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On 13/10/2023 at 10:21, ditchcrawler said:
The top one would make a cracking jigsaw
Thelwell obviously liked upsetting fishermen 🙂
On 27/01/2024 at 10:59, David Schweizer said:The painting of Nebulae is dated 1987. Previous posters have suggested that the conversion took place in either 1984 or 1985, if they are correct, the painting is also a correct depiction.
Picture of Nebulae under way at the 1988 Canalway Cavalcade, seem to remember that it was owned by Michael Samuelson of film lighting fame
On 27/01/2024 at 08:54, nealeST said:Whilst I’m not a huge fan of the characterisation of Thelwell his drawing, composition and colour is faultless. He was an absolute master. That picture is a treasure. Did he do anymore canal stuff or is this a one off? Really not into his famous horse and pony stuff even though his great technical skill is obvious. Would love to see a Giles canal themed picture…😀
Another Thelwell 🙂
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Angel Canal Festival 1st September
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From the February edition of Towpath Talk
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2 hours ago, David Mack said:
I just remember chatting to some employees (who were doing a job that had to be done by staff as it involved use of equipment and working at height) at an English Heritage property some years ago. They said volunteers were fine for standing in rooms in the house, answering visitors questions and stopping them touching things they shouldn't, but were pretty useless when it came to gardening - they would turn up at 10.00 in the morning and immediately spend an hour in the tea hut. Then maybe an hour's work weeding before a 2 hour lunch break... You would get much better productivity from employees or contractors!
Funnily a friend of mine who is a volunteer gardener at an English Heritage property says similar things about the paid staff!-
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One part of the restoration that sneaked in was the replacement of the washed away Ynysbwllog aqueduct which was built and opened in 2008 without anybody been told. On any other restoration this would have been publicised to the hilt! (It was probably because no-one could spell it)
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3 hours ago, Ray T said:
The boat museums at Ellesmere Port, Stoke Bruerne and Gloucester Docks.
If you are interested in canal heritage, that is.
… and the London Canal Museum and the one at Foxton locks!
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Fenny Marina, complete with cottage, for sale:
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13 hours ago, Js north said:
Any dry docks for sale or rent on the grand union near northampton i know its a long shot
There's a boatyard for sale, complete with dry dock, here:
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I organised an IWA branch outing to South Wales in April 1991 which included a very wet boat trip at Resolven, a few pictures:
2 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:2 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:
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Facebook picture from Barrow on Soar 🙁
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On 22/12/2023 at 09:52, IanM said:
The Stroudwater / Thames & Severn measurement mashup was my first thought when I saw this thread but I discounted it because it didn't really stop barges and allow narrow boats as if you had a barge of the correct dimensions you could use the through route.
As for which locks were shortened, it's a while since I've looked into it but it seems to be that some were and some weren't. A lot of the 90 foot locks up to the summit from Brimscombe were shortened as were the Siddington flight down the other side. I don't think the ones in the South Cerney area were as Boxwell certainly isn't, I'm not sure about the Wildmorway ones but as you head towards the Thames they definitely are full length.
interestingly the Thames and Severn locks were shortened by moving in the top cill rather than moving the bottom gates which I thought would be easier!photo taken on the Golden Valley flight
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1 minute ago, Alan de Enfield said:
Maybe its a bit like the "Boris bendy bus"
the Boris bus is the Routemaster replacement, Boris had nothing to do with their intriduction of the Bendy bus to London , in fact he got rid of them-
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Dam, just missed out on this one on the Regents Canal 🙁
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On 18/12/2023 at 23:16, Stroudwater1 said:
Out of interest did it take long to film?
Pete stare in the HNBC magazine that his involvement took place over six weeks
On 19/12/2023 at 14:27, alan_fincher said:I don't think anybody has yet mentioned the apparent presence of a brass porthole which, if it were real, would be illuminating the inside of a cupboard, and not the cabin itself.
I'm not sure if any working boats ever had a port hole in that position on the left hand side, but "Grand Union" boats like RENFREW most certainly did not!
The HNBC newsletter article mentions this at length, the film crew had to make a battery lit porthole which was stuck on with masking tape as Pete would not let the drill a hole in the cabin for the original one they wanted to use-
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Seem to recall that the locks on the Thames and Severn canal were originally longer that those on the Stroudwater Navigation so Wallbridge could have been a Transshipment point!
I believe that the T& S locks were eventually shortened to match those on the Stroudwater
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55 minutes ago, David Schweizer said:
Edited to add: I have just found this photo in my records which purports to be Pisces converted to a London Fire Boat - Note there is no rear porthole!
I was under the impression that this boat as Callisto?
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There is an article in the current HNBC magazine about the filming of the waterways scenes
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I have a web page of historic canal film which might contain some items of interest:
Historic Canal Film (timlewis.org.uk)
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18 hours ago, nealeST said:
Can’t find it on YouTube. 🙁Can it be streamed? DVD’s are clutter these days…
Available to watch online here:https://m.ok.ru/video/453517314800
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9 hours ago, pearley said:
Interesting about the Canal Shop. When we went down the 9 in 1980 we had great trouble finding someone to take our money and unlock the top gates, let alone a shop.
Seem to remember that you paid the attendant in the adjacent TCS car park at the top of the flight
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On 09/12/2023 at 12:49, Chris Lowe said:
Good stuff needs to be on a proper website, not social media.
websites can contain the same drivel as posted on the likes of Facebook but with the disadvantage that it generally cannot be challanged
Alan Firth
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Yet another Thelwell -)