Tim Lewis Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 Going through this lock often raises light hearted debate as to whether the lock is part of the Hanwell flight or not, even CRT don't seem to know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted August 20, 2021 Report Share Posted August 20, 2021 It's a bit like the Buckby flight which CRT occasionally call the Whilton flight if there is a stoppage or problem at the lower end.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUMPY Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) Hasn't it always been Norwood Top? I thought that Lock 90 and 91 have never been part of the Hanwell flight. ETA There are many locks on the GU north of Watford that have had name changes, far to many to list. Edited August 21, 2021 by Loddon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, Tim Lewis said: Someones sense of central isnt quite there... Edited August 21, 2021 by matty40s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 16 minutes ago, Loddon said: There are many locks on the GU north of Watford that have had name changes, far to many to list. And the boatmen's names for locks were frequently different from those used by the company. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jeannette smith harrison Posted August 21, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 27 minutes ago, David Mack said: And the boatmen's names for locks were frequently different from those used by the company. In the 60's & 70's almost every cottage on the flight known as the Hanwell thicket to working boatmen was lived in by ex working retired boatmen they where lockie's or working for the company (waterways) at the time almost every one of them connected to my Nanny or Grandads family My GG Grandad is listed as being there at lock 90 on the 1911 census under Southall top lock but his Grandaughter who was born in the same spot 8 months later has Hanwell top lock as place of Birth on her cert . I have lived in 3 of the cottages on the thicket norwood bottom lock was the last & was known as Norwood little lock in the 70's or sometimes the horse cottage as in the days of horse's they where stabled in the field behind this cottage that was before they where no longer needed then they where all walked across the field to southall horse market one day .It was looked on as progress by the women to move up the flight the lady in the cottage now at lock 90 is the last of the working boat connections herself coming from a well known boating family & her son is a member of this forum 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLD Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 I think it's sad that locks don't retain their historically original name. At least put "originally called......." on the sign, to preserve the memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeannette smith harrison Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Sorry just checked & Top lock in 1911 was listed under Hayes not Southall attached is copy of the Census & a glass slide print of my GG Grandparents my GG Grandad worked the boats till he was 86 years old when he took ill & passed away 2 weeks later 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 1 hour ago, XLD said: I think it's sad that locks don't retain their historically original name. At least put "originally called......." on the sign, to preserve the memory. The problem comes when you use terms no body else uses when calling for an ambulance if there is an accident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XLD Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 22 hours ago, Tonka said: The problem comes when you use terms no body else uses when calling for an ambulance if there is an accident What3words is the answer to that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athy Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Just to cofuse people further, a lock below Banbury bears the names King's Sutton Lock and Tarver's Lock, both on official-looking signs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesWoolcock Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 (edited) If you haven't already, you need to try the Upper part of the Avon Navigation, from Eveshamto Stratford on Avon. Most locks have up to three names and the three guides we have (Avon Navigation Trust, Pearsons and Nicholsons) use different names for each! Edited August 22, 2021 by JamesWoolcock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 What if you slip and heart yourself under Black Sabbath Bridge in Birmingham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesWoolcock Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 Yes, and what an inappropriate name for the remnants of Broad Street Tunnel for the rest if it was straddled by the immense Unitarian Church of the Messiah ( capacity 950) and the place where the great Unitarian families who made Birmingham 'the best governed city in the world" worshiped including the Chamberlain dynasty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cuthound Posted August 23, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 23, 2021 18 hours ago, ditchcrawler said: What if you slip and heart yourself under Black Sabbath Bridge in Birmingham I was very disappointed that Birmingham Council chose a brick bridge to rename. A heavy metal one would have been much more appropriate! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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