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  7. Liverpool

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    23 hours ago, Athy said:

    A new one on me, thanks for posting. Also parodied as 'Leader Of The Laundromat' by The Detergents, perhaps more appropriate to today's date!

     

     

    Think I prefer the original . . .

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  8. Liverpool

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    Posted · Edited by Derek R.

    21 hours ago, Heartland said:

    Derek,

    I gather you have some knowledge of traction engines, were any named with "Cock" in the name

    If I recall there was a steam locomotive Cock of the North

    There was definitely an industrial locomotive Blackcock that was used by the Cannock Chase Colliery to bring coals to the South Staffordshire Railway and BCN.

     

    "Some" knowledge, but not a lot! In my teens I bought 'A Century of Traction Engines' by  W. J. Hughes and still have it, but can find no traction engine within named with 'Cock' in the title. As Roger says and witnessed, 'Cock of the North' is the most likely, but most were given names such as; Simplicity; Lord Roberts; Her Majesty; Clyde; Little Giant; Invincible; Old Nick; Fred; and so on. 'Woodcock' comes to mind, but more likely from my trains spotting days.

    https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/traction-engine-name-plate.html

     

    As I lived on the Piccadilly line in my childhood, a trip to the northern terminus at Cockfosters was always a welcomed excursion into the 'countryside', and where one met the buffers! End of the line.

     

    Looking through my Ian Allan, 'ABC of British Railways Locomotives' combined volume (Summer 1958, 10/6d), there were only three locos with the word cock in them; 'Adam Woodcock' an 4-4-0 class D30 of 1914; 'Cock O' the North' an A2 Pacific 1943 numbered 60501; and 'Woodcock' a Gresely A4 Pacific 1935 numbered 60029 - one of the 'Streaks'.

     

    Edited to add: It can be read on some websites that Woodcock (the A4) was renamed Dominion of Canada. Yet in my 1958 ABC BOTH locos are listed, Dominion of Canada numbered 60010. and Woodcock as 60029! And as I have them 'underlined', it is clear that I 'copped' them both in either 1958 or '59.

  11. Beeston Iron Lock

    in History & Heritage

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    A lock I remember well. We were boating down. The bottom gate paddles had been lifted and we proceeded to drop. Then we got hung up. The tiniest bit of weld in the form of a 'nib' on one of the counter round rubbing strakes had caught on the iron lock side - the middle longitudinal overlapping piece in the photo. Getting that gear down was the next issue - so slow! The boat eventually 'fell off' and we bobbed about quite a bit.

  13. Historic Boats for sale online

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    Posted

    14 hours ago, Loddon said:

    Is  Brentford a historic boat?

    I understood it was originaly a hire boat, however I cant remember the boats name. ;)

     

    Brain  works slowly ........

    Was Brentford origionaly named Creeping Jenny?

     

     

    John & Georgie had CREEPING JENNY. It may have been an ex-hire boat but can't confirm that. In its shorter state (45-50ft?), it had a BM twin in the place where a back cabin would have been. Always spotless. When John lengthened it sometime in the eighties (to 60ft?), it acquired a back cabin and a engine'ole, and another engine. 3 or 4 pot BM - can't remember - it also lost the 'CREEPING'. It became JENNY. Then John acquired a hull, how much I don't know, and he grafted the fore end onto JENNY, renaming the boat BRENTFORD. It was mooted to be a Josher fore end, and became 70ft(?) What the hull or the fore end was called is also unknown, though from what I can gather there wasn't an ex-working boat called BRENTFORD, though that doesn't mean there never was one.

     

    JENNY at around 60ft

     

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    JENNY lenghtened, with its original fore end and the skinny gunnel.

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    A bit of BREAM (the back end) and something else1313475947_Bream02(Medium).jpg.49dd5e9122bdb4a9e6c8c7b71c264684.jpg

     

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    All images are mine.

     

  14. How much!

    in History & Heritage

    Posted · Edited by Derek R.

    Yes you are, and that's just the start.

    But this reaches into politics. Small businesses will be targeted. Sadly it will have far reaching consequences for all.

     

    Mind you, be wary of what the BBC put out. They've got form.

  19. Keeping right

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    1 hour ago, Tonka said:

    Have you ever asked yourself why do we drive on the left

     

    There are a few reasons given, though most will come down to those on horse would be right handed (in the main) and passing to the left of an opponent gave the right hand wielding a sword a better chance of landing a blow. Knights jousting, would ride on the left with the lance in the right hand and arm. The first Such 'jousing' matches had been held on the Scottish Borders as a way of releasing tensions between England and Scotland.  One such was held in 1390 on London Bridge between the champion of England, Lord John Welles, and the champion of Scotland, Sir David de Lindesay. The event was a spectacle that thousand thronged to see, the two parties charging one another three times, until eventually Lord Welles was unseated. Though injured, he did recover. Sir David tending his opponent at the scene. (The 'Old' bridge with all the shops houses and chapel on). Lasted over 600yrs that did. Cost of maintenance and congestion saw its demise.

     

    But in 1722 a decision was made to enforce traffic (both foot and carriage) with the rule to cross the bridge on the left. Those coming into the City to keep to the West side of the bridge, those leaving the City to the East side. The Common Council, led by Lord Mayor Sir Gerard Conyers passed the 'keep to the left law', which would one day be taken up throughout Britain and a number of countries around the World from Australia to Japan.

    'Old London Bridge' by Patricia Pierce.

     

    Which begs another question: Why do so many countries in the World drive on the right?

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  22. Chelsea Creek

    in History & Heritage

    Posted

    Never heard of that film. Free to watch in three parts:

     

    Chelsea Creek appears in the opening shots, and later on. Filmed around Battersea and Chelsea, and a trip on the bus to Hyde Park and Soho.

    Snapshots of early seventies London along with street performers. The Budgerigars on sticks is quite something. Pixelated in full screen, but fascinating all the same. BFI do a clearer version for £2.50 (rented).

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