Severner?

[mark99]

[ditchcrawler]

14 minutes ago, mark99 said:

I wonder where they found the lady, she really looks as if she belongs 

[dave moore]

Mrs Ballinger.?

[David Mack]

A bit more history of the Severners:

https://hnbc.org.uk/boats/willow

 

[max's son]

which boat is the picture, cannot read the name

[IanM]

1 hour ago, max's son said:

which boat is the picture, cannot read the name

Oak

[max's son]

 

 

Charlie Ballingers boats

[Tim Lewis]

Some interesting old film of Severners from 6.30 minutes into this film:

 

 

[alan_fincher]

15 minutes ago, Tim Lewis said:

Some interesting old film of Severners from 6.30 minutes into this film:

 

 

 

Interesting footage.

 

However without squinting too hard and for too long, it looks to me that most of the SandCC motor boats pictured are not the Charles Hill welded boats, and are instead the wooden types identified by a number, rather than a name.

The most obvious identification in distant shots is that the wooden boats had their motor in a conventional engine hole ahead of the living accommodation to the rear of it - so the exhaust comes from where most of us are used to.

The Charles Hill boats had the engine room to the rear, with the living accommodation ahead of it.  That makes the engine exhaust at the back (nice for the steerer!)  There may have been some examples of this in the film, but if I I didn't see it on a quick run through.

[Mark263]

Strolling through the topics, this one jumped out, I’ve got a copy of some 16 mm film, firstly saved by Alan picken , when he clears out the Severn s d canal office, in gas st , think there was a bolinder he also acquired, anyway as the years ticked by, Alan took the film round to my uncle toms, they tried to watch it , but unfortunately some of it burnt,, so back in the case it went, until it and some other items were donated to the Gloucester museum, the museum. Spliced the film as best they could, and asked my uncle to watch the film and pick out names places etc , I spotted my grandad and uncles on number 2 , leaving the warehouse, at gas st ,, 

I must get it , put onto dvd , 

[ditchcrawler]

4 hours ago, Mark263 said:

Strolling through the topics, this one jumped out, I’ve got a copy of some 16 mm film, firstly saved by Alan picken , when he clears out the Severn s d canal office, in gas st , think there was a bolinder he also acquired, anyway as the years ticked by, Alan took the film round to my uncle toms, they tried to watch it , but unfortunately some of it burnt,, so back in the case it went, until it and some other items were donated to the Gloucester museum, the museum. Spliced the film as best they could, and asked my uncle to watch the film and pick out names places etc , I spotted my grandad and uncles on number 2 , leaving the warehouse, at gas st ,, 

I must get it , put onto dvd , 

If you can that would be great

[Tim Lewis]

4 hours ago, Mark263 said:

Strolling through the topics, this one jumped out, I’ve got a copy of some 16 mm film, firstly saved by Alan picken , when he clears out the Severn s d canal office, in gas st , think there was a bolinder he also acquired, anyway as the years ticked by, Alan took the film round to my uncle toms, they tried to watch it , but unfortunately some of it burnt,, so back in the case it went, until it and some other items were donated to the Gloucester museum, the museum. Spliced the film as best they could, and asked my uncle to watch the film and pick out names places etc , I spotted my grandad and uncles on number 2 , leaving the warehouse, at gas st ,, 

I must get it , put onto dvd , 

This one?

 

 

Edited August 24, 2024 by Tim Lewis

[Mark263]

No it’s not that one Tim, they had a few done and pictures outside gas st warehouse, of which I have one, I’ll try to put in on here , try !! 
they did a promotional one of number 2 carrying explosives, or something,, lost in time no doubt, 

This is one of the pictures, 

from warehouse, the browns, and dog ,  

grandad and Tom and Charlie, down the boat, then if memory serves, you have , spires, family, tonks, Mann ,, and I think Hopkins nearest us 

Just watched the footage above, what a great film , some good shots , bit of fresh on the river, boats in the slack, and rare, footage of how the lines and timber heads were used in the tow,, brilliant,, looks like the motor up tarbigge, was a horse boat made into a motor, still got the timber heads ,, my family would have loved to have seen it 👍