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Post by Mr Stabby on Jun 20, 2019 15:38:33 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! Yes, I'll be here until at least Sunday and possibly Monday, I told another boater I'd wait for him here until then and show him the way back to Etruria at least, he's heading for Crick but doesn't have any maps or anything. So yes, catch up Saturday maybe, there should be a few vintage cars and whatnots at the wharf.
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Post by kris on Jun 20, 2019 23:19:51 GMT
Oh no the local vegetation is in for a bashing then this weekend.
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Post by Andyberg on Jul 5, 2019 10:20:07 GMT
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Post by Andyberg on Jul 10, 2019 15:15:18 GMT
Severn hiding on the Weaver and looking fantastic.
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Post by bargemast on Jul 10, 2019 17:40:58 GMT
It looks like these two beauties just had a fresh facelift, they've surely had a lot of TLC in a dry-dock with some lovely coats of blacking.
On the last photo there's a nice looking (from a distance at least) Dutch barge, you don't happen to have another photo somewhere with a better view of that barge do you ?
Even if you haven't got one, I'm already happy with the nice photo's you've posted.
Peter.
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Post by Andyberg on Jul 10, 2019 22:24:54 GMT
It looks like these two beauties just had a fresh facelift, they've surely had a lot of TLC in a dry-dock with some lovely coats of blacking. On the last photo there's a nice looking (from a distance at least) Dutch barge, you don't happen to have another photo somewhere with a better view of that barge do you ? Even if you haven't got one, I'm already happy with the nice photo's you've posted. Peter. Hi Peter... Yes theres a fabulous dutch barge moored in front of Severn, alas I got no pics!☹️
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Post by kris on Jul 11, 2019 6:02:32 GMT
Severn hiding on the Weaver and looking fantastic. Severn does look smashing and they have obviously spent lots of money. Unfortunately it's a pimblotts and not a yarwoods . The differences aren't obvious until you see them together.
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Post by royg on Jul 12, 2019 19:34:57 GMT
Handier boats to handle Yarwoods my Dad's words from working days.
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Post by kris on Jul 13, 2019 11:58:34 GMT
Handier boats to handle Yarwoods my Dad's words from working days. I've never sailed a pimblotts so I wouldn't know. But there are some major differences in construction. Not least of which being that the yarwood boats sides are a lot curvier.
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Post by bargemast on Jul 15, 2019 17:11:34 GMT
Severn hiding on the Weaver and looking fantastic. Severn does look smashing and they have obviously spent lots of money. Unfortunately it's a pimblotts and not a yarwoods . The differences aren't obvious until you see them together. Never mind Andy, I was already happy seeing the lovely shortboat photo's, one of the DB would have been like the icing on the cake. Peter.
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Post by kris on Jul 16, 2019 5:20:39 GMT
I also enjoyed the photos of Severn.
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Post by angelo1728 on Jul 17, 2019 10:20:55 GMT
M/b Severn. Here is a story from a cold winter mid 1950's. John Parke's Coal boat fleet reqularly hired Severn to cover for their own motor boat breakdowns. This particular winter Tug 'Leo' with three dumb boats were iced up at Burscough and M/b 'Angelo' and her dumb boat at Lathom. So to break the ice by riding up on the frozen canal Severn with Leo tight up then Angelo tight up then four dumb boats all on long lines. I remember Severn churning up some large chunks of ice. In between Burscough and Scarisbrick Tug 'Leo' sank before our very eyes. She had been built at Bankhall early 50's with a Japanese wood. She mus'nt have had any galvanised plates on her bows which the 'Angelo' had. All this was taking place on a Sunday morning as the coal was needed at Athol Street Gas Works where supplies must have been running low. Having the boats tight up near the props on the towing boats caught the boatmen out. I think they made it into Liverpoll very later that evening, the loss of 'Leo's 4 cylinder Gardner Engine would certainly have slowed them down.
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Post by angelo1728 on Jul 20, 2019 14:34:08 GMT
Tug 'LEO' early 1960's
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Post by JohnV on Jul 20, 2019 14:49:26 GMT
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Post by angelo1728 on Jul 20, 2019 15:19:42 GMT
Both Parkes Tug's Sulzer and Leo were purchased by James Monk's who disposed of both Gardner engines one ending up in Burscough 2 which is now on the River Shannon in Southern Ireland. The hulls of both tugs were described as ripe so I imagine they were both scrapped.So I don't think this is the same 'Leo' you referred to.
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