Rob-M Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 18 hours ago, MtB said: Yes Swindon on the Shroppie used to have an AMAZING chippie! Sold orange chips which were DELICIOUS. No idea why or how they were orange in colour. Gone now I think. Or turned in to something horrid selling UPF. Last time I went through Swindon it was on the Staffs and Worcs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 17 minutes ago, Rob-M said: Last time I went through Swindon it was on the Staffs and Worcs. Oh it might still be. I get them mixed up as they are both a long way from home, so must be near each other 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 29 minutes ago, Rob-M said: Last time I went through Swindon it was on the Staffs and Worcs. Last time I went through Swindon it was just off the M4 in Wiltshire... 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 8 minutes ago, IanD said: Last time I went through Swindon it was just off the M4 in Wiltshire... 😉 They must have moved it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanM Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 8 minutes ago, MtB said: They must have moved it.... Well that's a third Swindon 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doratheexplorer Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) On 04/07/2022 at 21:53, MtB said: Yes Swindon on the Shroppie used to have an AMAZING chippie! Sold orange chips which were DELICIOUS. No idea why or how they were orange in colour. Gone now I think. Or turned in to something horrid selling UPF. Orange chips are a Black Country speciality, and Swindon in on the outskirts on the Black Country. Another thing you find in that area sometimes is lightly battered chips. They're not like fish batter, just a very light, thin batter which adds extra flavour and crunch to the chips. Often the orange chips are also battered, but not always. Edited July 6, 2022 by doratheexplorer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 hour ago, doratheexplorer said: Orange chips are a Black Country speciality, and Swindon in on the outskirts on the Black Country. Another thing you find in that area sometimes is lightly battered chips. They're not like fish batter, just a very light, thin batter which adds extra flavour and crunch to the chips. Often the orange chips are also battered, but not always. The chip shop next to the glasshouse cone on the Stourbridge canal sells battered chips 🙂 When I lived in Stourbridge in the 1970's we used to go to a chip shop in Stourport especially for their orange chips! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Booth Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 3 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said: The chip shop next to the glasshouse cone on the Stourbridge canal sells battered chips 🙂 When I lived in Stourbridge in the 1970's we used to go to a chip shop in Stourport especially for their orange chips! Also available in Tipton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanD Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Laurie Booth said: Also available in Tipton Just in case anyone is wondering what they do to delicious healthy potato chips in the Black Country to make them orange... https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/how-make-your-black-country-18039073 https://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/9661552.orange-chips-still-flavour-of-the-month-in-the-black-country/ Edited July 6, 2022 by IanD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doratheexplorer Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 1 hour ago, IanD said: Just in case anyone is wondering what they do to delicious healthy potato chips in the Black Country to make them orange... https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/how-make-your-black-country-18039073 https://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/9661552.orange-chips-still-flavour-of-the-month-in-the-black-country/ This is right but I've definitely seen orange chips sold with no batter, where they've just dyed them or dusted them with paprika. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacchus Posted July 31, 2022 Report Share Posted July 31, 2022 a bit toppy price-wise, but not bad for that London, and with mooring... https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/85602288 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesthenuke Posted July 31, 2022 Report Share Posted July 31, 2022 On 04/07/2022 at 21:53, MtB said: Yes Swindon on the Shroppie used to have an AMAZING chippie! Sold orange chips which were DELICIOUS. No idea why or how they were orange in colour. Gone now I think. Or turned in to something horrid selling UPF. The chippy is perhaps the one in Swindon on the Staffs and Worcs, its called Mr Smiths and does the lightly battered chips which are excellent. Its about 100 yards up the hill from the canal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted July 31, 2022 Report Share Posted July 31, 2022 38 minutes ago, jonesthenuke said: The chippy is perhaps the one in Swindon on the Staffs and Worcs, its called Mr Smiths and does the lightly battered chips which are excellent. Its about 100 yards up the hill from the canal. Yeah that's the one. That's where I let Starcoaster loose steering me bote by herself for the first time ever while I went for chips. Honestly, I'd barely got 20 yards up the hill and my phone rang. Gone aground! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 Fenny Marina for sale: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/96644365?utm_campaign=property-details&utm_content=commercial-buying&utm_medium=sharing&utm_source=copytoclipboard#/&channel=COM_BUY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAP Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 Snaygill Boats: https://uk.businessesforsale.com/uk/boat-yard-with-moorings-and-facilities-yorkshire-for-sale-1.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) Now that is one business I have had a desire to run for nye on 16+ years. (The Fenny Compton business). Im a bit short of funds sadly. Seems a lot of money. In my view. Edited August 22, 2022 by Nightwatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haggis Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 On 31/07/2022 at 12:11, MtB said: Yeah that's the one. That's where I let Starcoaster loose steering me bote by herself for the first time ever while I went for chips. Honestly, I'd barely got 20 yards up the hill and my phone rang. Gone aground! That's a name from the past. How is Starcoaster? Has she left the canals ,? I enjoyed her posts on here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy D'arth Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 A sad sign of the times. I would not wish to run a marina, seen too many problems for the owners of various marinas. But the prices are not too steep if the turnovers are factually correct. There is currently demand for marinas but will this situation continue? The crystal ball can't be trusted. We are in an industry that is in a state of flux with many external pressures driving development and demand. It could be at the top of a boom period. The falling confidence in the controlling charity is a damper on the cash generating capacity of the boating industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) 31 minutes ago, Nightwatch said: Now that is one business I have had a desire to run for nye on 16+ years. (The Fenny Compton business). Im a bit short of funds sadly. Seems a lot of money. In my view. Probably a good thing. A back of the envelope calculation of say 80 berths occupied returning £3k a year each suggests a gross income of only £240k. Once VAT and the 9% marina access fee are knocked off this only leaves £182k a year gross profit, out of which all the running costs, wages etc have to be paid. Sounds more like a hobby to me than a business! P.S. I moored there for a while and it is a very well-run operation. P.P.S. Figures like this remind me of pubs for sale. People fall in love with the idea of owning a pub with no idea of actually how to run one, and end up horribly over-paying. Marinas I suspect are rather similar in this respect. P.P.P.S. Best way to wring a handsome profit out of Fenny would be to fill it in and build a housing estate Edited August 22, 2022 by MtB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, MtB said: Probably a good thing. A back of the envelope calculation of say 80 berths occupied returning £3k a year each suggests a gross income of only £240k. Once VAT and the 9% marina access fee are knocked off this only leaves £182k a year gross profit, out of which all the running costs, wages etc have to be paid. Sounds more like a hobby to me than a business! P.S. I moored there for a while and it is a very well-run operation. P.P.S. Figures like this remind me of pubs for sale. People fall in love with the idea of owning a pub with no idea of actually how to run one, and end up horribly over-paying. Marinas I suspect are rather similar in this respect. P.P.P.S. Best way to wring a handsome profit out of Fenny would be to fill it in and build a housing estate But the moorings are only a part of the potential exploitation. there are fuel sales a small shop and a workshop. I think a hardstanding too. If you look at stowe hill they seem to crane for survey ( and to get rid of widebeams) every few days. Hard graft but with the surveys come the blacking the coc repairs etc etc, as long as you have a competent workforce. There is also a house which might let good rent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midnight Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 2 hours ago, RAP said: Snaygill Boats: https://uk.businessesforsale.com/uk/boat-yard-with-moorings-and-facilities-yorkshire-for-sale-1.aspx Snaygill must have suffered over the past couple of years with Covid and the sorry state of the Leeds and Liverpool canal. Loverly people too. Will anyone be interested at that price, profit margin and with so much uncertainty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightwatch Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 4 hours ago, MtB said: Probably a good thing. A back of the envelope calculation of say 80 berths occupied returning £3k a year each suggests a gross income of only £240k. Once VAT and the 9% marina access fee are knocked off this only leaves £182k a year gross profit, out of which all the running costs, wages etc have to be paid. Sounds more like a hobby to me than a business! P.S. I moored there for a while and it is a very well-run operation. P.P.S. Figures like this remind me of pubs for sale. People fall in love with the idea of owning a pub with no idea of actually how to run one, and end up horribly over-paying. Marinas I suspect are rather similar in this respect. P.P.P.S. Best way to wring a handsome profit out of Fenny would be to fill it in and build a housing estate As I mentioned. Seems a lot of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted August 22, 2022 Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) Two in Todmorden: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126102434#/ https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/126192839#/ The second one barely mentions its canal frontage - see photo 20. Edited August 22, 2022 by David Mack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted August 23, 2022 Report Share Posted August 23, 2022 14 hours ago, MtB said: Probably a good thing. A back of the envelope calculation of say 80 berths occupied returning £3k a year each suggests a gross income of only £240k. Once VAT and the 9% marina access fee are knocked off this only leaves £182k a year gross profit, out of which all the running costs, wages etc have to be paid. Sounds more like a hobby to me than a business! P.S. I moored there for a while and it is a very well-run operation. P.P.S. Figures like this remind me of pubs for sale. People fall in love with the idea of owning a pub with no idea of actually how to run one, and end up horribly over-paying. Marinas I suspect are rather similar in this respect. P.P.P.S. Best way to wring a handsome profit out of Fenny would be to fill it in and build a housing estate It also comes with a house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted August 23, 2022 Report Share Posted August 23, 2022 20 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said: It also comes with a house! In that case the £1.35m price tag looks a bit more reasonable. Any house with a large lake in the garden must be worth over £1m! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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