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Post by JohnV on Oct 19, 2016 22:45:27 GMT
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Post by peterboat on Oct 23, 2016 22:38:20 GMT
Nice mooring by the pub John I have stayed there a few times over the years
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Post by junior on Oct 26, 2016 11:54:14 GMT
Fantastic photos and great to see some content in this section of Thunderboat. The H&H section is the only section i really miss from CWDF. It would be good to attract some of the main contributors like Pete Harrison, Pluto, Alan Fincher, Tam & Di etc over to here now and again to get involved.
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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 26, 2016 13:02:20 GMT
Fantastic photos and great to see some content in this section of Thunderboat. The H&H section is the only section i really miss from CWDF. It would be good to attract some of the main contributors like Pete Harrison, Pluto, Alan Fincher, Tam & Di etc over to here now and again to get involved. I'm appalled that you've seen fit to include Fincher amongst the suggested names, . . . the only way he could possibly make any worthwhile contribution to 'history' would be by consigning himself to it !
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Post by canaldweller on Oct 27, 2016 19:33:00 GMT
Inland Navigator leaving Newark Town Lock.
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Post by canaldweller on Oct 28, 2016 20:02:48 GMT
Tug Friar Tuck
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Post by JohnV on Oct 28, 2016 20:32:46 GMT
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Post by peterboat on Oct 28, 2016 21:35:59 GMT
I like the look of those tugs John
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Post by canaldweller on Oct 28, 2016 22:36:32 GMT
Well here's the Friar Tuck in action
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Post by JohnV on Oct 29, 2016 3:59:51 GMT
That's a bit tight !!! (great series of shots)
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Post by flatdog on Oct 29, 2016 4:55:18 GMT
Inland Navigator leaving Newark Town Lock. Thanks for posting this photo. I'm very proud of my family's historic acheivements. First time I've seen a Wynn's barge on the waterways carrying it's traditional livery. (My Grandmother and her Brothers sold the huge in it's day, road going Wynn's heavy haulage company back in the 60's to Pickfords. These boats are owned by my Uncle, who unfortunately I and my side of the family have never met as we went to Africa and lost touch) Seen plenty of archive youtube stuff like this too.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 5:54:23 GMT
John's tug pics. reminded me I had this one. Pictured outside Lemonroyd Marina on the A&CN in 2013. No idea of the history of this little boat or it's name but it is clearly being used as a day boat of some sort. From the set up on the bow it looks like like it's been some sort of 'pusher tug' in the past. (apologies for the blurry edges to the pic. which were caused by a poor quality tele converter)
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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 31, 2016 15:02:36 GMT
John's tug pics. reminded me I had this one. Pictured outside Lemonroyd Marina on the A&CN in 2013. No idea of the history of this little boat or it's name but it is clearly being used as a day boat of some sort. From the set up on the bow it looks like like it's been some sort of 'pusher tug' in the past. (apologies for the blurry edges to the pic. which were caused by a poor quality tele converter) It's a genuine 'Bantam', as opposed to the inferior replacements that were designed and built by BWB in later years. Designed and first built by E.C. Jones at Brentford around 1948, these were the first 'push-tugs', and were built in a variety of sizes and with small variations in design. That one is a 23', and could be either the 7' beam version that BWB had for handling mud-hoppers on narrow canals, or the more common 8' 6'' beam. Standard engine for the 7' beam was a JP2, and JP3's in the wider beam versions. My introduction to working boats, as an 8 year old boy, was cadging rides with my Dad on the Bantams that BW used with 'Nottingham Pans' on the Nottingham to Leicester traffic that ran until the end of the 1950's. One of those tugs, 'Will Scarlet', built around the mid 50's, is still in service with C&RT on the Soar and upper Trent.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2016 15:04:43 GMT
Thanks Tony.
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