jam Posted April 18, 2023 Report Share Posted April 18, 2023 On 12/04/2023 at 13:35, Tim Lewis said: Are you in this: https://youtu.be/swLiXBtPUnk Fortunately not 😄but there are a couple of faces I recognise and certainly the film did bring back good memories of the event. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil TNC Posted April 19, 2023 Report Share Posted April 19, 2023 On 06/04/2023 at 10:21, jacko264 said: Let’s see your canal badges here is mine we have collected over the years of canal boating Graham I have allowed MRS TNC to put up hers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Flight Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Latest brass! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) They are actually called "Horse Brasses" and worn on the chest-piece and other parts of the harness of a working horse. Edited July 3, 2023 by Alan de Enfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 One would need to see the back to find out if it is a real one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Flight Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 19 minutes ago, magnetman said: One would need to see the back to find out if it is a real one. The back end of a horse? Sounds like a messy way of ascertaining legitimacy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnetman Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 The back of the brass thing. We were taught yars ago as little infants learning to ride that it is important never to go around the back of a horse or pony you don't know as they may kick you. Being kicked even by a little Dartmoor pony is even worse than peeing on an electric fence or being thrown orf. I experienced all three before the age of ten ! Never again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Flight Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Hahha a hat-trick of calamity’s! Ive tried couple times to go on a horse trekking days on holiday. But the beasts scare me tbh and it’s never gone well! Meanwhile my ex wife is riding one handed into the sunset as I find the nearest bar.. Probably need a good instructor instead of someone just leading a group of tourists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 I rode a horse 110 miles whilst we were on a horse drawn caravan holiday around the south of Ireland. I rode the horse behind the caravan and made a big mistake once. I got in front of the caravan. Horse looked up and there was no food box which was on the back of the caravan, so the horse started to gallop to find the next caravan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Silent Flight said: Latest brass! I think I like that. Not the border pattern so much. But I like the black and the red. It’s not enamelled is it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
system 4-50 Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Can the OP get the mods to change the title from badge to plaques? It would be nice to avoid publicity for the former. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackrose Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) I don't mind seeing horse brasses on other people's boats. They remind me of when I was travelling in India in the early 80s and I met a Germany guy who had drawn a line on his map showing the route he'd taken across the country with all his overnight stops marked. It all seemed a bit obsessive to me but each to their own. Whatever people enjoy doing. Edited July 3, 2023 by blackrose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 I like the horse brasses, (for me) they’re generally more interesting than the plaques. There are some lovely ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Flight Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Tonka said: I rode a horse 110 miles whilst we were on a horse drawn caravan holiday around the south of Ireland. I rode the horse behind the caravan and made a big mistake once. I got in front of the caravan. Horse looked up and there was no food box which was on the back of the caravan, so the horse started to gallop to find the next caravan. Well you’ve galloped around some of the emerald isles then! Sounds like a epic trip tho 51 minutes ago, Goliath said: I think I like that. Not the border pattern so much. But I like the black and the red. It’s not enamelled is it? Border is a bit busy. But not seen anything like it so! I’m afraid I’m not sure, I know it’s been hand painted!? I could give you the ladies details but she did say they were a limited run. Waited a few weeks for it. But welcome to try PM me if you’re interested! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 12 minutes ago, Silent Flight said: Well you’ve galloped around some of the emerald isles then! Sounds like a epic trip tho Border is a bit busy. But not seen anything like it so! I’m afraid I’m not sure, I know it’s been hand painted!? I could give you the ladies details but she did say they were a limited run. Waited a few weeks for it. But welcome to try PM me if you’re interested! If it’s hand painted it’s not enamelled. No I won’t go after one. But it is nice all the same. 👍 It’d be interesting to know if there were any produced for any other dead monarchs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Flight Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) No stress. I Didn’t see any, just the jubilee and ascension! Edited July 3, 2023 by Silent Flight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko264 Posted July 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Queen Victoria I have one in the garage Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacko264 Posted July 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 A genuine bourse brass it use to be hung in my grandfather’s house Graham 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) 23 hours ago, Goliath said: I like the horse brasses, (for me) they’re generally more interesting than the plaques. There are some lovely ones. The National Horse Brass Society - Home Occasionally boaters would parade their horses, complete with brasses, at horse fairs. Edited July 4, 2023 by Ray T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewan123 Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) We've got ourselves a few plaques as we go along, generally just for each canal though as it feels like getting all of the lock/ring/tunnel plaques is going a bit overboard - especially considering that they're not cheap when you add them all up! We're also not strict about 'completing' a canal - so long as we've been along a good chunk of it, that's enough to add the plaque for us, unless it's something like the Asbhy plaque that's apparently only available from the charity's shop at Snarestone Wharf. It's more about the memories than anything else. Edited July 4, 2023 by Ewan123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Ray T said: The National Horse Brass Society - Home Occasionally boaters would parade their horses, complete with brasses, at horse fairs. That’s a great link. Thanks 👍 A lot of history, and interesting to read the different ways horse brasses were/are made. Id been reading somewhere else about Walsall being the place for harnesses, seems Walsall was the place for brasses too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 8 minutes ago, Goliath said: That’s a great link. Thanks 👍 A lot of history, and interesting to read the different ways horse brasses were/are made. Id been reading somewhere else about Walsall being the place for harnesses, seems Walsall was the place for brasses too. In the Pearson Canal guide it mentions that Walsall is the place to buy a saddle and no self respecting cowboy would be seen without a saddle made in Walsall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerbeerbeerbeerbeer Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tonka said: In the Pearson Canal guide it mentions that Walsall is the place to buy a saddle and no self respecting cowboy would be seen without a saddle made in Walsall Yee haaa 🤠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Not a collector, though I do have two. Favourite canal, and the man I have to thank for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonka Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 19 minutes ago, Tom Morgan said: Not a collector, though I do have two. Favourite canal, and the man I have to thank for it. is that your dad then 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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