Heartland Posted May 23, 2019 Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 Ben built for Talbot Garage of Kidderminster and later with T & S Element was on the Caldon and used to deliver coal etc. The last owner was Rupert Smedley. I recall seeing this boat at one of the Pesall Rallies, but where is the craft now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete harrison Posted May 23, 2019 Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 1 minute ago, Heartland said: Ben built for Talbot Garage of Kidderminster and later with T & S Element was on the Caldon and used to deliver coal etc. The last owner was Rupert Smedley. I recall seeing this boat at one of the Pesall Rallies, but where is the craft now? I have recently been told that BEN is still on the Caldon Canal and under the same ownership Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain birdseye Posted May 23, 2019 Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 Was still on the Caldon last year with same owner alongside One of the Cowburn & Cowper boats, is it Skylark. I will have a look next week as I go past 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted May 23, 2019 Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 That Rupert Smedley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted May 23, 2019 Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 Yes the Smedleys still own Ben - I have recently seen it being discussed elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted May 23, 2019 Report Share Posted May 23, 2019 I remember when Ben was in the hands of Jackie and Sean Lloyd before they bought The Frederick Whittingham (I wonder what happened to them?) It was them who de-converted Ben, they took the boat down through a narrow lock with scaffolding poles protruding through the windows and then scooped it all into the hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noddyboater Posted May 24, 2019 Report Share Posted May 24, 2019 On 23/05/2019 at 14:35, Heartland said: Ben built for Talbot Garage of Kidderminster and later with T & S Element was on the Caldon and used to deliver coal etc. The last owner was Rupert Smedley. I recall seeing this boat at one of the Pesall Rallies, but where is the craft now? It was looking a bit worse for wear in September ‘17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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