furnessvale Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Gas Street Basin 1982 & 2013 Tim In the modern view, I think the new building in the centre with the 3 gables fits rather well. Sadly, the same cannot be said about that white and pale blue corner sticking out next to it. George ex nb Alton retired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchcrawler Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Hawkesbury Junction 1983 & 2015: Tim Did he do it in one? is there a photo? Gas Street Basin 1982 & 2013 Tim When did they build the bridge, like the railings they did a good job IMO of making it blend in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLW Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 (edited) do you know if these were taken from the same place Tim? So hard to tell with all the changes that have happened. looks like it, you can just make out the verdigree roofed tower Edited April 11, 2016 by PLW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLW Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 I prefer all of the 1980's images you have published here, they remind me of good times as I was working on the boats myself back then and lived just around the corner at Sherborne Street Wharf. edit = The man on the towpath with the dog is John Edwards, long term owner of BEAULIEU and CAM, but at this time would have still owned MARCELLUS Marcellus you say....excellent to find all of these links....what is the background to John Edwards? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete harrison Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Marcellus you say....excellent to find all of these links....what is the background to John Edwards? John Edwards owned MARCELLUS from 1981 to 1983, and at that time it was still lived on as an unconverted butty. As with BEAULIEU it carried the final incarnation of the plain blue 'British Waterways' livery. I am pretty sure MARCELLUS was still composite at that time, i.e. retained its wooden bottoms - and of course its cabin was wooden as well. I photographed MARCELLUS on 20 October 1990 near Shardlow, and I imagine mine are amongst the last photographs taken of it as a floating unconverted butty as it was cut very shortly afterwards. I consider John Edwards to be a friend and I feel it would be paying him a disservice to discuss his background on a public Forum with somebody I do not know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLW Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 John Edwards owned MARCELLUS from 1981 to 1983, and at that time it was still lived on as an unconverted butty. As with BEAULIEU it carried the final incarnation of the plain blue 'British Waterways' livery. I am pretty sure MARCELLUS was still composite at that time, i.e. retained its wooden bottoms - and of course its cabin was wooden as well. I photographed MARCELLUS on 20 October 1990 near Shardlow, and I imagine mine are amongst the last photographs taken of it as a floating unconverted butty as it was cut very shortly afterwards. I consider John Edwards to be a friend and I feel it would be paying him a disservice to discuss his background on a public Forum with somebody I do not know Apologies, I certainly would not want you to 'discuss' any persons background I was merely picking up the various threads of history....regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenataomm Posted April 11, 2016 Report Share Posted April 11, 2016 Yes Pete, The Marcellus had vegetable bottoms when I bought her from John Edwards. In fact she still had them when Ian Clifton pulled her onto the bank at Royden Hall Farm immediately above Shardlow Lock. Rigal also had the elm bottoms Richard Bird had fitted in the late 70s at Adelaide Dock. Although I had a new hard wood kelson fitted at Mills Dock on The Erewash I sold her soon after and within a short time she must have had it all ripped out and a steel one fitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 Paddington Basin 1990 and 2016: Tim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMModels Posted May 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 almost unrecognisable and is it just perspective or has there been waterspace lost to development? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Hogg Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 The basin looks better now than it was although I would like to see it stuffed full of Sabey and Boyer wide boats.......Ahh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrtm Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 almost unrecognisable and is it just perspective or has there been waterspace lost to development? Its ok all the boats were sunk then build on by bw to hide them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted May 13, 2016 Report Share Posted May 13, 2016 almost unrecognisable and is it just perspective or has there been waterspace lost to development? With the exception of the access to the fan bridge very little waterspace has been lost in fact some has been created with the little dock by Marks and Spencer's bead office - the one with the 'Caterpillar' Bridge crossing it. However like this dock there is now no access by boats to the East end of the Basin from just before the fan bridge. The new pontoons have also meant some loss of waterspace but these have created many new moorings. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boat fan Posted May 28, 2016 Report Share Posted May 28, 2016 Black and white pics really date images and they produce very atmospheric pictures. I like black and white Very much so. This is a great thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 Found a good one on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1116066475103875&id=524627487581113&substory_index=0 Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) Double posting deleteTim Edited June 8, 2016 by Tim Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Lewis Posted June 14, 2016 Report Share Posted June 14, 2016 (edited) Fulbourne being returned to the water in 1986, after major hull work, into lock 19 at Stoke Bruerne: Passing through on Saturday exactly 30 years to the day later: Tim Edited June 14, 2016 by Tim Lewis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) From: http://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/ Stretton Stop, Brinklow: Photo courtesy of Benjamin Earl Other then & now photo's of Napton: http://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/topics/industry/oxford-canal-napton-hill Edited July 11, 2016 by Ray T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMModels Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 those are great Ray. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenvar Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Very much so. This is a great thread. second that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray T Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Further to post #2 At the Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo No2 Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) I am afraid I haven't got a 'now' image (unless someone else has one or can provide me with an aeroplane!) but this one interested me I suppose mainly because I live in Stoke Bruerne. The second image is where I have annotated the 'differences' and 'similarities' compared to 'now'. Edited to add some thoughts: The date is I think early 1960s - please correct me if you think I am wrong The boat in the dry lock is, I believe, Northwich - now in Gloucester (Northholt changed to Northwich as per David's post below. The butty outside Wharf Cottage is probably Elton I think I will go and see David Blagrove when my hip is better and I stop having consultant appointments and ask him for his views. Edited July 20, 2016 by Leo No2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mack Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 I think the boat weighing machine was installed in the offside top lock in 1964, so the photo is presumably later than that. The boat which used to be in the machine was Northwich (not Northolt). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake_crew Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 (edited) Leo - how about this one - same (south looking) direction - its fairly recent. Edited July 20, 2016 by jake_crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo No2 Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Leo - how about this one - same (south looking) direction - its fairly recent. I have to say I prefer my view of the village but I do find it most interesting how this village (and of course many thousands of others) have changed so much over a relatively short period of time. There are more houses since your image which I'd estimate is less than 20 years ago as I think the Navigation pub opened as a pub in about 1997. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chertsey Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 This has opened up a whole new potential hobby of photographing my boat in the locations of the old photos. Now, where's that one on the Wey... Is that Fulbourne in your first Limehouse pic Tim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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