100 Norton Canes Narrowboats

The Anonymous Bard · August 13, 2010

Hi Sarah... don't know if you have them but just emailed you a couple of nice shots of Railay taken at Alrewas a few weeks ago, hope they're useful to you.

Good luck fulfilling your collection.

Edit: Just found a couple of shots of Adrastea... i'm not 100% certain it's the same Adrastea but think it's a pretty good bet, they're on their way to you.

Edited August 13, 2010 by The Anonymous Bard

Proper Job · August 13, 2010

I think dads ex boat 'Trelawny' must of been one of the first ones Graham built independently of Malcom (?)

I've got some piccies of her being launched somewhere.

Edited August 13, 2010 by Proper Job

FidoDido · April 2, 2014

Sarah

Just wondered what happened to the register. It disappeared when the new website arrived. Do you intend to reinstate it? Collected quite a few pics of NC boats, and continue to do so as I travel about

Tesla · April 2, 2014

Sarah

Just wondered what happened to the register. It disappeared when the new website arrived. Do you intend to reinstate it? Collected quite a few pics of NC boats, and continue to do so as I travel about

Hi FD, can you share your pics with the forum?

Laurence Hogg · April 2, 2014

Sarah your link is dead: http://www.nortoncanesboatbuilders.co.uk/register.html

sarahavfc · April 2, 2014

Hi all,

I've redeveloped the website from scratch after a pretty fatal error.

I still have the register and all the photographs, but I've not decided how I want to present the information yet. The website is work in progress and I've learnt as I've gone along in terms of building it so there are still things to go on, I've just not worked out how to do half of it yet. I'm also trying to fit it all in between work / boating / Aston Villa games / taking Lamprey to bits, etc.

If anyone has any photos then I'd love to have them to put on the website (eventually).

Sarah

FidoDido · April 2, 2014

Hi FD, can you share your pics with the forum?

Will put em up on here when I'm on my 'puter .. Just on my iPad this eve.

Good to hear the register will be reinstated in the future.. Used it quite a bit to put name to number in the past. Must arrange to come by some time and try to figure out if my boat was 1017, 1015 or 1027 (IIRC) from some of your photos. I have a photo from 1999 which may help.

What's up with Lamprey? Saw Ling at Paul Barbers a few weeks back. Has new back cabin and front box.. Looking beautiful. Didn't know you'd parted company

sarahavfc · April 2, 2014

You've given me the kick up the backside that I needed to get the list re-instated. Now for the Photos....

Lamprey is alright, I just like taking stuff to bits.

FidoDido · April 2, 2014

Lamprey is alright, I just like taking stuff to bits.

*like*

FadeToScarlet · April 2, 2014

You've given me the kick up the backside that I needed to get the list re-instated. Now for the Photos....

Lamprey is alright, I just like taking stuff to bits.

...me too, it's just the putting back together again afterwards that's harder!

FidoDido · April 22, 2014

As Promised.. (not that many, - thought I'd got a few more. Often don't have time to get the phone out. Apologies for crap photography skills!!))

1017 Rivendell (my boat)

From above:

1020 Kookabura at Fradley

1080 Manitoba at Shobnall Gardens, T+M

1076 Kano at Market Harborough Wharf

1044 Tesla, at Thrupp

1098 Jeanie Deans at Foxton Historic Boat Gathering 2014.

1089 Montmorency (Tyler Wilson Shell, but Norton Canes Adaptation into hotel boat).

1086 Railay

sarahavfc · April 22, 2014

Great, thanks Rob.

I'm always taking photos of NC boats when I'm out on the cut too

Tesla · April 22, 2014

Great pictures, thanks for sharing.

mark99 · April 23, 2014

Good photo's. Collective noun for a group of NC's?

Incidently hows the Tesla image done? is it handpainted or a vinyl?

sarahavfc · April 23, 2014

It was hand painted by Richard Corbett who used to work at Norton Canes.

**Athy** · April 23, 2014

FD, were you in the Napton area over the Easter weekend? We passed, I'm sure, a Rivendell at least twice during our journey from Banbury to Napton and return. I can't imagine two boats sharing this quite unusual name.

FidoDido · April 23, 2014

Nope.. There is a hotel boat called Rivendell, and about another 7 or 8 according to Jim Shead. We were down the Soar last week.

I might change the boats name this Summer when I paint it to Tiddy Mun. fenland water spirit. There are no other boats called that! We bought e boat in the Fens, thus the idea of the name.

Great, thanks Rob.

I'm always taking photos of NC boats when I'm out on the cut too

It's a bit more selective than train spotting!

Quick work on the boat register, BTW! :-)

Tesla · April 23, 2014

It was hand painted by Richard Corbett who used to work at Norton Canes.

And still looking pretty good despite its years. When we get around to repainting we want to redo the portrait but dread to think what it might cost!

Richard T · April 23, 2014

And still looking pretty good despite its years. When we get around to repainting we want to redo the portrait but dread to think what it might cost!

Jon Leeson of Letterknight http://www.letterknight.com/ Did our sign writing including the owls - see avatar and was very reasonable.

RLWP · April 23, 2014

One of Norton Canes' finest, doing a grand job today:

Richard

Edited April 23, 2014 by RLWP

alan_fincher · April 24, 2014

FD, were you in the Napton area over the Easter weekend? We passed, I'm sure, a Rivendell at least twice during our journey from Banbury to Napton and return. I can't imagine two boats sharing this quite unusual name.

We have around three "Rivendells" on our local patch.

The "boat listing" currently shows 14 boats called "Rivendell".

**Athy** · April 24, 2014

I'm amazed, but pleased to be corrected. Does the name mean something? I assumed it was a word made up by the owners.

RLWP, your photo of hector interests me, as our boat Trojan wears an approximation of the Chance & Hunt livery as depicted in Paget-Tomlinson's 'Colours Of The Cut' book (see my avatar). But Hector appears to be maroon and either dark green or black; was this another C&H livery or is it the owners' own design?

Looks like a handsome boat in either case (actually bearing some resemblance to Trojan).

nicknorman · April 24, 2014

Its a place in "Lord of the rings"

RLWP · April 24, 2014

Rivendell is a place in the Lord of the Rings trilogy

Hector is dark green panelling with maroon edging and white stripes. I don't know if that is correct or not, I can find out from Jim if you want

Jim's cornet playing in Gosty Hill was superb

Richard

**Athy** · April 24, 2014

Ah! I never read Tolkien, hence my higgerance, thank you for enlightening me.

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