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Ray T

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  1. There is historical precedent for brass polishing. 😁 Still from "Painted Boats."
  2. I have been visiting The Greyhound most Wednesday lunch times for about 8 years now. Food has always been excellent, staff ultra friendly and mine host, Leigh, very affable. Always a good crowd there with a wonderful atmosphere. I don't know about the beer as I prefer a glass of wine with my food, never developed a taste for beer! There is no fear of the pub shutting unless any incumbent who takes over really makes a mess of the job and or radically alters it. I hope it retains its nod to its history.
  3. I think it may be Everards, but stand correction.
  4. Will your anchor hold in the straits of fear, when the breakers roar and the reef is near? While the surges rave, and the wild winds blow, shall the angry waves then your bark o’erflow? 😁
  5. The Greyhound Inn rstodSnepo803f3ut018gh07u2au007h235ii5f057tg09hc6i1c1lgah8cg · Dear Greyhound Family, In almost 21 years of running this wonderful pub we have communicated and posted many things and below is probably the most difficult thing we have had to communicate in all of that time. Myself and Antoni have come to a really difficult decision in the last few days and we want to share that with you, our Greyhound family and friends. We have decided that our time here at The Hound will come to an end on September 28th. After 21 wonderful years with some fantastic memories that will stay with us forever , it is sadly time for us to step aside and let someone else take the helm. We have had to consider many factors in coming to this decision and of course it will be a huge personal wrench for us both but we ultimately feel that this is the time. We will of course be communicating more in the coming weeks of planned opportunities to see everyone before we go but at the moment our main priority is our wonderful team of staff and to ensure their security and well being before the 28th. At this stage there are simply too many people to say thank you to and to whom we owe a huge debt of gratitude to , our time here has been blessed with meeting so many wonderful people and we consider ourselves privileged and honoured to have been here for so long and to have had the opportunity of steering the best pub in the world on a journey full of fun and adventure. We will be adding more communication very soon but in the meantime, we both send you all our love and hope we get to see you soon.
  6. William Humphries b1846, and his wife Mary Ann Humphries b1851, Louisa's parents, were Mike's Great Grandparents. Incidentally William & Mary Ann were 1st cousins. Being "off the bank" I learnt never to criticize one boater to another, because you do not know who is related to who! To quote a lady boater, "You kick one of us, we all limp."
  7. I think the Cole’s family Caroline is after were originally Oxford based. @Caroline Coles Further information with help with tracing family ancestors. Many of the boat people were unable to read or write as the working life never gave the children much, if any, opportunity for schooling. They also spoke with a mixture of accents picked up from the towns and villages on their way. When births, deaths and marriages were recorded the recorder wrote down what he / she heard. In various records I have 5 different spellings of "my" narrow boat Captain's surname, yet they are all the same family. Also some of the boat people had many children and often used family names. It is quite possible to find cousins with the same name and similar birth dates so it is easy to go off on the wrong track. I have seen some sloppy family trees on genealogy sites where in one case it had a girl getting married at eight years old. Back up records in the form of census, boat health registrations, birth, marriage certificates etc., are essential. Tracing families is very time consuming and can be an expensive business, taking approximately 200 hours to get back 5 generations. GRO* certificates are about £11 per certificate. Plus of course the annual fees to ancestry sites. So, don't expect people to give away their hard-earned research. I'm afraid if you are really serious in tracing your boating ancestors you have much work ahead of you. Even then it never really ends. Another lead is cemeteries where boat people are buried, these often give quite accurate dates of births and deaths. Boaters tended to bring their loved ones to what was considered "home port" for funerals and burial. One example being, Braunston in Northampton. * Government Records Office. A Waterways family heritage: https://www.facebook.com/groups/379770275469928 Mary Priors book Fisher Row is a mine of information on the history of the Oxford boat people. Amazon.co.uk : fisher row CanalBookShop - The website for canal & waterway books, maps and DVDs Our Shop (eurekapartnership.com) Photo credit NarrowBoat Magazine.
  8. Ted passed away age 55 in July 1997 and Ken age 48 in 1992. They now rest at Windmill Rd., Longford Coventry, as do many other boaters.
  9. @David SchweizerYou have a PM @Graham_Robinson You too have a PM.
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  11. @Tina p I don't know if you if you are aware of this site: A Waterways Heritage-Family HIstory History://www.facebook.com/groups/379770275469928
  12. Easy one this 100173E Stockport No1 Signal Box . 100122E One of the North of Scotland lines, the foot bridges are / were a distinctive feature.
  13. 10111E Marple Junction with the Peak Forest Canal. 101052E is possibly the Caldon Canal with one of the pottery Barges. Cargo Boats On The Caldon Canal | Caldon & Uttoxeter Canals Trust (cuct.org.uk)
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  15. Yes, we can all be silly and take things to the extreme. When I sailed at Draycote Water sailing club one of the rules was that a wet or dry suit must be worn when sailing in the months of November to March. This was to stave off "Cold Shock." Cold shock response - Wikipedia So, should it be advocated all boaters must wear dry / wet suits in the winter months when on the boat in case they fall in? 😁
  16. Some folks are unable to swim and others may have a phobia of water. If wearing a life jacket gives them reassurance even on the cut, and enables them to get afloat, so be it. Just ask this question: "How much is a life worth?" IMHO safety around all types of water is a serious matter.
  17. There is a difference between "Life Jackets" and "Buoyancy Aids." A proper self inflating life jacket should not come off, assuming you are using the crotch strap, and will roll you face upward. A buoyancy aid can ride up over your head, if it doesn't have a crotch strap and will not necessarily roll you face up. (My experience, 20+ years of racing various dinghy's, in land and off shore. 25 + years of offshore in ocean going yachts. Also, I have obtained my Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence.)
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