Dav and Pen Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) Found these in my loft amongst some 1980 WWW. The photos are Mike Webb’s and I expect some of you will have seen them before but still very nostalgic shots of lost times. the pair leaving the Nelson lock is nun Nuneaton and alperton George Wain With load for HP Sauce. The pair in Uxbridge Doris, Ted, Mark and Annie Harrison with the wooden motor Quail The 4 in the stoppage are Beverley,Flamingo, Bedworth and Widgeon. Edited July 17, 2020 by Dav and Pen Spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 They are part of a 16 card set issued, as far as I can remember, with Waterways World about twenty years ago. I have 15 of them, but am missing number 11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland elsdon Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 I never appreciated before that Willow Wren changed the names of their motors, ( Letchworth to Flamingo and Thaxted to Widgeon) but not their butty boats. cant tell from photo if Beverley and Bletchley are in Waterways colours or not. If they are I assume they were leased not owned. Willow wren history is on boat not here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, roland elsdon said: I never appreciated before that Willow Wren changed the names of their motors, ( Letchworth to Flamingo and Thaxted to Widgeon) but not their butty boats. cant tell from photo if Beverley and Bletchley are in Waterways colours or not. If they are I assume they were leased not owned. Willow wren history is on boat not here. Whilst not all butties were re-named, some were, eg: Bawtry became Greenshank, Bascote became Shoveller, Hadfield became Dunlin etc. etc. In fact someything like 15 buuties were re-named as birds by Willow Wren Edited July 17, 2020 by David Schweizer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeannette smith harrison Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 3 hours ago, David Schweizer said: They are part of a 16 card set issued, as far as I can remember, with Waterways World about twenty years ago. I have 15 of them, but am missing number 11. NUMBER 11 as i also have the full set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeannette smith harrison Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Dav and Pen said: Found these in my loft amongst some 1980 WWW. The photos are Mike Webb’s and I expect some of you will have seen them before but still very nostalgic shots of lost times. the pair leaving the Nelson lock is nun Nuneaton and alperton George Wain With load for HP Sauce. The pair in Uxbridge Doris, Ted, Mark and Annie Harrison with the wooden motor Quail The 4 in the stoppage are Beverley,Flamingo, Bedworth and Widgeon. Mark Harrison was my Grandads younger brother & my Dad was named after him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 1 hour ago, jeannette smith harrison said: NUMBER 11 as i also have the full set OOps, I got that wrong. It is number 12 that is missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeannette smith harrison Posted July 17, 2020 Report Share Posted July 17, 2020 1 hour ago, David Schweizer said: OOps, I got that wrong. It is number 12 that is missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Schweizer Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 10 hours ago, jeannette smith harrison said: Thanks for that Jeannette, that is the one I am missing, and interestingly is a photo I have never seen before, not in eiether of Mike Webb's books. I am assuming that the "Mrs Withey" is Janet, but the lady in the photo bears little resemblence to the Janet I recall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted July 18, 2020 Report Share Posted July 18, 2020 The photo is by John Liley and appears in his book Journeys of the Swan Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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