Ironside's

[pete harrison]

16 minutes ago, Chris Williams said:

One hopes that those people cutting and shutting boats today are keeping records of what is what for the sake of future researchers.

BCN plates and builders plates can be and almost certainly have been moved, particularly by those with a profit in mind. 

Things are better nowadays with far fewer boats being cut, and those that are unfortunate are much better documented than they were 40 or 50 years ago.

 

As far as profiteering by switching Plates is concerned this is almost unheard of now as there are not that many Plates around or unknown boats to stick them on. Loose B.C.N. gauge Plates do come up for sale now and then and there are collectors of these in their own right

[roland elsdon]

48 minutes ago, pete harrison said:

Of the 38 Yarwood built L.M.S.R. 'Station Boats' 6 were built as family type cabin boats, health registered at Wolverhampton and worked on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. Unfortunately these 6 boats are undistinguishable from the open boats, although a couple have been tenuously 'identified' due to the remnants / makings of cabin frames - but of course it must be borne in mind that in the mid 1950's 'British Waterways; converted 12 of these boats into family boats for their North Western Division carrying fleet, and Willow Wren Canal Carrying Company also had a couple, but the latter 2 are easily accounted for (as are some of the 'British Waterways; conversions)

I stand wholly corrected, and remain as always ready to be educated. Thank you.

 

shame the cabins were not hot rivet as the later yarwoods boats.