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This smacks of "applying to be a customer".
Name the broker, I am sure there are many vendors who might take a dim view of placing their craft in the hands of an agent who then places obstacles in potential buyers' path.
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16 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:
And they plan to close one of them if the Bradly restoration goes ahead
Never mind what they plan, currently they have two. Plus if they want to close one what is their contingency plan?
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22 hours ago, Tim Lewis said:So Waterways have 1569 locks to look after and two dedicated workshops that manufacture lock gates.
And the above link details ...
"The team have now assessed the damage and, unfortunately, this isn’t going to be a quick fix. A new gate will need to be manufactured. This could take a number of weeks, as workshops will need to procure materials and make the gate. The gate will then need to be transported to site and fitted, which could also take a few weeks."Yes. of course a gate will need manufacturing, that's why you have two workshops dedicated to doing just that.
You own up to not carrying enough materials to make one gate! Why?
Why will it take a few weeks to transport the finished gate? Do you move them by bus?I know all about tight budgets, no money etc. And I also know about P155 poor management.
What are your Agreed Service Levels and how does the above stack up against what you're saying?Everybody else in the world is accountable for their actions and are not permitted to make up their own version as they go along without explanation, so what gives?
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Are you describing that as a "Grubby Boatyard"?
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Lordy! Is it really so much hard work to understand the history? It's not a Northwich Butty, Small or otherwise.
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17 hours ago, agg221 said:
You could model Trent 5?
Ah, but Trent 5 wasn't rivetted you see?
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Tyburn was owned by Jim MacDonald, he operated it as a mobile welder on The Erewash. It was previously a hire boat with Wyvern, 60s I think.
Jim purchased an HA3 as a demonstration model at the Boat Show where it was on display. He hooked it up to a massive generator/welder and installed it on board.
It was at that point he discovered there were no pistons nor con rods included. He sold it on in the 80s to a chap called Mike Fox.
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In the 80s I was shot in the back on the Paddington arm. Sounded like an air rifle, probably a .22 from the size of the hole in my leather jacket.
I think the distance was quite close as it knocked me forward and left my grabbing the hatches.
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2 hours ago, alan_fincher said:
At least one boat capsized during loading or unloading.
Was it Yeoford that turned turtle at Ellesmere? There used to be photos of it on the web, but I can't find any now.
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Fisher Price.
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2 hours ago, Francis Herne said:
Does anyone have photos of the outboard-driven River Class prototypes, Anne or Lee?
Would be another candidate for this thread but I can't find one.
If you search a website called Canalworld.net you'll find ...
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So Woolie's paint was very consistent, unless you wanted to find it on the shelf. 😁
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1 hour ago, HenryFreeman said:
can anyone recommend something of a diversion?
... stamp collecting?
2 hours ago, Stroudwater1 said:the Hawkesbury flight
... and all to raise the cut 6".
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Don't forget the paint used in the first application of Willow Wren livery in the 1950s was decided by someone jumping the bus into Rugby. A quick visit to Woolworth's supplied the shade of home brand green paint (Winfield?) that introduced Willow Wren to the canal world. Hardly the most consistent of quality products.
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On 13/03/2024 at 10:01, Martin Nicholas said:
What's odd to me is that there seems to be two slips that are opposite one another. I guess that one happened first and then the tsunami from that caused the second. Either that or there was an earthquake (a tiny one) from mining subsidence or a fault.
Mining subsidence? The last I heard you needed to have mines in the area for that. The NCB interactive map shows the nearest mine workings from Easenhall is over 10 miles away and heading t'other way. As for a fault, why look any further than the 200 year old deep cuttings supporting mature trees? Anyone travelling that way during the last 40+ years will be aware that there has been a massive orange buoy attached to the offside bank. It marks an underwater obstruction that was never dealt with. Why complicate the options and ignore the bleedin' obvious?
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Really going off on a tangent now, but I recall a Waterway's World (?) article umpty years ago.
It was about a wooden motor on maintenance on The Severn.
A particularly strong bore was predicted and it was decided expedient to get her back onto the cut for safety. Unfortunately her engine was non serviceable.
So they plonked a girt great diesel powered water pump in the hold and trailed a pair of hoses back to the counter.
Water jet powered, she blasted her way up The Severn to safety.
I have a recollection she was the Harland & Wolff Star Class prototype Venus, however I may well be wrong. I have now reached that point in my life where I ask total strangers if I've had my dinner yet.
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The unique Jim MacDonald raised the mast and sail on Elizabeth out on The Wash once upon a twice. I've seen the photo!
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8 hours ago, magpie patrick said:
Very informative - if only all videos could be that concise!
Thanks for that - I realise it's not you that said it. Does the author really think that a cutting should be reopened in a state where it is predictable that it will slide down on a passing boater? IF we were talking about coal to keep the lights on in Coventry then that risk might just about have been acceptable in the 1930s, but leisure boaters? Now?
Totally pedantic of course 😏however, Coventry is surrounded by old coalfields. Therefore it wouldn't be carried North to Coventry through Brinklow.
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2 hours ago, magpie patrick said:
Is that guy casually leaning on the prop shaft?
No, not at all.
I'd say he was doing it quite ignorantly.
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8 hours ago, MtB said:
Except Dover was done on a 'money no object' basis ISTR.
BBC money paid for the Dover 'restoration', wasn't it?
You're right.
However I was thinking from the point of view of "Let's pretend it still looks like a working boat"
When in fact if you get closer than 100' you'll see all the obvious mistakes like ...
top plank too wide to give head room
pretend sheets
doors in sheets
chimneys emanating where they shouldn't etc etc.
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2 hours ago, Dav and Pen said:
Made a right mess of that it doesn’t look traditional in any way .
Sadly I agree, shades of Dover I feel.
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2 hours ago, David Mack said:
The caption on the last picture states it is all steel!
True it does, I discussed that with one of the sons at Wyvern Shipping in the 80s. He was the one who cut her down on Braunston dock. He pointed out, if you look closely at the photo you will see wooden bottoms and kelson.
Also the advert brags an HR2 dating from the 50s, which is no mean achievement when you consider that Lister model wasn't introduced until 1969!?The blurb continues to wax lyrically, and inaccurately, droning on about its history and accuracy, while very little research shows ...
The Severners were all built with the engine room at the very back where the steerer stood.
The living cabin was in front of that, not as they have it.
And then we come to the telephone number for contact 94,995. I can't see that ringing true.
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I remember Arthur Bray climbing off the back of Raymond (rivetted iPhone in hand) muttering about technology.
"How the hell was he ..." complaining loudly " ... expected to find his way to The Jam 'Ole now?"
Work on repairing Nottingham Canal wall.
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So, from the lessons learned last week, this should take weeks if not months.
Because Waterways will need to procure bricks and materials, not to mention that transporting them to the site will take weeks as well.