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Kez

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  1. Actually, thanks to the "Bloody Code" in the canal's heyday, you probably could be exacuted for it. in the 1765 there were 165 crimes punishable by death and by 1815 the number had risen to 225 (crimes included: cutting down trees , pickpocketing goods worth more than one shilling , being out at night with a blackened face, stealing from a rabbit warren & destroying turnpike roads) its quite likely that somthing like deliberate sabotage would have been in the list
  2. The police think that the Crick shooter was probably aiming for windows, but I know the yobs in Crick 'cos I went to school with them. Theyre not canal friendly...
  3. but has yours been looked after all its life? ours hasnt, the poor old girl was a hire boat (and still bears the scars, truth be told) ok i hold my hands up, there are steel bows out there that last 70+ years! but that just says that wood lasts just as well as steel. i still wouldnt trade her in in for steel though...
  4. theres no damage if you use the witch hazel; although with varnish work i spray onto a cloth and rub it on, just to be on the safe side. its a good anti-fly spray too...
  5. sorry, its my wording that made it confusing. she was a hire boat on the trent and mersey possibly for a company called Alrewas cruising (we know she was a hire boat, but the bloke who told us alrewas cruising could be a little unreliable) she might have been called mayflower as a hire boat. when she was sold to private ownership, then she was shipped to the lancaster and called th'only. there were 62 big rickys, so if you dont mind could you list the ones you can account for? im narrowing down the suspects! yes, she is the current boat at Malkins bank, have you seen her? oh and shes definatly not the small ricky ariel/linnet, although its quite a coincidence....
  6. I have never lived in a house, as i was born on my wooden boat (17 years ago before anyone comes out with any snide age remarks) and i wouldnt trade her in for a steel boat for love nor money. yes its more expensive to renew it, as we're rebuilding the bow now at malkins bank, but that bow has lasted 70 years. id like to see a steel boat do that
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  8. It is sick that theres people out there like that but it gets worse, quite recently a friend of ours was coming out of crick tunnel (north portal) and some sad yobbo to a shot at him with an air rifle. luckly all he got was a bruise 'cos the prick who fired it was to far away..
  9. i doubt it was, but i could be wrong. does your book say anything about the boats they were using?
  10. theres one for sale from the warwickshire fly boat co "Ariel" 50'working boat/tug with rivetted engine room housing newly rebuilt Lister HA2,back cabin fully fitted(Rex Wain)range etc.,ready to work or convert.(30' open hold) £35000.00 dont take the price to seriously though, they can usually be brought down by a fair bit. but you'd have to get her surveyed first, cos they have been caught out trying to pass off boats for far to much. take poor old "ian" for example.
  11. I tend use a citronella-mix spray to deter them, works well with spiders and daddy long legs too. 1/2 teaspoon citronella essential oil 1/2 teaspoon eucalyptus essential oil 1/2 teaspoon lavender essential oil 4 ounces distilled witch hazel/vodka Mix ingredients in a 4-ounce spray bottle. Shake well. Spray onto furniture, curtains or wherever the blighters tend to be. it sometimes helps to spray yourself too
  12. Can anyone and everyone who knows a big ricky please post the origanal name of it please?Im narrowing down the names that mine could have been. My boat was a big ricky but we dont know who she was. all we know is that: she was a wooden butty from the 62 she was cut in half in about '67, shipped to the lancaster canal and turned into a hire boat for Alrewas cruising (possibly called mayflower) she was then sold and bought by a couple who called her "Th'only" finally was bought by my parents, lengthened and called "linnet" any info on Alrewas cruising would be helpful too. all i know is that it was probably going in about '67
  13. Kez

    Linnet's rebuild, launch and maiden voyage

    Title says it all
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