magpie patrick Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 Three pictures of locks - the two pcitures with several boats in the locks are, I think, the same lock - those two were taken by Mum, the other one is a postcard, but I think it's caption (on the back) may be wrong I've a few tentative ideas but I don't know where they are, which is unusual for me - I've considered and dismissed a few options though Any ideas? Thanks In advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timx Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 So it's on the bridgewater and Taunton canal then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 Top one looks like Higherland Lock 32 on the L&L at Gargrave. https://canalplan.org.uk/place/92bf https://maps.app.goo.gl/m8DLLRMCWo5DLz6p8 Do Streetview from the bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted June 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Timx said: So it's on the bridgewater and Taunton canal then. Thanks, although I don't think the flottila is on the B&T because (i) the paddle gear is wrong and (ii) I know that canal quite well and can't think of a lock with a railway bridge or similar upstream of it. Edited to add - I'm no longer sure it's a bridge, but it's definitely a built up area and the B&T locks are not in built up areas except for Firepool, which has a sharp bend above it, and Newtown, which is level They're on different canals btw - he locks are far too different to be on the same canal 15 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said: Top one looks like Higherland Lock 32 on the L&L at Gargrave. https://canalplan.org.uk/place/92bf https://maps.app.goo.gl/m8DLLRMCWo5DLz6p8 Do Streetview from the bridge. Nailed it, thank you - the caption says Greenberfield Top Lock and I knew it wasn't that - Greenberfield is one of the few flights on the L&L that I know well Edited June 7, 2020 by magpie patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 I fancy the Basingstoke Canal for the other two pictures, but can't say which lock. Did Mum go on the caracruiser rally there in 1990? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted June 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 2 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said: I fancy the Basingstoke Canal for the other two pictures, but can't say which lock. Did Mum go on the caracruiser rally there in 1990? Not on a boat but she could well have been at it! I hadn't thought of the Basingstoke so it's a possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 The top is definitely Higherland Lock at Gargrave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted June 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 22 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said: I fancy the Basingstoke Canal for the other two pictures, but can't say which lock. Did Mum go on the caracruiser rally there in 1990? I've just realised the top paddles are gate paddles, so probably not Basingstoke Chelmsford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glynn Posted June 7, 2020 Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 1st one indeed does look like Gargrave on the L&L. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted June 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, Pluto said: The top is definitely Higherland Lock at Gargrave. I suppose this is where I admit my ignorance of the L&L and you offer to sell me a book and suggest I join the L&L Canal Society Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 First thought with the top picture was Johnson's Hillock top lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Philip said: First thought with the top picture was Johnson's Hillock top lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 7 hours ago, TheBiscuits said: The line of the canal and depth of the lock are very similar, but different building landscape on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 On 07/06/2020 at 09:26, TheBiscuits said: I fancy the Basingstoke Canal for the other two pictures, but can't say which lock. Did Mum go on the caracruiser rally there in 1990? According to their (rather broken) website https://snbc.org.uk/?page_id=14 Somerset Navigators Boat Club were only formed in 1991, so it has to be more recent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 Well, If the top image is lock 32, then with the bottom one and the railway line- Stegneck was near a railway bridge. Another question- Is this a challenge to get as many boats as possible into a canal lock on the L & L, assuming it is the L & L that is ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 6 hours ago, Philip said: The line of the canal and depth of the lock are very similar, but different building landscape on the left. Yes, but I have an unfair advantage - we moored there at Wheelton Boat Club for some years, so I know it very well. The road and fence and boatyard on the right are different too. 9 minutes ago, Heartland said: Another question- Is this a challenge to get as many boats as possible into a canal lock on the L & L, assuming it is the L & L that is ? It's only the top picture that is on the L&L. The other two photos definitely are not, and are still unidentified. 5 hours ago, Cheese said: According to their (rather broken) website https://snbc.org.uk/?page_id=14 Somerset Navigators Boat Club were only formed in 1991, so it has to be more recent. Fair enough. It was only a wild guess as I have never seen 3 caracruisers together at once so guessed at the rally thing. It could of course not be on the Basingstoke either, which would make the Basingstoke rally even more unlikey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) So when would the ladder have been added to Higherland lock? The pic. in the OP looks 1960's No ladder evident. The bollards are different too. I'd always assumed the bollards and ladders were original features but perhaps not? https://canalplan.uk/photo/ee_94p - ladder evident. Along with different bollards. Photograph taken by Charles Polkey on 16 April 2009 and was added to the database on Tuesday the 22nd of March, 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence, see the terms of use Edited June 12, 2020 by The Happy Nomad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted June 12, 2020 Report Share Posted June 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, The Happy Nomad said: So when would the ladder have been added to Higherland lock? The pic. in the OP looks 1960's No ladder evident. The bollards are different too. I'd always assumed the bollards and ladders were original features but perhaps not? https://canalplan.uk/photo/ee_94p - ladder evident. Along with different bollards. @Pluto will probably know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 Bottom picture - possibly Springfield lock on the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation? Also re the top picture, I'm fairly sure it is more recent than the 60s...the picture quality/colour suggests probably late 70s and also I think that type of paddle gear was brought in in the 70s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Philip said: Bottom picture - possibly Springfield lock on the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation? Also re the top picture, I'm fairly sure it is more recent than the 60s...the picture quality/colour suggests probably late 70s and also I think that type of paddle gear was brought in in the 70s. You are right about Springfield lock: Taken in 1992 during it's restoration by the IWA: In 2005: Edited June 13, 2020 by Tim Lewis Change 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted June 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 On 11/06/2020 at 23:40, Philip said: First thought with the top picture was Johnson's Hillock top lock. That's what it claims to be on the back but there are several minor things wrong, there should be a road and a fence to the right for example - JH top is one of very few on the L&L that I know well 10 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said: You are right about Springfield lock: Thank you - Mum and Dad often visited friends near Chelmsford so I thought it might be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 8 minutes ago, magpie patrick said: That's what it claims to be on the back but there are several minor things wrong, there should be a road and a fence to the right for example - JH top is one of very few on the L&L that I know well You said Greenberfield not Johnson's Hillock earlier in the thread! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, magpie patrick said: <Snip> Thank you - Mum and Dad often visited friends near Chelmsford so I thought it might be I am assuming that the photos were taken during the IWA National Trailboat Festival in 1993 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted June 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, TheBiscuits said: You said Greenberfield not Johnson's Hillock earlier in the thread! Yes I did and it does - I need to get out more! Edited to add - yes, it says Greenberfield - my first thoughts were "no, it's Johnson's Hillock" - then I though "no it's not"... which was when I posted it here. There had been two false identifications before I posted - one of them mine! I need coffee... 6 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said: I am assuming that the photos were taken during the IWA National Trailboat Festival in 1993 Probably, although they are undated Edited June 13, 2020 by magpie patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted June 13, 2020 Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 23 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said: I am assuming that the photos were taken during the IWA National Trailboat Festival in 1993 That means I was on the right track with the three caacruisers, just on the wrong canal in the wrong year. Not even close to a cigar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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