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PuffinHull

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  1. Thank you Chris - some sad stories too, my great-grandmother's two little sisters drowned in a canal, probably that one (this is oral history, I'd love to find out more). My Nana used to walk along the tow path in winter and break the ice with a pole. I wonder if Elizabeth Anne (named after the princesses no doubt) went straight onto the boats when she got married. i know she went into domestic service when she was sixteen.
  2. Thank you - thank you all. It is so lovely to see so much love for the old boats and the boating lifestyle.
  3. Hi Lewis - if you sent me a private msg (someone did) the system on this site won't let me read it. Fancy blocking private messages - how draconian.

  4. We think this is early 1930's as Uncle Ralph Hunt did go to WW2 and was a prisoner of war. My Great-grandmother ELIZABETH ANNE HUNT is pictured her. I will try and find out more from my oldest aunty.
  5. This photo is of my great-grandma and her brother working their barge at Halifax around the early 1930's I think - Elizabeth Anne Hunt and Ralph Hunt. They lived in Thorne. I was wondering what the chances are the Puffin is still afloat? Is there a register somewhere of canal barges? I am very interested in history and would love to know any information whatsoever about this type of boat. She seems to be wider than a lot of the ones I see as houseboats.
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