Lady Capels

[mark99]

[BEngo]

The second boat appears to be on running blocks, whereas the lead boat is being towed from the mast.

[Derek R.]

I wonder if that's more 'grass' for Dickinson's.

[magnetman]

This was one of the best places I have ever been with the magnet. Not for find but the time travel.

The horses and silent Boats were there with me. It was like stepping back into another age.

 

It was brilliant and I found a couple of really old iron windlasses there near the turnover bridge which helped. 

 

 

1928 is an interesting date. That would still be GJCCo. I thought those concrete bank upgrades were done in the 1930s by the GUCCo. 1934 comes to mind. 

 

 

 

 

[alan_fincher]

1 hour ago, Derek R. said:

I wonder if that's more 'grass' for Dickinson's.

Aren't they running South, in which case this would seem unlikely?

[magnetman]

I think they are going towards Lady Capels lock with Grove bridge behind them.

[Ray T]

From Google find a picture:
 

The image captures a historical moment at Lady Capel's Wharf at the Grove in 1928, showing a horse-drawn narrowboat on a canal. 

 

• The scene depicts a working narrowboat being pulled along a canal by a horse and driver on the towpath. 
   
• The canal likely transported timber, coal, ice, construction materials, and food, as was common for trade routes like the Regent's Canal during that era. 
   
• The Grove is a location near the Grand Union Canal (formerly Grand Junction Canal) in Hertfordshire, England, specifically near Cassiobridge Water Point and the Grove Ornamental Bridge. 
   
• Horse-drawn canal transport was a primary method for moving goods before the widespread adoption of railways and roads. 

[Tam & Di]

Rather later, Andy Farquarson getting them up to Boxmoor on our Towcester and Leonids, mid '70s   😀

 

 

[alan_fincher]

4 minutes ago, magnetman said:

I think they are going towards Lady Capels lock with Grove bridge behind them.

My last comment has probably confused things, as irrespective of direction of travel Lady Capel's is surely well North of Croxley!