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Re: Looking for info on Alfred Danikel andSon barge

Hello Dave, I am just wondering if the ppieps part is on the starboard
side of the transom in which case you could be looking at Ipswich.

--- In Thames_Barges@..., "dschwain" <dschwain@y...>
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> I am looking for the correct name and any information on a specific
> barge owned by Alfred Daniel and Son of Whistable. I have some but
not
> all of the letters of the name of this barge. The specific name
> is "Grain--ppieps." Do you know the correct name? Any information
about
> this? Thanks very much. Dave Schwain
>







Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:18 pm

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I am looking for the correct name and any information on a specific barge owned by Alfred Daniel and Son of Whistable. I have some but not all of the letters...
dschwain
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Mar 5, 2006
10:04 pm

Hello Dave, I am just wondering if the ppieps part is on the starboard side of the transom in which case you could be looking at Ipswich. ... not ... about...
Michael Land
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Mar 10, 2006
10:19 pm

Michael, thanks for your time and thoughts....that may be the most logical explanation. Dave Schwain ... __________________________________________________ Do...
Dave Schwain
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Mar 12, 2006
12:49 pm

Dave, Are you working from a photo or a handwritten document? In either case could you do a scan and post it to this group - it will be far easier to work...
Mike Wignall
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Mar 12, 2006
11:37 am

Mike, I'm working from a wood plaque I'm restoring that had hand lettering, and a "relief" model of the ship. Perhaps the creator made some type of mistake or ...
Dave Schwain
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Mar 12, 2006
12:55 pm

Hi Dave, would that be a half model that your working on? If so it would not show the port of registry or any paint come to think of it. I have some photos of...
Michael Land
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Mar 13, 2006
8:38 pm

Michael, it is a half model. The words were painted on the wood mounting backboard of the half model. "Alfred Daniel and Son of Whistable" and the name ...
Dave Schwain
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Mar 14, 2006
12:03 pm

... Well ... I'm like dog with a bone on this! (a) what is the total number of letters involved in the name - both legible and illegible? (b) do the letters...
Mike Wignall
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Mar 14, 2006
12:49 pm

I like the way your'e thinking Mike, especially with the coloured lighting and Dieppe. I must admit I had'nt thought of those things. And I think that this...
Michael Land
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Mar 16, 2006
10:15 pm

Mike, I'm sorry to be late getting back to you, but I was traveling much of the last day or so. I appreciate your interest, and have tried to respond as best I...
Dave Schwain
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Mar 16, 2006
11:00 pm

Dave, I don't think that the lettering is likely to be a barge name. It would not warrant having a special place on a business sign unless a particular barge...
Mike Wignall
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Mar 18, 2006
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