beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 Digging out my Christmas decorations I came across something I made a few years back. I’ll buy a pint for the first person to identify all 4 well known canal men posing as Santas. 🍻 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 Ho ha Ho Here is a question did Christmas have the same value at the time the canal network was established and to what extent did the worthy engineers, contractors, and committee members celebrate Christmas. In deed do the four men class as "well known" These images could represent people like Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak etc etc as much as they might represent Francis Egerton, James Brindley, Josiah Wedgewood, John Gilbert or may be John Smeaton. Change the beer buy Landlord ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 Richard Parry.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Heartland said: Ho ha Ho Here is a question did Christmas have the same value at the time the canal network was established and to what extent did the worthy engineers, contractors, and committee members celebrate Christmas. In deed do the four men class as "well known" These images could represent people like Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak etc etc as much as they might represent Francis Egerton, James Brindley, Josiah Wedgewood, John Gilbert or may be John Smeaton. Change the beer buy Landlord ! ha ha I’m on the darker stuff this week you have one correct, 👍 three more and you win a beer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 Is the right hand one Thomas Telford? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 Nope Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said: Is the right hand one Thomas Telford? no, but a clue; if my dates are correct, he is the only one who would have been contemporary with Telford. The others are earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 Perhaps it’s harder then I thought 😃 dead give away clues; 1 he maybe over troubled if trouble were his middle name 2 could have his own darkroom 3 he knows his place 4 has a face that needs a pill to settle his tummy who ever wins the pint will have to nominate a boozer of their own choice within the first full week of January and absolutely anywhere on the BCN not including the Birmingham and Fazely. (Stoppages and weather allowing. No other terms and conditions apply) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) There were quite a few contemporaries of Telford depending on the year range, John Rennie senior was one and Cubbit was another and then there id Francis Giles Earlier on there could be Yeomans the list could increase exponentially and with the clues even more so. By adding beards and hats does ,make the interpretation harder But here is another William Jessop Edited December 17, 2022 by Heartland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Yes, no4 is John Rennie, (hence the pill to settle his tummy) the other 3 clues are very simple too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junior Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Matty40s, Richard Parry, Brian Blessed, Manchester Pusher. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 And as mentioned before James Brindley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Ok 2 is Jessop 3 is Brindley 4 you have just no1 left! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty40s Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 John Smeaton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Nah, read the daft clue 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 he had a canal built to take his coal from Worsley ......and gave it the family name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob-M Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Duke of Bridgewater Just re-read the clue and understand it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 24 minutes ago, Rob-M said: Duke of Bridgewater Just re-read the clue and understand it now. 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 First is Nelson Second is Mr. Spock Three & four are a pair of geezers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty69 Posted December 17, 2022 Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 The one on the right is Boris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2022 Well, I reckon Heartland and RobM win the beer 🍺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 I did mention Francis Egerton in the first post. I wonder if Goliath knows who was the third Duke of Bridgewater ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, Heartland said: I did mention Francis Egerton in the first post. I wonder if Goliath knows who was the third Duke of Bridgewater ? Didn't he have a very pretty daughter, whose hair hung down to her knees ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted December 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 13 minutes ago, Heartland said: I did mention Francis Egerton in the first post. I wonder if Goliath knows who was the third Duke of Bridgewater ? No, I didn’t, 🤢 😃 the beer is yours and yours alone ! well done 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartland Posted December 18, 2022 Report Share Posted December 18, 2022 Well you next challenge is to find an image of Thomas Steers Live Long and Prosper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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