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Hi

 

I’m trying to work up a new colour scheme for our day boat, a scheme that will hopefully reflect many traditional BCN practices. I’m interested in learning a little more about decoration/designs used on the shoulders, or top strake, around the fore-end/stern of day boats.

 

I believe the designs were used to help steerers rapidly identify a company boat from amongst countless other day boats.

Companies would have had a particular and unique combination of crescents, circles and diamonds etc. to designate their boats.

 

Was a record or register of such designs kept? Or did steerers simply memorise particular designs as required?

 

More particularly still, would anyone know the design used on the Hickman fleet?

 

regards

 

Nick

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Don't forget, many manual workers were illiterate, so the symbols were more valuable than words. The L&NWR had a white diamond on their goods rolling stock for that reason

 

Richard

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