Tacet Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 I picked up this photograph some time back - and can no longer recall where! It has been hand tinted - so presumably the boat was in British Waterways colours and not as shown. Is it likely to be from the 1950s? Looks to be on the southern GU to me - but I have not considered exactly where; it is good to see both top gates open and the paddles drawn as the boats leave the lock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulJ Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 Looks like Dudswell lock below Cowroast . Just missing the donkey.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, PaulJ said: Looks like Dudswell lock below Cowroast . Just missing the donkey.. That was my thoughts aswell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted August 8, 2022 Report Share Posted August 8, 2022 (edited) Yes, Dudswell Bottom Lock. The tinting is pretty appalling - bits of boat that should be blue are instead green. It looks like the final version of the BWB carrying boat livery - all blue, no yellow banding - only the lettering - hence probably late 1950s, or any date thereafter up to 1963. Edited August 8, 2022 by alan_fincher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) This popped up on the forum in 2011. Can't find the video clip just now. The house to the right of the lock was used by Midland Counties Ice Cream in a shot involving a family outing in a Morris Minor, where 'Father' gets out and makes ice cream purchases. No boats were seen then (perish the thought!). Was the shed like structure used by a blacksmith at one time? Certainly the old stable block beyond housed horses (animals) in previous generations. It was being demolished at one point, but I believe stopped part way through, then got rebuilt as living accommodation, which it probably still is. Water deep enough outside to get right into the bank (well, it was in the eighties.) Edited to add link: https://tinyurl.com/55p2ftk9 (Oct 2008) Edited August 9, 2022 by Derek R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam & Di Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 In about 1972 as I recall, with a slightly extended cabin and paired with Towcester. The bottom was rather shot, and we sold her when we bought Stamford and Bude from BWB in 1974. I changed our colours to red and blue with off-white lining in Jubilee year 1977. Tam 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 1 hour ago, Tam & Di said: In about 1972 as I recall, with a slightly extended cabin and paired with Towcester. The bottom was rather shot, and we sold her when we bought Stamford and Bude from BWB in 1974. I changed our colours to red and blue with off-white lining in Jubilee year 1977. Tam Always smart - a credit to you, Tam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tacet Posted August 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 Would Bingley have been on the Roses lime juice run, in the early 1970s, Tam? Is so, I will likely have seen it working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam & Di Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) I can't be 100% certain, but I don't think we used Bingley for that. (I've not got any notes here in France to refresh my ailing memory) When we first started, working directly for BW, we had motor Towcester but hired butty Hyades from Martin Toms. BW were retiring their craft as they needed a lot of maintenance. Ashby Canal Transport took on the limejuice contract from BW and they were going to use Threefellows for the job. Threefellows couldn't get down in time and we continued for the next year, but we'd already got Stamford and Bude by that time and this photo at Lock 80 by Dougie Jones is from that time. Threefellows then got a gravel job and we came back for the Rose's work until the end in 1981 when the Roses factory at Hemel closed. Thank you Alan for you kind comment about the state of our boats - you'll just have to ignore the unpolished brass on Towcester and dirty ropework on Bude here 😃 Tam Edited August 9, 2022 by Tam & Di Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 46 minutes ago, Tam & Di said: ................but we'd already got Stamford and Bude by that time and this photo at Lock 80 by Dougie Jones is from that time....... Was this the owner of Mimas & Rae? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 Current HNBC link for Bingley, though I don,'t know how up to date it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanM Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, alan_fincher said: Current HNBC link for Bingley, though I don,'t know how up to date it is. There certainly is a very similar butty with no name still moored there. Always wondered which one it was when we've passed it over the last few years. Edited to add the image below, taken July 2021. Edited August 9, 2022 by IanM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 14 minutes ago, IanM said: There certainly is a very similar butty with no name still moored there. Always wondered which one it was when we've passed it over the last few years. Edited to add the image below, taken July 2021. Looks fairly convincing to me..... ....but now awaits an expert to tell me that isn't Bingley (Should have been paired with a motor called Bradford). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam & Di Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, alan_fincher said: Was this the owner of Mimas & Rae? Yes, he had Mimas and Ray in the 70s and painted them in Ovaltine colours. Tam Edited August 9, 2022 by Tam & Di Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidg Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 1 hour ago, alan_fincher said: Looks fairly convincing to me..... ....but now awaits an expert to tell me that isn't Bingley (Should have been paired with a motor called Bradford). Well, as the true expert (the owner) is on holiday, I'll tell you it is indeed Bingley. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_fincher Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 20 minutes ago, davidg said: Well, as the true expert (the owner) is on holiday, I'll tell you it is indeed Bingley. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, alan_fincher said: Was this the owner of Mimas & Rae? Ray Edited August 9, 2022 by Ray T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek R. Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 What a satisfying job Mr. Nurser had back then. Though I doubt he would have thought it so at the time. Construction combined with art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pluto Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 Having just written a memorial piece about Sam Yates, who did a very similar job at Hodson's boatyard at Whitebirk, I would suggest that most craftsmen were usually satisfied with the work they, as they would recognise the restrictions they were working under. Doing your best was always an important part of the job. At the same time, Sam was a very personal person, and always surprised when anyone took an interest in the skills he had learnt over the years, and that reticence could be interpreted by some as being unsatisfied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam & Di Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 3 hours ago, Ray T said: Ray A retired boatman lived on it at Horton Bridge in the 60s, and on one side it said RAY, and on the other it said YAR 😃 Tam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted August 9, 2022 Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 (edited) There is always the often-published incorrect image of Nellie Stokes on "YAR" at the stop lock, Sutton Stop. Edited August 10, 2022 by Ray T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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