Grand Union Canal Traffic Records

[pete harrison]

21 hours ago, jeannette smith harrison said:

Alan

I am going to Cowley next week on a separate matter & will call in if  the café  is open & ask .

Have you seen the new book out this week =The Twilight years of Narrow Boat Carrying sponsored by Braunston Marina = several unseen 

Photographs from the Mike Webb collection. one you may have seen before  Flamingo  & Beverley in July 1970

I am pretty sure that photograph has been published before 

[alan_fincher]

On 11/25/2017 at 23:42, jeannette smith harrison said:

Have you seen the new book out this week =The Twilight years of Narrow Boat Carrying sponsored by Braunston Marina = several unseen 

 

Photographs from the Mike Webb collection. one you may have seen before  Flamingo  & Beverley in July 1970

No not seen the book yet Jeannette, (and we unfortunately missed the HNBC social where they were selling it.

A copy now ordered from the HNBC, (cheaper than from Audlem Mill).

If a picture claims Flamingo & Beverley in 1970, I'm not sure the date is correct.  All evidence I have of Flamingo pairing in 1970 is with Cygnus.  (It was paired with Beverley in very late 1968 & in much of 1969).

Edited November 27, 2017 by alan_fincher

[archie57]

The date must be incorrect as Ron Green ( who appears in the picture ) knocked off boating in 1968

Edited November 27, 2017 by archie57
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[pete harrison]

3 hours ago, alan_fincher said:

If a picture claims Flamingo & Beverley in 1970, I'm not sure the date is correct.  All evidence I have of Flamingo pairing in 1970 is with Cygnus.  (It was paired with Beverley in very late 1968 & in much of 1969).

 

2 hours ago, archie57 said:

The date must be incorrect as Ron Green ( who appears in the picture ) knocked off boating in 1968

In light of the traffic records I have recently acquired I now know the date is incorrect, but that date is what was written by Mike Webb to accompany this photograph and to a large extent I had to trust these to be correct.

It is very difficult to be absolutely accurate with finite details with only a limited amount of information and I am quite sure that there will be a number of fairly minor errors (and hopefully no real big errors), but the important thing to Mikes widow, Maria, is that these photographs have become available 

Edited November 28, 2017 by pete harrison

[Ray T]

There may be minor discrepancies in a date or two, but, do you know what? I am just grateful to see all these pictures released for enthusiasts to savour. I am looking forward to showing this book to Mike this week.

There must be many pictures of the past locked away in private collections which will never be aired.

Edited November 28, 2017 by Ray T

[jeannette smith harrison]

Have just got back from Cowley Lock with ref to the case in the tea room (Toll house) 

the locked display case holds a record book but not the one that was there some time back .

The chap that leases the building said that the case & contents are part of the building & he does not have a key for the case 

or any other books or documentations on the premises he has had lots of people calling in on the belief that there are other record there 

but has been told  that Uxbridge library hold some records 

[pete harrison]

22 minutes ago, jeannette smith harrison said:

Have just got back from Cowley Lock with ref to the case in the tea room (Toll house) 

the locked display case holds a record book but not the one that was there some time back .

The chap that leases the building said that the case & contents are part of the building & he does not have a key for the case 

or any other books or documentations on the premises he has had lots of people calling in on the belief that there are other record there 

but has been told  that Uxbridge library hold some records 

Thank you very much for following this up. 

I am not quite sure what the book in the case is but it looks to be of very little value to my current research, but I shall bear it in mind for the future 

[Derek R.]

Looks like a rent book to me.

[jeannette smith harrison]

3 hours ago, Derek R. said:

Looks like a rent book to me.

I think you may be right there Derek this is def not the book that was there back last year.

Here is a larger view of the contents 

[pudding]

They were there earlier in the year, under the counter in you picture as I saw them..load sheets of some sort.

He said there's loads in the loft and the seller. also in the room there is a chest of draws that was full of them.

[jeannette smith harrison]

Peter have messaged you with contact details of the tea room 

[pete harrison]

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