Hi Michael No, I don't as yet have this book. I've missed the barges over the week but at least I had 'Last of the Mistleymen' to keep me company on holiday. I...
A portion of an email sent to me...... British Waterways London are currently looking at building 4 new commercial barges, one of these barges could be based...
Back in Blighty and nice to have been missed! Never travel with a 12 year old boy plus 2 girls unless you enjoy a stressful flight/holiday!! My partner has now...
Wow. This is interesting news... I have in my possession drawings (courtesy of Dolphin Museum) of Lady Daphne and Verona, although these would be far too big! ...
If you haven't seen it, there is a really good write up on the Thames match on: www.thamesmatch.co.uk/ Plenty on Lady Daphne and some interesting photos......
I've been looking through some old family photos -and have some of me aged 4 or 5 at Upnor by Cambria. Want me to post? Guess it made a lasting impression on a...
Well Paul.......... reading your first encounters brought back some memories for me as well! I'll post some of the first photos I took at a tender age of aha...
All Books is going to close down in October. This is due in part to the Internet spoling book sales. A wonderful shop for all sorts of books but in particular...
Hi Michael I've had to leave work - i appear to have gone down with 'flu. My God i ache! I have pictures of Kathleen and I think Cygent as a backdrop in a...
Thanks Michael - if I can make the Blackwater match I'll try to find it. I've been to Maldon once and only recall a big secondhand bookshop near the top of the...
Thanks for thejackstay info. pictures as well. Interested in how group got started. How they got interested etc. Are jackstays rods used on any other booms or...
Sorry to hear that you are unwell Paul. Sit down .....feet up and put on a good barge film!! Always keep an eye out for John Mills "The Long Memory" normally...
Posted a photo I took in August 1971 of Kathleen and Millie outside the Butt & Oyster pub at Oin Mill. How many times do I wish I took more...... the only...
Hi Michael Gosh I feel awful still. What makes it worse is that I managed to relax in front of film with Naomi last night when I have neighbours banging on the...
I have just recieved a snippet about Sea Gull II' rebuild in a barge model newsletter. Sea Gull II was built by Gill & Son for the War Dept. in 1901 (they also...
Also from the same newsletter came this:- The steel barge Niagara was built in 1898, Official no: 108373, original owner A R Sales, Woolwich. The present owner...
I must get myself an invite to see Seagull II - I walked passed the lighter (covered) recently but no one was about. Sounds like she is really taking shape! ...
For your info. From the Colchester Evening Gazette of 05/08/2005. At a recent inquest at Bury St Edmunds into the death of Nick Hardinge, the Greater Suffolk...
Had downloaded the list of barge names and accidently deleted them. Is it possible to post again. Or are they somewhere I am so stupid to know how to get at. I...
Hi Gerry yes I will upload the complete list again. I took it off for updating info. Should anyone wish to have theA - Z list as it stands now please let me...
Hi Michael Yes please! Only printed off Up to and including 'H'. Got a 'new' book today called Sailorman from 1933. Damn good plus has a postcard of Phoenician...
Hi to all over there: Thanks for the thought. Does anyone know of a barge in Toronto Canada. Heard that there was one privately owned. Don't know for sure. But...
Hello Paul Glad to hear you are better these days. There does not seem to be any good area to watch the Blackwater Match :-( But along the Prom around 4pm to...
Hello All, I'm working on the publication that will follow on from the "Thames Sailing Barge Yearbook 2005". If you've read it you'll will know it has a...
Hello Mike, Welcome aboard! Glad you have another publication in mind - you know us barge enthusiasts just can't get enough stuff about them! New album with 8...
