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Post by Andyberg on May 13, 2017 11:03:14 GMT
Yes that's their position, I had a permanent mooring for a couple of years just the other side of Glovers bridge some 12 odd years ago and spend the majority of summer moored the other side of the Rufford branch junction!
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Post by kris on May 13, 2017 19:29:15 GMT
The other shortboat is Wye, it used to be owned by a friend of mine. He bought it last year. Mersey looks amazing.thanks for the photos Andy.as I understand it Mersey was the proto-type shortboat. The guy who has both boats has done wonders for them. The first thing he did when he got Wye was fit a tiller and take the ridiculous chain steering off. Something my friend had wanted to do with it.
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Post by angelo1728 on May 13, 2017 19:31:25 GMT
Kris Thanks for correcting my guess Regards Roy
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Post by kris on May 13, 2017 19:36:02 GMT
No worries Roy, I know the boat as it used to be my friends.ill post some pictures of MEDLOCK as I'm at Hirsts slipway having some work done.
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Post by Andyberg on May 14, 2017 7:15:20 GMT
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Post by Andyberg on May 14, 2017 7:30:26 GMT
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Post by bargemast on May 14, 2017 7:45:40 GMT
Thanks a lot for these photos Andy, it's always good to see some real(and ex-) working boats.
Peter.
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Post by JohnV on May 14, 2017 8:25:51 GMT
Yes great photos Andy Thanks !!!
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Post by TonyDunkley on May 14, 2017 8:42:33 GMT
Tony Wonderful memories of your time with M/b Farnworth, which prompts me to ask was Tom Abram and Bill Melling the crew of M/b Everton. Tom eventually received the BEM for his service on tne canals. Also I bet you could load in excess of 50 tons on those runs to Kelloggs. I am not sure if part Parkes Fleet would still be running to Stretford Gas Works at that time. Tug 'Sulzer' was on this run upto about 1960. They had six dumb boats there 'Juno', 'Scorpio', 'Carlo', 'Clio', 'Bruno' and 'Ferro'. When my Dad 'Peter' was on this run in the middle fifties they recorded a tonnage of 144 tons 19cwts with M/b 'Angelo' 70 tons 10cwt and dumb boat 'Bruno' 74 tons 9 cwt. Best regards Roy Sorry to have been so long in getting back to you with this Roy, . . . . I've not had much time on here over the last few weeks, and having lost track of things a bit, I've just been looking back over a few threads and found your post again. I didn't know either of the people you've mentioned, but I think I can remember the names. I went on 'Farnworth' with Bob Pettit, ex-Trent Navigation Co. and British Waterways boatman, after Arthur Meredith finished, and 'Everton' was being worked by Walter Jackson. It was Walter who was responsible for that nasty crimp in the sidedeck halfway along on 'Everton', . . . he came out of 9 Dock one day without looking to see what was about and went across the bows of a coaster coming up from Mode Wheel, . . . the resulting ding was still there some 40 or more years later when 'Everton' spent some time on the Trent in Nottingham. We always loaded 60 tons on 'Farnworth' for Kelloggs, which put her down with the middle few feet of the sidedecks just going in. The Ship Canal Company didn't really like us loading down to that little dry side, but if we were loading from a ship on Trafford Wharf we used to keep the sheets wedged and battened down along the side away from the exhauster pontoon while loading so the wash from anything passing didn't slop over the coamings and we never did get any grain wet. Apart from being grumbled at by Joe Gillam, the Bridgewater Department's fleet Foreman who used to be on the tugs 'Appleton' and 'Bennett' before getting that job, they didn't take any action to stop us, and being paid on tonnage only, with no 'empty boat money', that extra 10 tons made a welcome difference to the wages.
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Post by Andyberg on May 14, 2017 9:04:44 GMT
Roy...I heard on Friday night whilst chatting with one of the Bloodtub cottage owners in The Windmill in Parbold, that there were serious plans at resurrecting the Dry Dock opposite the Bloodtub and putting it back into use, primarily to house Viktoria there whilst restoration goes on... Do you know anything about this?
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Post by kris on May 14, 2017 10:29:19 GMT
Roy...I heard on Friday night whilst chatting with one of the Bloodtub cottage owners in The Windmill in Parbold, that there were serious plans at resurrecting the Dry Dock opposite the Bloodtub and putting it back into use, primarily to house Viktoria there whilst restoration goes on... Do you know anything about this? Thanks for the photos Andy, great to see pictures of Derek on ambush. I've never seen Venus before but it looks like a pimblotts shortboat, I can't see enough of the boat behind.
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Post by angelo1728 on May 14, 2017 10:42:34 GMT
Andy Your photos certainly bring back memories for me, especially the one entering Appley Lock. Some 70 years ago on my first trip with my Dad on A 40 this was the exact same view I saw of my first lock. Also the photos of Ambush reminds me of the time when I worked at Parke's Banknall when I used to fuel up all the Ainscough's boats. they always did this when they were light. There is nothing on the Ainscough Restoration Web page re the dry dock by the Blood Tub. I seem to remember it was shut down because some of the cottages adjacent were experiencing water leakage from it. I am sure that could be overcome. There is another dry dock at Parbold on the turn which has never been used for years, so there perhaps is an alternative. Hope something positive comes about. Regards Roy
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Post by angelo1728 on May 14, 2017 10:48:36 GMT
Tony Thanks for your message re Kellogg's traffic. Hope you spent the extra tonnage money wisely. My last recollections of M/b Everton and Farnworth was when i ended up working at Wigan Warehouse after British Waterways purchased Parke's Fleet. They sometimes arrived their waiting for their next orders that was during the mid sixties. Regards Roy
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Post by Andyberg on May 14, 2017 10:56:01 GMT
Roy...I heard on Friday night whilst chatting with one of the Bloodtub cottage owners in The Windmill in Parbold, that there were serious plans at resurrecting the Dry Dock opposite the Bloodtub and putting it back into use, primarily to house Viktoria there whilst restoration goes on... Do you know anything about this? Thanks for the photos Andy, great to see pictures of Derek on ambush. I've never seen Venus before but it looks like a pimblotts shortboat, I can't see enough of the boat behind. I'm going for lunch at Crooke Hall in a few mins, I'll try get some better shots... Venus hasn't had a bit of paint in her cab in many years, fully rusty, it's lived on by the lad who helps Derek.. I'll try get some more info from them when I diesel up with him on my way back Parbold later!😉
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Post by kris on May 14, 2017 11:56:56 GMT
Thanks for the photos Andy, great to see pictures of Derek on ambush. I've never seen Venus before but it looks like a pimblotts shortboat, I can't see enough of the boat behind. I'm going for lunch at Crooke Hall in a few mins, I'll try get some better shots... Venus hasn't had a bit of paint in her cab in many years, fully rusty, it's lived on by the lad who helps Derek.. I'll try get some more info from them when I diesel up with him on my way back Parbold later!😉 Tell Derek Kris MEDLOCK says hello.
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