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i certianly will. not much done today, a splash of primer and a couple of other bits...

It's amazing what a bit of sunshine can do, the late winter / early spring sunny warm days are good for the mind and soul, and help to get out of the winter doldrums.... with this in mind we thought we'd have a break from welding for a bit and very much in earnest slap a bit of paint on. Psychologically this has massively helped, it very much spurs us on to push towards the October launch date........

i know right!

Hi canalmaps, Forum member hughc owned her for years in the 70s, my parents sold her in the early 80s when i was born. She is mentioned in the Anderton Notebook as a passing footnote, and was on the bank at Puttenham on the Aylesbury arm in the early 2000's, where she was broken up. Mum and dad tried to buy the ironwork back when we had Judith Ann there for replanking, but were quoted £1000 per knee...... it was because of this we ended up with the ironwork of another potteries boat, the Anderton motor "Norway" which we have a page on here detailing our project to build a steel replica knobstick. Kind regards Dan

Judith Ann's cabin is currently fitted as a standard back cabin. The main difference being a long bed 'ole. As she has a twin lining plank, she is very narrow so we spun the bed round to enable us tall people to stretch out!! Norway's cabin will be about 5'2" height give or take, Anderton boats had very low cabins, not so good for us tall people! Kind regards Dan

thanks Pluto, its always good to fill blanks in knowledge, i find the northen fleets' history fascinating and end up losing myself for hours in books and on websites.. In other news.... she's going in the water in October!! i have to set a deadline.... it focusses the mind. Caveat....... Although theres alot to do and a few theatre jobs have cropped up so dont hold me to it....🤣🤣

yes, not sure exactly when, I'm thinking 1930s....

Showing here......

Hi David, they are a documented Anderton style, there were quite a few different ones, we have one photo of an unknown Anderton motor with a drop counter showing this style of door so thats what we went with! I think it's important to show off these different styles and bring history back to life a bit, and, photos don't lie!!

another month on..... whats happened, the time seems to go so quickly! We've finished welding up the cabin, ready for linishing, and while the weather has been grim, we've been in the workshop making the back cabin door panels. We've also fitted the engine room doors, and temporary slides, hoping to make the cabin a bit more water tight!!!

interesting...... i've only just bought a can of the clear and some colourant for Norway, i might have to stockpile too in anticipation of the cabin fit out..... I might also try adding the colourant to craftmaster varnish and see what happens.....

Hi Shannon, yes absolutely, down to Trent junction and turn left onto the Erewash and keep going until the canal runs out! The issue with wide beams is the bridge heights, its worth doing a bit of research if you know your air draft. Kind regards Dan

Humbly..... thats me at Langley Mill Boatyard.😊

I haven't seen any sight of Scotia's ironwork but i reckon she'd make a cracking rebuild, she has stunning lines.

a Ford BSD......

theres a video somewhere of Sharpness doing a tug of war in Nottingham in 1999... the Gardner didnt fare too well.......

i guess i should wish you all a happy new year! whilst theatre work has kept me busy, opening Oliver! at the Gielgud Theatre in the West End, we have managed to complete a few bits and bobs around it. we've taken delivery of our beautiful 3 gallon water can from Ruth Chamberlain who we commissioned to paint it in her style with a nod to Bill Hodgson. The cabin is 95 percent welded, we've made the slide for the back cabin, out of Sapele and Oak, which has had a rough first coat of gloss, ready for sanding next week, in anticipation of final top coats which will be masked up, and a couple of coats of varnish. we've also tweaked the guard positions on the counter and finally trimmed off the excess uxter plate..... Although, I'm not sure now where we put our coffees.,..

definitely overpriced.....

nice butty that.

Kestrel is Triagulum, sadly cabinned now but could be cut off i suppose......

great to see the progress. keep up the good work!

make it 4 and rebuild Medic??? 🤣 Hope all is well with you, it's been a while since we've had a proper catch up!!!

we don't have a blacklist at Langley Mill, nor would we ever want to be on one, we like to think of ourselves as approachable and fair. There is one boater however who is absolutely persona non grata on our property who was misogynistic and racist and tried to pin his own deficient works on us. Turning round to Vikki saying "You do a lot round here for a girl" or "I bet your father wished he'd had a boy" does not endear you to further business dealings.....

bomb 'ole on the Erewash canal.

yes between the sales video being done and the boat being collected. no survey though and they didnt notice for a couple of days. so no real leg to stand on. A real shame for the boat, but they werent the nicest of people in my opinion sadly.