Alice Lapworth

[alan_fincher]

For those who are interested, but don't do Facebook...

 

Sadly Alice Lapworth passed away yesterday.

No small number will no doubt be saddened by this news.  However, I suspect if you don't recognise the name you probably have little interest in this news.

 

Photo lifted from Facebook

 

Edited March 31, 2024 by alan_fincher

[5239]

No disrespect,

Many of us won’t recognise the name,

 if you could enlighten us about the woman it’d be appreciated, 

my sympathy and condolences to family. 

[Sue68]

Unfortunately I've never heard of her.

[Rob-M]

Sad news, I was out on England with Alice a couple of years ago on the Alvecote parade.

[Jonny P]

2 hours ago, beerbeerbeerbeerbeer said:

No disrespect,

Many of us won’t recognise the name,

 if you could enlighten us about the woman it’d be appreciated, 

my sympathy and condolences to family. 

Bona fide historic working boater. Born Alice Wain and grew up on working boats and married into another boating family.

 

A regular attendee at historic events. I only knew her by sight in passing although by marriage she was a relative of mine.

 

[5239]

Thank you for that

 

[Ray T]

For those who don't know of Alice.

Alice Lapworth.pdf

[Rob-M]

15 minutes ago, Captain Pegg said:

That’s not appropriate

I agree and have reported the post as inappropriate.

[Alan de Enfield]

19 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

I agree and have reported the post as inappropriate.

 

Before posting I did check the Rules and there is nothing regarding an inappropriate posting - pretty much anything else can be removed tho.

[Rob-M]

3 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Before posting I did check the Rules and there is nothing regarding an inappropriate posting - pretty much anything else can be removed tho.

Not going to get in to a discussion on this thread but rules or not, given the subject of the thread that song is not appropriate and in my view tasteless, therefore it should not be a post in this thread.

[Ange]

1 minute ago, Rob-M said:

Not going to get in to a discussion on this thread but rules or not, given the subject of the thread that song is not appropriate and in my view tasteless, therefore it should not be a post in this thread.

Agree 100%

[alan_fincher]

2 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

Not going to get in to a discussion on this thread but rules or not, given the subject of the thread that song is not appropriate and in my view tasteless, therefore it should not be a post in this thread.

 

Agreed 100%

[5239]

16 minutes ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Before posting I did check the Rules and there is nothing regarding an inappropriate posting - pretty much anything else can be removed tho.

so you knew you were treading thin ice?

 

I didn’t want to say anything and thought it best ignored, probably best forgotten and move on. 
 

the article posted earlier is interesting, I enjoyed reading it,

I know little about boaters that worked the waterways, I appreciate it when others make an effort to inform. 

 

[MtB]

And I'll delete this too.

 

Edit to add: Deleted.

 

 

 

 

Edited April 2, 2024 by MtB

[Victor Vectis]

11 hours ago, Rob-M said:

Not going to get in to a discussion on this thread but rules or not, given the subject of the thread that song is not appropriate and in my view tasteless, therefore it should not be a post in this thread.

Yes.

[1st ade]

11 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

Before posting I did check the Rules and there is nothing regarding an inappropriate posting - pretty much anything else can be removed tho.

Whilst @Alan de Enfield is correct - the Mods have had a chat and feel that, while the post does not break any individual rule, it's getting close on many.

[Alan de Enfield]

12 hours ago, MtB said:

Do the decent thing and delete it, please!

 

As you have asked in a decent way, and it has obviously annoyed a few members, I will.

 

 

Edit - gone to delete it and its already been done.

Edited April 2, 2024 by Alan de Enfield

[Chris Lowe]

There's nothing at all wrong with that song by Smokie, but the audience is suspect, and you can thank Chubby Brown for that.

[1st ade]

1 hour ago, Alan de Enfield said:

 

As you have asked in a decent way, and it has obviously annoyed a few members, I will.

 

 

Edit - gone to delete it and its already been done.

Alan - thank you.

[Rob-M]

28 minutes ago, Chris Lowe said:

There's nothing at all wrong with that song by Smokie, but the audience is suspect, and you can thank Chubby Brown for that.

Nothing wrong with the song in the right place which this thread wasn't.

[alan_fincher]

On 31/03/2024 at 21:38, Captain Pegg said:

Bona fide historic working boater. Born Alice Wain and grew up on working boats and married into another boating family.

 

A regular attendee at historic events.

 

 

Thanks to Captain Pegg & RayT for their explanations.

 

From memory her early life afloat was with horse boats.

 

She, her parents, and her siblings are the subject of the biography "A Horse A Boat And you".  It gives a very good insight to those born on the boats, and who stayed with them to the very end of long distance carrying.

 

She could hardly have been more embedded in the boating tradition.  Two of her sisters, Vera and Ann married Ken Ward and Ted Ward, who were themselves brothers,  although I am fairly certain she has outlived all of these.

 

I didn't know her well, but did converse with her from time to time.  Her brother-in-law Ken Ward and her sister Vera Ward (nee Wain) operated our boat FLAMINGO for Willow Wren CTS in the late 1960s.

[Ray T]

29 minutes ago, alan_fincher said:

 

Thanks to Captain Pegg & RayT for their explanations.

 

From memory her early life afloat was with horse boats.

 

She, her parents, and her siblings are the subject of the biography "A Horse A Boat And you".  It gives a very good insight to those born on the boats, and who stayed with them to the very end of long distance carrying.

 

She could hardly have been more embedded in the boating tradition.  Two of her sisters, Vera and Ann married Ken Ward and Ted Ward, who were themselves brothers,  although I am fairly certain she has outlived all of these.

 

I didn't know her well, but did converse with her from time to time.  Her brother-in-law Ken Ward and her sister Vera Ward (nee Wain) operated our boat FLAMINGO for Willow Wren CTS in the late 1960s.

Edward George Ward (Ted) Ward passed away 16th July 1997 age 55. His wife Elizabeth Ann Ward, 9th January 2016, age 69.

Kenneth Ward passed away 31st March 1992 age 48.  Vera was born 1943 but I have no further information.
They are interred at Windmill Road, Cemetary, Longford, Coventry.

 

Edited April 2, 2024 by Ray T