mark99 Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6821713/amp/Evocative-pictures-e 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuthound Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 Excellent pictures, thanks Mark. However some of the captions show a disturbing lack of knowledge about the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 Absolutely superb pictures. Thanks Mark. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 (edited) I understand that the pictures date from probably 1949/50 and the boats pictured are as follows: Nuneaton and Barnes with Tom Lapworth and family. Thaxted and Fulwell with William Kendall and family. Jackal and Iver with R. Haywood and family. Within a year or two Iver was transferred to day boating on the Paddington to Cowley tip traffic ending up scuttled in Hawley’s Pit, Harefield in March 1956. Paul Edited March 18, 2019 by Paul H Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted March 18, 2019 Report Share Posted March 18, 2019 Thanks Mark, they're superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Did not know my old boat buttied up with Fulwell. Always good to get more info even though shes long not been ours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Brilliant pictures. Wonder why the sun never shone in the 1950's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 4 minutes ago, Bee said: Brilliant pictures. Wonder why the sun never shone in the 1950's? Many a true word spoken in jest. In cities, the massive amount of coal-fired heavy industry (we used to make things over here in those days) had a lot to do with it. I grew up thinking that most old buildings in Sheffield were built with black bricks or stone. It was a revelation when Sheffield Midland station was cleaned (late '60s?) and turned a sandy colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 So what were Nuneaton and Barnes carrying that can't be seen in the photo below (and confused the caption writer) yet was heavy enough to load them down almost to the top guard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Something metallic, I suppose; steel or iron bars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bee Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Athy said: Many a true word spoken in jest. In cities, the massive amount of coal-fired heavy industry (we used to make things over here in those days) had a lot to do with it. I grew up thinking that most old buildings in Sheffield were built with black bricks or stone. It was a revelation when Sheffield Midland station was cleaned (late '60s?) and turned a sandy colour. Quite incredible really, I lived in Bath in the early '70's when the buildings were being cleaned. They were properly black. coal fires and a bit of heavy industry like Stothert and Pitt, (Dockyard cranemakers) also some foundries and general filth had done that over the years. Not quite as genteel as people think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archie57 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 2 hours ago, David Mack said: So what were Nuneaton and Barnes carrying that can't be seen in the photo below (and confused the caption writer) yet was heavy enough to load them down almost to the top guard? Steel bars for Tyseley. That's why, in the last picture , he's having to use the notched end of the beam to force the sides apart so his wife can knock the beam into place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted March 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) What's the heavy cargo? If you look carefully, you can see Athys wallet in the hold. Edited March 19, 2019 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Very atmospheric London - just as I remember it as a kid. It was a clear day if you could see St Pauls from Alexandra Palace (6 miles), which most often you couldn't! Some wit said it was only the soot on the brickwork that held some buildings up. Who remembers Bus Inspectors walking ahead of a bus with a flare in thick fog and smog? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 16 minutes ago, mark99 said: What's the heavy cargo? If you look carefully, you can see Athys wallet in the hold. ? Why mine? (Not that I carry one anyway). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark99 Posted March 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) This is my favourite - the young lady (captioned a boy) looks like a terrific character... anyone know who she is? Real social history of a lost world only a few years back. Edited March 19, 2019 by mark99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Vectis Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Those pictures are superb. Limehouse basin? (Or Regents Canal Dock, as it would have been then) And who was the happy baby in the light coloured bonnet on the RHS of the pic above? But........ No........ This can't be right........ They must be fake...... No waistcoats and red neckerchiefs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Pegg Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 (edited) On 18 March 2019 at 17:52, Paul H said: I understand that the pictures date from probably 1949/50 and the boats pictured are as follows: Nuneaton and Barnes with Tom Lapworth and family. Thaxted and Fulwell with William Kendall and family. Jackal and Iver with R. Haywood and family. Within a year or two Iver was transferred to day boating on the Paddington to Cowley tip traffic ending up scuttled in Hawley’s Pit, Harefield in March 1956. Paul Thanks for that info. I believe that's Tom Lapworth who married Phyllis Wilson. Their children are my third cousins. Do you know who is in the pictures of Nuneaton and Barnes? JP Edited March 20, 2019 by Captain Pegg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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