Via Twitter we came across this YouTube video made in the 1950s. It is really worth a watch as it shows the rail bridge over Sheepwash Channel opening, some wonderful old cruising boats and Foxton Locks.
My question is - near the end of the video is a boat called Elizabeth:
Those of you who are more knowledgeable than me - could this be the same boat?Moored at Winsford on the River Weaver |
We have seen narrowboat Elizabeth a few times on our travels - on the Weaver and on the Shroppie on its way to the Ellesmere Waterways Museum with other heritage boats.
On the Shroppie at the head of a convoy |
Moored near Beeston on the Shroppie |
Oooo how nice that came through Thrupp last summer
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Stephen Carter
Thanks Stephen, it does give an idea of the history to 1934. I wonder what happened between then and 1966 for it to be possibly on the GU in 1950?
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