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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 4, 2022 16:28:42 GMT
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Post by fi on Nov 4, 2022 16:45:30 GMT
If we are going down the histoty route... I found this article interesting about Denham Lock and general workings of the canal of old interesting (mainly from a local point of view - I didn't realise the Frays River was man made).
Seems nothing changes;
'Stealing and poaching from land alongside the canal was common. Boatmen milked cows in the dead of night, cut grass and clover for their horses, and stole chickens and eggs. And it wasn’t just the outside world they stole from. Boatmen saw nothing wrong with taking coal from their own cargoes or from unattended coal boats they passed. Pilfering was common and boatmen got skilled at removing goods in such a way that its disappearance wouldn’t be noticed until much later when the crates reached their destination.
On the other hand serious theft was unusual. It was as if things which the boat people needed for their work and survival should be regarded as being in common ownership and not to be categorised as stolen from a private owner.
There was an urgency about the boatmen's work, a need to make progress, to get their cargo to its destination and collect the next one. Inevitably that led to belligerent disputes with bureaucracy and indeed with any rivals who impeded their progress, and belligerent arguments led to fights all in turn adding to their unpopularity amongst the peaceful farming neighbourhoods along the canal routes. '
'They also acquired a reputation for hard living, hard drinking (alcohol probably providing a temporary release from the toil and privation of their daily lives) and fighting, which often led the local communities within which they worked to regard them as degenerate'
Amy comments from Mr Dunkley very welcome... ( Tony Dunkley ) |
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Post by Jim on Nov 4, 2022 17:31:30 GMT
Looks like the belligerent gene ran rampant through old boaters loins.
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Post by Aloysius on Nov 4, 2022 17:41:29 GMT
I have read somewhere that fights and excessive drinking were most definitely part of the scene. The petty theft notion is also unsurprising.
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Post by fi on Nov 4, 2022 18:09:54 GMT
Looks like the belligerent gene ran rampant through old boaters loins. And much newer boaters! |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2022 18:43:28 GMT
One wonders sometimes about the loin output of boaters in general. I think it could well be less than the general population which could be a cause of some of the belligerence.
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Post by Aloysius on Nov 4, 2022 18:52:09 GMT
One wonders sometimes about the loin output of boaters in general. I think it could well be less than the general population which could be a cause of some of the belligerence. There is no current shortage of wankers. |
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Post by Jim on Nov 4, 2022 18:53:26 GMT
One wonders sometimes about the loin output of boaters in general. I think it could well be less than the general population which could be a cause of some of the belligerence. There is no current shortage of wankers. They don't increase the populace though. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2022 18:58:48 GMT
You make that sound like it is a negative aspect.
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Post by Aloysius on Nov 4, 2022 19:01:51 GMT
There is no current shortage of wankers. They don't increase the populace though. I thought the quanta was loin emissions. |
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 4, 2022 19:04:37 GMT
'They also acquired a reputation for hard living, hard drinking So long as they worked 18 hours + every day, they all get a Gold Star! |
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Post by naughtyfox on Nov 4, 2022 19:05:30 GMT
One wonders sometimes about the loin output of boaters in general. I think it could well be less than the general population which could be a cause of some of the belligerence. There is no current shortage of wankers. You would know. |
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Post by Aloysius on Nov 4, 2022 19:06:31 GMT
There is no current shortage of wankers. You would know. No you would hur hur hur |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2022 19:34:28 GMT
The boat in the OP is actually rather interesting. Obviously its for the scrap man now but technically a very unusual and rather fascinating bit of naval architecture. I don't think there is another one like it.
Royal Iris.
Diesel electric. 1950.
You could excite modern thinkers very seriously with suggestions like this for inland waterways craft.
Its got electric motors. We are saved ! If only someone had thought about this 70 years ago.
I bet the CPP mechanisms are pretty sexy too.
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