General Chat

There are programmes that look interesting about canals on BBC 4 this evening .

How long since you visited Glos docks? A lot of change there in the last three years, still building work going on.

So then, what does a narrowboat cost??

I have to retire some day ... ;)

And answering my question ...

http://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/

Yikes!!

For Sale 'duke' 55ft narrowb... GBP 62,000
For Sale Little Woolwich Moto... GBP 45,000
For Sale New Hand Crafted Wid... GBP 88,000
For Sale FULL BOAT SURVEY &po... GBP 30,000
For Sale Narrowboat ' Vulcan ... GBP 24,950
For Sale Yongala 45' Inspecti... GBP 29,950
For Sale Newly refurbished 38... GBP 22,500
For Sale 50' Cruiser Stern Na... POA
For Sale 38ft narrowboat with... GBP 28,995
For Sale TWO DO-LITTLE 35' GBP 27,500
For Sale NEW Luxury Widebeam ... GBP 165,000
For Sale 58ft REVERSE Layout ... GBP 74,950
For Sale Beautiful 58ft Narro... GBP 70,000
For Sale 45ft Cruiser Stern N... GBP 31,950
For Sale Show Boat 60' x 10' ... GBP 85,833
For Sale Atlas 50' Semi Trad ... GBP 47,500
For Sale Barge w/ residential... GBP 65,000
For Sale 58ft Liverpool Boats... GBP 41,500
For Sale 36ft Cruiser Stern Alice GBP 32,000
For Sale Metrofloat Henley wi... GBP 127,000


If I sell my house, I can get that last one, and even have some left over!

Well, quite a bit left over. The Cdn dollar has skyrocketed -- 15 years ago, GBP127,000 would have been about $250,000 Cdn; under $200,000 now.

I could get a couple of the cheapos to go with. ;)

But still!

My 2nd g uncle Married into the canal family, but set up home in and around Ealing, but I dont know anything about her family exept that they were bargees and her father came from Tipton Staffs and her mother came from Bambury.

lynn

Berona -- "One of my ancestors was a Loch keeper"

That's LocK. The lock is the part of the canal that boats go through to go from one level to another. There's space between the two walls for the boat to wait while the water level in the space -- the lock -- is raised or lowered to the same height as the next section of canal.

Without the locks, when the canals were dug, all the water would have just drained out! ;)

If you google you can probably find a picture of the locks in whatever location it was.

Janey good one on the retiring thoughts .... With running costs a boat is much cheeper than a house

Yes Lock keepers did and still do a lot of good work though these days not many employed

And once again with the business and in those days less health and safety rules would often be working in the dark and in damp conditions easy to slip in .. and some Locks mighty deep

One of my fave locks at Tardebigge on the Worcs and Brum is 14 feet deep

Linda Bambery big canal centre at one time

Annie Glos We were up your way 6 yrs ago and was quite a bit on there to ..... Glos and Sharpness has seen a lot of changes to :) Hope maybe visit the area in September when camping near Upton God willing