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DETAILS OF WORKING BOATS I'VE SEEN OUT AND ABOUT


BOATS PAST MY WINDOW

WHAT FOLLOWS IS A  LIST OF THOSE BOAT IN WORKING TRIM OR CONVERTED FOR CRUISING WHICH HAVE PASSED THE BOTTOM OF MY GARDEN.

2000         

 BWB's classroom pair of small Northwich boats Sagitta & Carina.

Birmingham & Midland Canal Carrying Co trip boat Collingwood (dustbin boat)

Ex Thos Claytons tar boat Dane still decked and still with a Bollinder

Ex wooden Josher butty Gort being towed by a noddy tug.

Pair of ex Joshers Jackall & Hereford, although with extended cabins selling coal.

Josher motor Roach loaded with about 20 tons of loose coal.

Boat museum's small Northwich motor Sculptor in full working trim.

Bob Derricott's large Northwich motor Seaford in full working trim.

Spade ex Midlands & Coast's motor fully converted.

Large Northwich motor Thaxted in working trim.

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2001

Clothed up pair of large Woolwich boats Darley & Alperton.

Glyn Phillips' small Woolwich motor Aquarius in working trim.

The half converted Josher motor Badger.

Harris built BCN motor boat Ben.  Built for T & S Element now decked.

The clothed up pair of large Woolwich boats Darley & Alperton.

Ex Josher butty converted by BWB to a motor in full working trim.

The fully converted Josher motor Elk.

Gosport a clothed up josher butty being tugged by a noddy.

The ex T Clayton's tar boat butty Kubina motorised and converted.

In steam the cut down under cloths converted Josher steamer Monarch.

Spey, complete with Bollinder engine and still as a Thos Clayton tar boat.

Ex Cowburn & Cowpar clothed motor boat Starling.

The clothed pair of Tadworth & Argo.

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2002

Birmingham & Midland Canal carrying Co camping pair Anson & Ash.

Clothed up Josher motor Dragon.

Northwich motor Lacerta which has been cut down to a 57' tug.

Large Northwich motor Paddington cut down to a 57' tug.

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2003

The Narrowboat Trust's pair of Grand Union's Nuneaton & Brighton.

Ivor & Mel Bachelor's pair of dustbin boats Mountbatton and Keppel loaded with wood pellets as a trial load to Rugeley Power Station.

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2004

The fully converted Josher motor BREAM.

Large Northwich motor PADDINGTON cut down to tug

Ex FMC Steamer PRESIDENT and its butty KILDARE

Ex FMC Steamer EMPRESS loaded with coal.

Josher motor PETREL for Orion canal carrying co

Large Woolwich motor DARLEY in working trim

Malcolm Brain's josher motor CACTUS in working trim

Josher motor PLOVER (Ex PARROT) with extended cabin

Josher motor boat LILY in full working trim and with Bolinder.

2005

Josher motor PLOVER (Ex PARROT) with cabin extension

The Micron Theatre's converted Large Northwich motor TYSELEY

Small Northwich motor SEXTANS shortened to tug  with cabin extension

Converted Ex Josher motor GORSE now WATER LUPIN

Converted ex Josher/Midlands & Coast motor THE NORTH now called LION

Ex Clayton's tar boat TOWY de decked and clothed up

The Narrowboat Trust's pair motor NUNEATON and butty BRIGHTON

2006

Large Northwich motor boat OTLEY in working trim

 

BOATS OUT AND ABOUT

Josher motor Lynx in working trim at Compton.

Josher steamer Empress at Fradley Junction selling coal.

Bellatrix in working trim at Greens Forge.

Josher motorboat Minnow at Huddlesford.

Fully converted large Northwich motor Stanton at Middlewich.

Josher motor Rudd at Great Bridge.

Northwich motor Saltair selling coal at Fradley.

Large unconverted Woolwich motor boat Gainsborough at Great Haywood.

Dustbin boat Anne loaded with coal on the S & W.

Small Northwich butty CARINA at BWB workshops Hatton (2004)

Large Woolwich motor BANSTEAD with station butty NAPLES at Stockton (2005)