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8 hours ago, Francis Herne said:
Some of the ones with welded 'rivets' look fairly convincing above the waterline - and a lot of original boats seem to have welded replacement bottoms/footings anyway! I've heard about the costs of hot riveting these days, can't imagine it being viable for a new build.
EDIT: I suppose a replica Severner could be welded and still historically accurate? Strange boats though.
EDIT 2: I saw "Anson" come up for sale recently - with a welded steel hull and 6'10 beam, the 'Admirals' seem more practical than older working boats. Not the most beautiful, although when I passed "Effingham" it did look imposing with its shiny BW paint job. Anson's big passenger-boat cabin and rather bashed hull put me off looking closer which I kind of regret now.
So far I think I'd prefer a boat with an actual history, even if that does come with a stack of headaches. I can't give a rational reason why though. My father was an archaeologist and my other hobby is ringing church bells (and looking at the architecture) so I was probably just raised to appreciate old things. 🙂
Anson is very glad you overlooked her cos she's my baby now 😎
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13 minutes ago, frangar said:
Get some signs up saying you are now the new owner!…even if that’s just a contact number…and publicise it on here & social media!
I like to think I’ve got my ear to the towpath telegraph but I didn’t know you’d taken it over.
Best of luck and I look forward to calling in when you are operational.
I'm in the process of painting up our new signs, as soon as they're done they'll be everywhere!
We're hoping to have a proper opening 'do' when we get everything unpacked, so watch this space 😁- 1
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I am the woman who "refused" to serve you diesel.
You first walked round and met my dad, who you told you had no drums and asked if we did. He said no and he didn't think we could help. You came round anyway and I told told you that no we did not have drums and that, and I cannot stress this enough, that we were not actually open.
You then suggested you had a "5 litre bottle of deionized water" you could use.
For one, that is not an appropriate container.
I did tell you that I couldn't easily access any of the switches for the pump and I wouldn't be dismantling the wharf just for 5 litres in a water bottle.
At half past 6 (when I was actually eating my dinner, good call @Alan de Enfield 😂 )you backed your boat to the wharf you had already been told was not open and asked for diesel.
I repeated that we were closed.
@Frangar, yes the wharf was all shut up last month as I had the family boats on drydock for a month and I cannot be in two places at once. The fuel tank has been cleaned and is perfectly fine.
Liam and I took on the wharf approximately 2 months ago and we are still moving in, unpacking and starting to bring the place back to life. It was hard used for 40 years then left derelict for a few, so yes it looks unloved but it wont do when we've had a chance to get stuck in.- 9
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8 hours ago, Paul H said:
I have them all!
9 down is a modern term, working boatman used the term for something else!
Decorative rope work on front of boat is found on the cratch.
Paul
P.S. You shouldn’t stand on the counter to steer.
Cut me some slack, I was running out of word ideas ?
I can provide the answer sheet should anyone want it ?
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The motor appears to have no gunnels, could she be one of the converted horseboats?
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In looking up Midlands and Coast, I keep seeing mentions of Fishers Dock in Old Hill.
Where was it and what's happened to it?
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2 seperate boaters state Crick is upping prices for live aboards stopping mail and removing waste oil facility ?
One of boaters said he has now left after many happy years .
Hopefully not true .[/q]
Crick is indeed upping prices. You can now have a "leisure mooring" or "Gold mooring". As is my understanding, a gold mooring entitles you to a shed space, a post box, a parking space, laundry, wifi and unlimited time on your boat while its just on its mooring.
Oil disposal is also gone.
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The man who will know anything worth knowing is Mr Harrison; but I suspect that you'll have to join us in the ranks of motorised-butty owners who get to say "well she's one of (insert number here)"
Although I rather think she suits the name "Castlefield"
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Any sensible comparison of the price of goods between now and the 19th century is impossible. As proved above, a sewing machine purchased in 1920 may still be in use today. My grandmother (born 1886) had a Frister Rossmann hand-cranked sewing machine and that may have been inherited. Clothes were comparitively expensive and most 'working class' girls sewed their new dresses from patterns (e.g. Pattons) and, especially during the war years, 'made do and mended'; even a trained, male soldier was able to darn his socks or sew on a button.
In the post-war '50s my large Junior School liked to have all the pupils in school uniform. For the girls this was a gingham dress in their house colour. My superb form teacher, Miss Henderson, would set a task for all fifty of us and spend the time ripping bulk-bought gingham into lengths suitable for mothers to make into dresses. Grey cotton shirts and flannel shorts for the boys were far too complicated for the average home seamstress to produce.
Thus the minidress was so successful in the 1960s! It is nice to see the old skills being maintained but, today, a short length of material or a few skeins of wool will cost much more than a ready-made garment.
Alan
You can spend as little or as much on fabric; old curtains, end-of-rolls, or even (don't judge ) plus size garments can all provide low cost fabric.
I made a full length, bustle train ball gown out of curtain to the grand cost of £7...
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I've just sent a PM Dar Kuma
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Differences in paint composition of today and of that mythical time of " back then" would surely make complete mimicry of an old paint job nigh on impossible anyway; not to mention that the boat is now in a different job - she's now an advert for the museum and for the skills of those who worked on her, not just a floating HGV.
I reckon a big well done is in order (even if you have pinched my favoured scheme back )
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One of the few I didn't get any pictures of unfortunately.
Looked good passing the Admiral Nelson on Tuesday though
Ta Still alot to do (I keep finding more paint ideas to steal!), so just wait till you see her next
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Anyone photo's taken of Linnet and her new paint?
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You have to iron clothes?!?
Why am I not surprised that you said that
Could be another musical parody in this topic!
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Mum always used a Tilley Paraffin Iron, up to the point when she stopped obsessively ironing everything
Seeing as she wont let me have it though, I personally have to use a flat iron.
I believe that Phillips make a 'leccy friendly iron though
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Linnets rabbit ......
That's Paddy, The Boating Bunny. Although he was in his alias as Wing Co. Bigglesworth there
Anyone else get pics of Paddy?
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Might do . Let me see.
Ta daa. Best I've got.
It was a lettering style I devised myself, though obviously based on similar letter forms. I used it on all the narrowboats, though I changed the colours in 1977 to red and blue with cream lining as noted earlier. I think I've put this shot of Bicester at Stocker's on before, in an interim colour scheme, coming back down from the dry dock at Bulbourne.
(I can't work out how to make the image larger!)
Excellent stuff chaps, I may be pinching that style for some bits on my gang
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Mark, have you anything side on so that I can see the signwriting better? I rather like it...
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Back in April I beleive, just before Easter, in Northwich on the River Weaver.
Gaggle, thanks for mistaking me for a 60+ year old, you are forgiven
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Nantwich is it ,down the lift on the weaver , think you were just leaving a little marina on the right through the bridge with the toilets /elsan next to it.
the merry month of may i think.
Ah yes, I remember. That was my dad you saw. I'm afraid I mistook your question about Liam as looking for him for some nefarious reason! (It had been a very bad morning )
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That sounds a plan....I have found this on the Bridgewater Canal website:
BARTON AQUEDUCT OPENING TIMES 2012
2012 opening times for Barton Aqueduct are as follows:
1st April 2012 to 30th September 2012 from 9.15 am to 9.00 pm
1st October 2012 to 31st December 2012 incl 9.15 am to 4.30 pm
Does anyone know if they swing the tank overnight as was suggested in a post on here back in 2006?
http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3688
Cheers
Gareth
No, is the quick answer The tank doesn't move much at all these days, but I'd advise you ring Mike Webb (the Bridgewater canal company man) on 0161 629 82 66
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i asked a young lady if the boat she was on was ARIEL " tarp was hiding name " yes she says ,is that liam i asked as a man came clambering about NO SHE DECLARED THATS HIS DAD , so i got off quickly before i upset her further.
I wasn't upset When was this?
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The tank only swings once in blue moon now I'm afraid... If you're still hopeful of catching it move, I'd advise you ring the Bridgewater Canal Company and ask them if anything is due to pass soon
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Joe is now under my care, in lease terms. I hope never to part with her!
Do you have any other photo's of the guagings Mark? Turns out Butty was only 10 numbers away from Joey, she was 118, Joe was 108
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She's having a new cabin but staying tripping!
To you perhaps, ive grown up with an androgynous Humphrey among other boats 😂