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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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On 01/03/2024 at 23:22, Stroudwater1 said:
Here is Harriett pictured in Summer 2022 David. I’m pretty sure the name is still visible carved into the stern.
Stunning picture.
I love the bow wave!-
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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?" -
I know it's a false perspective caused by the front cover, but it looks wide beam.
Also Braunston Marina, please note you can't be "very" unique.
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1 hour ago, Arthur Marshall said:
When I got my boat it hadn't even got a separate domestic battery, just the one that did everything. Or rather, didn't, as we found out on the first trip...
Mine had two batteries.
Both 6 volt and wired up in series.
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The roses look a tad naïve to my eye.
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Roland and Sue's ex boat. What the hell is busin ???
And 87,950 must be a typo, there aren't enough numbers there for a telephone.
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16 minutes ago, john6767 said:
I think I am right in saying, as this is part of the later straightening, Brindley had be dead for 60 years before this section was constructed, so I don’t think he can be blamed!
12 minutes ago, MtB said:I was about to suggest the same, he had nothing to do with building the dodgy cutting!
Oh yes he can, the fact he was dead merely indicates he's the best person to blame. He can't argue it!
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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.