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Post by Jim on Apr 28, 2019 6:24:53 GMT
Burscough 2 (formally Black Prince) Its terrible the way people speed past moored craft without even considering the damage it might be doing to other peoples boats ! it's ok, only a couple of old crustys with tarp covered holes in them sunken boats.
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Post by kris on Apr 28, 2019 7:02:53 GMT
Burscough 2 (formally Black Prince) Currently moored as a liveaboard in Shannon Harbour... Great photos thanks Andy, I never saw the boat when I've been to Shannon harbour but it was a few years ago when I was there.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Apr 28, 2019 7:53:40 GMT
Burscough 2 (formally Black Prince) I'm pretty sure that was the boat a company I worked for in the early sixties was thinking about buying for bringing imported timber from Boston, Goole, or Hull to Leicester. If it is the same boat, she's just a shade under 72' LOA, and so too long to go through Bishop's Meadow Lock, where the Soar meets back up with Loughborough Cut .
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Post by Andyberg on Apr 28, 2019 12:21:55 GMT
I'm pretty sure that was the boat a company I worked for in the early sixties was thinking about buying for bringing imported timber from Boston, Goole, or Hull to Leicester. If it is the same boat, she's just a shade under 72' LOA, and so too long to go through Bishop's Meadow Lock, where the Soar meets back up with Loughborough Cut . Some info here from The HBA..., Burscough II, also known in Ireland as ‘The Liverpool’, is a 72 foot Leeds and Liverpool Barge. She was originally named Black Prince and was built in 1934 with the official number 162408, by WJ Yarwood in Northwich, Cheshire, with a 24 hp Widdop diesel engine. Her high hatch coaming and hatch boards were designed for crossing the river Mersey to Birkenhead docks. She was one of a fleet of four motorized and five dumb barges built of iron between 1933 and 1949 for H & R Ainscough, the Parbold and Burscough millers. [See list below]. Wheat for milling was imported into Liverpool by ship from North America, loaded onto barges and then transported to the mills. The Ainscoughs were proud owners of shire horses and are reputed to have named their boats after them. In 1941 the barge Burscough was destroyed by bombing in Liverpool and Black Prince was renamed Bursough II. The later working life of Burscough II was spent carrying coal for Monks and Apollo Canal Carriers Ltd of Shipley. In 1976 she was brought to Ireland by sea under her own steam. Her engine at this time was a six cylinder 120 hp Gardner proving well up to the job. For quite a few years afterwards the Burscough II was in the ownership of a group of lads who were known up and down the Shannon as the Dirty Dozen. Over time the lads all grew up, got married and moved on and the Burscough II was sold to Paul and Jean Doran who moved her to Shannon Harbour and made it their home. The HBA thanks Mike Clarke of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society, for the information in this write-up and the great photographs. See Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society EOL 2011 The Ainscough Iron Boat Fleet Ironclad - Yarwoods 1933, Number 162388, 72ft motor, 24hp Widdop Ambush - Yarwoods 1933, Number 162393, 72ft motor, 24hp Widdop Black Prince - Yarwoods 1934, Number 162408, 72ft motor, 24hp Widdop Bodicea - Yarwoods 1948, 72ft motor, Russel Newbury Attractive - Yarwoods 1933, Number 162390, 72ft dumb boat Burscough - Yarwoods 1933, Number 162392, 72ft dumb boat Viktoria - Yarwoods 1934, Number 162407, 72ft dumb boat Parbold - Yarwoods 1936, 72ft horse boat Claymore - Yarwoods 1949, 72ft dumb boat
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Post by bargemast on Apr 28, 2019 13:48:10 GMT
I'm pretty sure that was the boat a company I worked for in the early sixties was thinking about buying for bringing imported timber from Boston, Goole, or Hull to Leicester. If it is the same boat, she's just a shade under 72' LOA, and so too long to go through Bishop's Meadow Lock, where the Soar meets back up with Loughborough Cut . Some info here from The HBA..., Burscough II, also known in Ireland as ‘The Liverpool’, is a 72 foot Leeds and Liverpool Barge. She was originally named Black Prince and was built in 1934 with the official number 162408, by WJ Yarwood in Northwich, Cheshire, with a 24 hp Widdop diesel engine. Her high hatch coaming and hatch boards were designed for crossing the river Mersey to Birkenhead docks. She was one of a fleet of four motorized and five dumb barges built of iron between 1933 and 1949 for H & R Ainscough, the Parbold and Burscough millers. [See list below]. Wheat for milling was imported into Liverpool by ship from North America, loaded onto barges and then transported to the mills. The Ainscoughs were proud owners of shire horses and are reputed to have named their boats after them. In 1941 the barge Burscough was destroyed by bombing in Liverpool and Black Prince was renamed Bursough II. The later working life of Burscough II was spent carrying coal for Monks and Apollo Canal Carriers Ltd of Shipley. In 1976 she was brought to Ireland by sea under her own steam. Her engine at this time was a six cylinder 120 hp Gardner proving well up to the job. For quite a few years afterwards the Burscough II was in the ownership of a group of lads who were known up and down the Shannon as the Dirty Dozen. Over time the lads all grew up, got married and moved on and the Burscough II was sold to Paul and Jean Doran who moved her to Shannon Harbour and made it their home. The HBA thanks Mike Clarke of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society, for the information in this write-up and the great photographs. See Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society EOL 2011 The Ainscough Iron Boat Fleet Ironclad - Yarwoods 1933, Number 162388, 72ft motor, 24hp Widdop Ambush - Yarwoods 1933, Number 162393, 72ft motor, 24hp Widdop Black Prince - Yarwoods 1934, Number 162408, 72ft motor, 24hp Widdop Bodicea - Yarwoods 1948, 72ft motor, Russel Newbury Attractive - Yarwoods 1933, Number 162390, 72ft dumb boat Burscough - Yarwoods 1933, Number 162392, 72ft dumb boat Viktoria - Yarwoods 1934, Number 162407, 72ft dumb boat Parbold - Yarwoods 1936, 72ft horse boat Claymore - Yarwoods 1949, 72ft dumb boat Thanks Andy for this additional- and interesting bit of history, and thanks to Mike Clarke too of course. Peter.
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Post by pluto on May 1, 2019 12:17:43 GMT
In 1941 the barge Burscough was destroyed by bombing in Liverpool and Black Prince was renamed Bursough II. The later working life of Burscough II was spent carrying coal for Monks and Apollo Canal Carriers Ltd of Shipley. In 1976 she was brought to Ireland by sea under her own steam. Her engine at this time was a six cylinder 120 hp Gardner proving well up to the job. The HBA thanks Mike Clarke of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society, for the information in this write-up and the great photographs. See Leeds and Liverpool Canal Society Thanks Andy for this additional- and interesting bit of history, and thanks to Mike Clarke too of course. Peter. I don't think Burscough II worked for Apollo, and the photo passing Astley Green empty was by me,though Roger Lorenz took one virtually identical as he was standing next to me.
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Post by bargemast on May 1, 2019 17:15:05 GMT
Thanks Andy for this additional- and interesting bit of history, and thanks to Mike Clarke too of course. Peter. I don't think Burscough II worked for Apollo, and the photo passing Astley Green empty was by me,though Roger Lorenz took one virtually identical as he was standing next to me. You can still tell us about the photo you took at the same time as Roger took his while standing next to you, he sadly can't tell us anything anymore which is too bad. Peter.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2019 18:33:29 GMT
Darwen passed me at Cookham on the Thames earlier today. Crap photo as I mislaid my normal phone and that one only has a front camera working . Not an interesting picture other than the basic information regarding current status of the vessel as a cabined and cruising boat Possibly another one for naughtyfox to reorientate.
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Post by naughtyfox on May 13, 2019 18:46:26 GMT
you're doing this deliberately, aren't you?
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Post by Andyberg on May 28, 2019 0:49:53 GMT
Another working pic of Burscough 2 ...
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Post by Andyberg on Jun 6, 2019 23:27:10 GMT
Don’t know if this has been posted before, but here it is again, fresh from Derek’s site👍
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Post by angelo1728 on Jun 7, 2019 16:45:38 GMT
Photo shows last day of coal carrying to Westwood Power Station Wigan August 1972. Crews are on A 41 which brought in the last load. In background left to right A 40,Ambush, A 37 and A 39
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Post by kris on Jun 7, 2019 17:33:24 GMT
Photo shows last day of coal carrying to Westwood Power Station Wigan August 1972. Crews are on A 41 which brought in the last load. In background left to right A 40,Ambush, A 37 and A 39 I think you told us who they are last time it was posted.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Jun 20, 2019 15:03:47 GMT
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Post by Andyberg on Jun 20, 2019 15:21:00 GMT
There's a bit of a heritage festival in Burscough this weekend, probably nip over for a look if you're about for a beer!
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