PeterScott Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 On this day in 2011 York R.Ouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 On this day in 2012 West India Docks, London Boats assembling for the Jubilee Pageant Tall ship Tenacious was to be part of the static display below Tower Bridge. More Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 On this day in 2013 Towingpath maintenance Br 34/35 Northern Oxford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete harrison Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 5 hours ago, John Liley said: I remember Michael Streat telling me, when he ran the Braunston complex, that he had a plumber working on something beside the main line when the Belfast came chugging by. The man's jaw dropped open, then he declared "Blimey, they cover some distances, don't they ..." 3 hours ago, David Mack said: I've had that comment too. And when you tell people the boat was built by Harland and Wolff, they all think of the shipyard that launched the Titanic (and, as it happens, HMS Belfast). When I was bringing my boat off the Thames in May 2018 we spent the night tied in the park at Abingdon. As I was tying up an elderly chap who was watching asked me where in Otley I keep the boat as he lives there. He was delighted that my boat was named after his home town, and that its original butty was named after a town close by Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 On this day in 2014 Farmers Bridge Bottom Lock - mural Also #926 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 (edited) On this day in 2017 Black Country Museum Dudley Tunnel height guage Edited June 2, 2020 by PeterScott Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldGoat Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 10 minutes ago, PeterScott said: On this day in 2017 Black Country Museum Dudley Tunnel height guage It the young lady heartbroken - Or On the Phone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted June 2, 2020 Report Share Posted June 2, 2020 On this day 2018 Leicester Riverside Festival 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) On this day in 2012 - Jubilee Pageant at about 7am West India Dock, London Fulbourne's decorations were more restrained Edited June 3, 2020 by PeterScott better pic crop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 On this day in 2012 - Jubilee Pageant at about 8am West India Dock: lock down to River Thames,London and looking into the Dock. More 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 On this day in 2012 - Jubilee Pageant at around 9am West India Dock: lock down to River Thames,London Some boats were bigger than us. More Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scholar Gypsy Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 20 minutes ago, PeterScott said: On this day in 2012 - Jubilee Pageant at around 9am West India Dock: lock down to River Thames,London Some boats were bigger than us. More The PLA have just sent this video around in their latest tideway newsletter: http://tidalthames.co.uk/Covid-19-Special-Port-of-London-Authority-News-Week-1-June-2020/index.htm?utm_content=130804430&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-153557411364604 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 On this day in 2012 - Jubilee Pageant at around 10am . Embankment: lots of damp people and information screens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 .You're fine-tuning your series, Peter, from "On this day" to "On this day, at this hour". What an amazing memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) On this day 2018 Edited June 3, 2020 by Naughty Cal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 2 hours ago, Scholar Gypsy said: The PLA have just sent this video around in their latest tideway newsletter: http://tidalthames.co.uk/Covid-19-Special-Port-of-London-Authority-News-Week-1-June-2020/index.htm?utm_content=130804430&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&hss_channel=fbp-153557411364604 Are we going to do it all again in 2 years time? 28 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said: On this day 2018 Much like the day of the Jubilee Pageant then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 On this day in 2012 - Jubilee Pageant at around 11am 45 minutes ago, Athy said: .You're fine-tuning your series, Peter, from "On this day" to "On this day, at this hour". What an amazing memory. Fortunately digital cameras have better memory than I do. Anything for a few more pics from the database ? Of the two thousand craft on the river there were about two hundred for safety and supervision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 58 minutes ago, Athy said: What an amazing memory Or he's looking st the time stamp on the images Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 15 minutes ago, WotEver said: Or he's looking st the time stamp on the images Sure; I have no experience of digital cameras, but I guess that you have to know what to look for. Fairly easy, perhaps, for a well-known event like the Pageant, but finding some of the others can't have been easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Cal Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 41 minutes ago, WotEver said: Or he's looking st the time stamp on the images Or he has Farcebook and the memories keep popping up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 Or Google Photos on this day feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 On this day in 2012 - Jubilee Pageant at around noon It was a cold wet day, with a lot of waiting about. Much admiration for those with less cover than ourselves. Boats were moored at the buoys to wait for final inspection and issue of the pageant pennant. The organisers ensured that all aboard had completed our identity checks and that Auntie Mabel (or anyone else) wasn't hiding under a bunk. We needed to have annotated our copy of the river's bridge plan to ensure we went under the correct arch of each bridge. 38 minutes ago, Athy said: Sure; I have no experience of digital cameras, but I guess that you have to know what to look for. Fairly easy, perhaps, for a well-known event like the Pageant, but finding some of the others can't have been easy. Yes finding 'that picture' (whichever one it is) is a memory game, then trawling through the database to find when we were at 'that place' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 On this day in 2012 - Jubilee Pageant at around 2.30pm Time-for-lunch at the buoys, and we had a precise minute at which we were to set off. It took some moments to cast off from the buoys and assume our correct convoy positions. There were people in all possible viewing positions. Only at the last moment, it was confirmed that the Thames Barrier would be in 'defence' mode, and the river would therefore have minimum flow. This was much easier than a four-knot tide, but all the preparations and safety procedures had worked on this as a worst-case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 On this day in 2012 - Jubilee Pageant at around 3.30pm It was fine for people to be watching the pageant from any form of static floating platform. ... This boat had set off to join the procession progressing down the river, but not having the necessary pageant pennant, was shepherded to this buoy by a riverpolice boat and two of the crew were appointed to glare fiercely at them for a while. About this time one of the narrowboats had an engine malfunction. Without hesitation they were breasted-to, taken to a pontoon, secued, and all the other boats continued without having to alter course or speed. Afaik, nobody fell in at any point, but the instruction was to continue in these circumstances, and leave the rescue to the accompanying boats. The organisers were much concerned of the consequences of needing a flotilla-emergency-stop, and the collisions that they thought would inevitably result: the Oxford-and-Cambridge boatrace had been disrupted earlier in the year by a floating intruder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterScott Posted June 3, 2020 Report Share Posted June 3, 2020 On this day in 2012 - Jubilee Pageant at around 4.30pm Still wet. Somewhere In London Sadly, public clocks are notoriously inaccurate. A first view of the Queen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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