More 50's/60's canal footage on Talking Pictures

[frangar]

Im a big fan of TPTV and last Sunday on the Footage Detectives programme there was an interview with Frank Muir's son who showed some old 8mm film that Frank had shot. Some of this includes footage of Hire boat holidays they had on the Oxford Canal in the late 50's/early 60's as well as Frank having his own boat built and launched on the Thames and again being used on the Oxford. There is also some shots of the Red Lion at Cropredy. I found it very interesting both from the canal perspective and the famous faces at the launching of his boat

 

https://www.tptvencore.co.uk/Video/The-Footage-Detectives-Episode-13?id=444a940c-09d8-4746-8800-d3105a6c3361

 

The whole programme is worth a watch but the canal footage starts at 20min 20sec....theres some footage of a converted butty too...but I didnt see the name.

 

 

[cuthound]

15 hours ago, frangar said:

Im a big fan of TPTV and last Sunday on the Footage Detectives programme there was an interview with Frank Muir's son who showed some old 8mm film that Frank had shot. Some of this includes footage of Hire boat holidays they had on the Oxford Canal in the late 50's/early 60's as well as Frank having his own boat built and launched on the Thames and again being used on the Oxford. There is also some shots of the Red Lion at Cropredy. I found it very interesting both from the canal perspective and the famous faces at the launching of his boat

 

https://www.tptvencore.co.uk/Video/The-Footage-Detectives-Episode-13?id=444a940c-09d8-4746-8800-d3105a6c3361

 

The whole programme is worth a watch but the canal footage starts at 20min 20sec....theres some footage of a converted butty too...but I didnt see the name.

 

 

 

I bought a book BT Frank Muir about his canal travels in a second hand book shop. IIRC it was called "1000 miles, 1000 locks".

Edited February 15, 2022 by cuthound
Clarification

[frangar]

33 minutes ago, cuthound said:

 

I bought a book BT Frank Muir about his canal travels in a second hand book shop. IIRC it was called "1000 miles, 1000 locks".

Ohh I will have a look out for that. Thanks for the info. 

[Ogwr]

Lovely footage thank you for posting. Frank Muir's boat Samanda was bought by Desmond Briscoe by 1965.  Desmond  also worked for the BBC and was active in the IWA at that time. He produced and arranged the Narrow Boats L.P. featuring sound bites of boatmen and canal workers etc. Combined with songs by David Blagrove. 

[John Brightley]

Here is a still of Samanda from the film, at her launch. According to CanalPlanAC, she was built in 1958.

And here she is in 2018, from Geograph. I also seem to remember seeing her at some IWA National Rallies in the '80's.

[Victor Vectis]

Footage Detectives on TPTV as I type.

 

Just seen a short clip of 'Fulbourne' and butty.

[frangar]

3 minutes ago, Victor Vectis said:

Footage Detectives on TPTV as I type.

 

Just seen a short clip of 'Fulbourne' and butty.

I started the thread about that when first shown… I think that episode is stil online