Jugs

[David Mack]

I have never seen two cans on a narrowboat roof but seen a couple of parrots though.

Sorry get my coat.

But it is painted on the cabin side:

[Jim Riley]

There's a few flocks of Parakeets on the Surrey part of the Thames...

 

A friend of mine hates parakeets, she prefers a parrot or a cockatoo.

[jake_crew]

A friend of mine hates parakeets, she prefers a parrot or a cockatoo.

Would that friend be the late, lamented Humphrey Littleton's helper Samantha ? Edited July 1, 2014 by jake_crew

[Jim Riley]

Would that friend be the late, lamented Humphrey Littleton's helper Samantha ?

That's the girl!

[Paul G2]

In that photo, isn't the handle of the mop on the motor sitting on top of a water can?

[alan_fincher]

In that photo, isn't the handle of the mop on the motor sitting on top of a water can?

If you mean the 1969 picture of Renfrew & Lucy......

 

Yes, on the motor (Renfrew), but on the butty (Lucy) it is on the cabin top.

 

Historic pictures do not always show things the way purists insist they were, (as witnessed by the presence of an additional rather more practical plastic water carrier in both that picture and many others of this pair, despite the insistence that Rose was a strict traditionalist).

[furnessvale]

Wasn't the idea to guide ropes, branches etc. up over the can/s rather than knocking them off?

That is also my idea.

 

I do not know, or really care if pushed, whether my mop positioning is "traditional", but I place the long mop on top of the can over the top handle. I can't see the point of putting the handle above the mop as any guiding action would be lost.

 

George ex nb Alton retired