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Post by kris on Oct 18, 2016 16:19:27 GMT
I think I'd just rather keep it Matt and paint it once every two years or so.
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Post by JohnV on Oct 18, 2016 18:12:38 GMT
Same reason I used this paint John, cheap. I'll see if it's as hard wearing as the grey floor paint It had on before. Funny really as I wanted to get away from grey but have ended up with a greyey/green. Oh we'll as I say I can live with it for now. Paint for me on a boat is primarily for protection anyway.Oh I go along with that totally Kris .............. A big working boat soon acquired multiple dings and digs ........ not honest trying to turn it into a "shiny" boat when it retires
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Post by angelo1728 on Oct 25, 2016 16:26:49 GMT
Kris Enjoyed our holiday nearest we got to boats were the Ferries out of Oban and a Clyde Puffer at Invarary. I am attaching a copy of a Pimblott/Yarwood advert from 1935 published in a A4 booklet entitled Twix Liverpool and Leeds. You may have seen this before. Roy .
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Post by kris on Oct 25, 2016 16:56:00 GMT
Glad you had a good holiday Roy, I have seen the advert before. But still worth posting here. As a small aside what class of a boat was Angelo
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2016 17:04:23 GMT
I hadn't seen that so thanks for posting it Roy.
I can't get excited about any narrow boats, hysterical or otherwise. The old wide commercial boats from any region are a different story.
I will start another thread with a link to some history on the Fenland carrying boats.
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Post by angelo1728 on Oct 25, 2016 18:08:25 GMT
Kris
Angelo was a 70ft wooden boat built at Sheldon,s Boatyard at Parbold in 1927 for John Parke & Sons Ltd for coal carrying at the Liverpool end. She was converted to a Motor in 1950 specially for the Wigan Liverpool coal run. First fitted with a Coventry Godiva engine. My Dad Captained this boat from 1951 to 1964 a Lister JP3 was fitted around 1960. A spell on the Bridgewater from 1952 to 1955 when their record weight with dumb boat 'Bruno' was 144 tons 19cwt, not bad fortwo 60 ton boats. She returned to the Wigan /Liverpool run until this contract finished in 1964. It was classed as the last long distance traffic. However she ended her days with a Royal connection being used on the Caernarvonshire Estuary whilst laying cables for the Prince of Wales investiture. I believe she met a sad end in the Media Straits Regards Roy
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Post by kris on Oct 25, 2016 18:18:23 GMT
Thanks for that Roy. I saw a Coventry Godiva this last summer in a narrowboat. They are really nice engines, but I prefere jp's. I'm interested in all wide working boats, not just shortboats's.
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Post by angelo1728 on Oct 25, 2016 19:12:51 GMT
Parke's had to have four Godiva engines, which were rotated, as they broke down between three motor boats. They were prone to overheating, even the JP3, you had to keep an eye on the temp gauge as it had a closed circuit Serck cooling system.
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Post by kris on Oct 25, 2016 19:27:42 GMT
I'd never come across a Coventry Godiva before this year, nice engine but spares must be difficult to get now.
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Post by bargemast on Oct 25, 2016 21:05:37 GMT
I hadn't seen that so thanks for posting it Roy. T I can't get excited about any narrow boats, hysterical or otherwise. the old wide commercial boats from any region are a different story. I will start another thread with a link to some history on the Fenland carrying boats. That's exactly what I'm interested too, looking forward to see the thread of the history on the Fenland carrying boats.
Peter.
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Post by bargemast on Oct 25, 2016 21:06:45 GMT
Kris Enjoyed our holiday nearest we got to boats were the Ferries out of Oban and a Clyde Puffer at Invarary. I am attaching a copy of a Pimblott/Yarwood advert from 1935 published in a A4 booklet entitled Twix Liverpool and Leeds. You may have seen this before. Roy . Great to see that advert Roy, thanks for posting.
Peter.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2016 5:46:31 GMT
I hadn't seen that so thanks for posting it Roy. T I can't get excited about any narrow boats, hysterical or otherwise. the old wide commercial boats from any region are a different story. I will start another thread with a link to some history on the Fenland carrying boats. That's exactly what I'm interested too, looking forward to see the threadΒ of theΒ history on the Fenland carrying boats.
Peter.
I'll dig out some bits and bobs on Jacksons of Stanground, they ran a decent sized fleet of lighters.
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