavender Boat while emptying elsans.
Not quite 100% of the time, though - and other canallers don't notice me on these occasions. ...
On 30/04/2020 at 09:28, David Mack said:The hatted-one boating unhatted?
... or most don't.
Being a museum piece at the Black Country Museum.
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Taking another picture of same bollard in 2020
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Colour due to use of "Blue". Highly recommended by those doing the emptying.
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Steering the tug when attached was no problem, the tug on its own had a mind of its own.
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24 minutes ago, PeterScott said:
On this day 2013
Cassiobury Park GU South. IWA National Waterways Festival.
The Lavender Crew
2013: a twenty-first occasion, and an end of an era.
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Pictures from 9Sept2009.
By the time the boat was clear of the gate, and maybe because of Peter's engaging conversation (or maybe not), I had forgotten about the steps behind and pulled the gate handle, which was still at the far end of the beam and directly above the steps. I lost my balance, and (Peter says) spectacularly rolled down the steps coming to rest on the cobbles below, still holding my windlass.
or change the
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n to suit.
0n this day 2010
The Fulbourne porthole is
Tonic required. Send in your photos of what is nice on the waterways now.
in General Boating
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