Chris Lowe Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 Bernie Keith on Radio Northampton was interviewing the owner of Whilton Marina earlier today and it seem this year is the marinas 50th anniversary and they hope to celebrate it in some way virus permitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tonka Posted January 13, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 by selling a boat not for use in London 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 They advertised on the back cover of the first ever Waterways World. I also bought my first narrow boat "Ripple" from them - still favourite of the boats I've owned. That was 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire cat Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 Ripple is a great name for a boat. Was it named after its wake or the quality of the welding? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Tee Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 Maybe after the boats colour - raspberry ripple? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 34 minutes ago, Cheshire cat said: Ripple is a great name for a boat. Was it named after its wake or the quality of the welding? ? ?? I sometimes got shouted at by fisher folk "should be called barely a ripple" as I glided serenely past, but she was named after a village in Kent 19 minutes ago, Mike Tee said: Maybe after the boats colour - raspberry ripple? In that village there is a hoise called Raspberry Cottage... I visited Ripple (the village) just to see the place my boat was named after Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBiscuits Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 29 minutes ago, magpie patrick said: I sometimes got shouted at by fisher folk "should be called barely a ripple" as I glided serenely past, but she was named after a village in Kent So did you just shout "Kent!" back at them as a shorthand explanation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Vectis Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 I went to Ripple Infants and Junior Schools.................. ......................in Barking, Essex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueb Posted January 14, 2021 Report Share Posted January 14, 2021 My youngest went to Ripple (Kent) primary school. There were approx. 30 pupils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davem399 Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 When we were allowed to exercise further from home, my bike ride would often take me through Ripple. i seem to remember that Clifton Cruisers near Rugby named their hire boats after towns and villages in Kent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie patrick Posted January 15, 2021 Report Share Posted January 15, 2021 43 minutes ago, davem399 said: When we were allowed to exercise further from home, my bike ride would often take me through Ripple. i seem to remember that Clifton Cruisers near Rugby named their hire boats after towns and villages in Kent. They did - Ripple was ex-Clifton Cruisers and that's how I sussed she wasn't named after an insipid wave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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