Well, @Newportnobby (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=264) got quite a shout-out today in the latest YouTube episode of "Foxes Afloat" - a vlog on YouTube that follows two guys on a narrow boat cruising the UK canal network.
Colin, one of the guys who produces the videos, loves trains and put a clip of the "Newport Nobby" in their weekly update today. Skip to 4:22 on this link for the railway segment but if you've not watched the channel, check it out, it's a lot of fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFI7_8G723s&t=0s&ab_channel=FoxesAfloat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFI7_8G723s&t=0s&ab_channel=FoxesAfloat)
Hi Steve,
I enjoyed that. Will have to follow and even go back to earlier episodes.
Great stuff so thanks :thumbsup:.
Cheers, weave :beers:
An interesting series showing a tiny part of the rich industrial heritage and past and happy memories of Wolverton
@LASteve (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=6889)
Thanks very much for that, Steve. Brought back many happy (and some not so happy) memories.
Could have done without the shots looking off the Iron Aqueduct as I almost barfed my brekkie :sick2:
In the words of an infamous Aussie politician,
Please explain....
Explain what exactly, dear Chap?
If you mean me almost barfing my brekkie I'm scared of heights and the shots off the side of the aqueduct meant I almost saw my Cornflakes twice.
That'll do ;D
It's a shame they don't do some simple fact checking.
1. There's NO new workshops along side the old ones in the works.
2. They DON'T build any new carriages in the works.
Thankfully they didn't show the back door from under the old smithy to the canal bank. It's possible I 'may' have spent time sat on my arse on a chair watching the world go by from time to time. It was next to a under workshop lock up where the 'works' plumbers had their base. Otherwise known as the 'water rats'.
:D
Hi Michael,
Just to be pedantic he does say that there are new workshops further down next to the old ones (not alongside) :D.
Sorry, don't hit me with a barge pole :no:
Cheers, weave :beers:
There's no new workshops.
Period.
They've re-roofed quite a few, but not built any more.
No barge pole required.
Quote from: Newportnobby on October 17, 2020, 10:02:08 AM
If you mean me almost barfing my brekkie I'm scared of heights and the shots off the side of the aqueduct meant I almost saw my Cornflakes twice.
If that makes you dizzy, check this out - the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales. Pay particular attention to the side that doesn't have any railings! You can jump into the crossing at around 4:30; or at 3:19 for a bit of history first. The chap that makes this vlog uses to be a news reporter for a local TV station - BBC Bristol, I think. Then he chucked it all in and bought the narrowboat.
@NewportNobby [Edit] - Guess it would help if I posted the link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-gC0wOg_Q&ab_channel=CruisingTheCut (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-gC0wOg_Q&ab_channel=CruisingTheCut)
Quotebarfing my brekkie
say goodbye to your evening meal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INbKYq0G9nU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INbKYq0G9nU)
Back to the video,it claims the works 2 main customers were the stoney tram and the newport pagnell branch line,realy? My understanding is these 2 were a result of the works needing to transport the large workforce in from the surrounding villages.The works location was chosen as it was at the limit of the range engines from london could travel before needing a service.
And as for reinstating the buckingham arm of the canal,good luck ,you might find 1 or 2 houses are now in the way
Quote from: LASteve on October 17, 2020, 04:43:37 PM
Quote from: Newportnobby on October 17, 2020, 10:02:08 AM
If you mean me almost barfing my brekkie I'm scared of heights and the shots off the side of the aqueduct meant I almost saw my Cornflakes twice.
If that makes you dizzy, check this out - the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales. Pay particular attention to the side that doesn't have any railings!
I've paddled a canoe over that gut churner and it was not something I felt like repeating. Walking over it was a far happier experience, but even then not advisable just after eating. :no:
Thanks Steve - a most enjoyable video of familiar and not so familiar territory. New buildings, both domestic and industrial now mar the landscape I knew well for 30 years. Long stretches of both the canal and the River Ouse were the sites of many a fondly remembered walking and canoeing trip, though oddly I never paddled over the Iron Aqueduct.
And one irritation in the video - there is no 'e' in Stony Stratford. :no:
Odd fact - I worked in Stony for some years very close to two Hotels/Public Houses (think beer, smoke and good company) - that began their life in ages past as Coaching Inns. One is named The Bull, and the other The Large Chicken :), and those who spent time there on their coaching travels would compete against each other to tell outrageous stories. This is the origin of the expression "Large Chicken :) and Bull story".
EDIT - Oh for heavens sake! :veryangry: Darned word changing system! :doh:
The expression, if you take out the full-stops, is "C.o.c.k and Bull story".
Quote from: daffy on October 17, 2020, 06:14:32 PM
Thanks Steve - a most enjoyable video of familiar and not so familiar territory. New buildings, both domestic and industrial now mar the landscape I knew well for 30 years. Long stretches of both the canal and the River Ouse were the sites of many a fondly remembered walking and canoeing trip, though oddly I never paddled over the Iron Aqueduct.
And one irritation in the video - there is no 'e' in Stony Stratford. :no:
Odd fact - I worked in Stony for some years very close to two Hotels/Public Houses (think beer, smoke and good company) - that began their life in ages past as Coaching Inns. One is named The Bull, and the other The Large Chicken :), and those who spent time there on their coaching travels would compete against each other to tell outrageous stories. This is the origin of the expression "Large Chicken :) and Bull story".
EDIT - Oh for heavens sake! :veryangry: Darned word changing system! :doh:
The expression, if you take out the full-stops, is "C.o.c.k and Bull story".
To extrapolate the story further, you could rent horses from The C0ck Hotel to a sister Inn in Banbury.
Hence to "Ride a C0ck horse to Banbury Cross".
QuoteOne is named The Bull, and the other The C0ck
whilst real men drunk in the plough
Quote"Ride a C0ck horse
I thought it refereed to a hobby horse,and why the town has hobby horse festival every year
@LASteve (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=6889)
I'm just glad I never travelled over the Crumlin viaduct (2.30 into this vid)............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFJB5unOLjY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFJB5unOLjY)
It's not a bad series and I subscribe to the channel. When I had a narrowboat, we did many of the trips that they are doing and I like reliving old memories. I remember seeing that wall painting at Wolverton and wondered who did it. Now I know.
Quote from: Newportnobby on October 17, 2020, 09:37:15 PM
@LASteve (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=6889)
I'm just glad I never travelled over the Crumlin viaduct (2.30 into this vid)............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFJB5unOLjY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFJB5unOLjY)
Yep, that's quite a height! I'd rather be a passenger in that train than the cab crew.
Quote from: LASteve on October 18, 2020, 03:00:39 AM
Quote from: Newportnobby on October 17, 2020, 09:37:15 PM
@LASteve (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=6889)
I'm just glad I never travelled over the Crumlin viaduct (2.30 into this vid)............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFJB5unOLjY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFJB5unOLjY)
Yep, that's quite a height! I'd rather be a passenger in that train than the cab crew.
Even more
scaryimpressive when seen from below!
http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/bridges/crumlin.html (http://www.forgottenrelics.co.uk/bridges/crumlin.html)
I'm actually actively avoiding this thread, as I have no desire to see NewportNobby from below. :D
Nice videos, I have seen these guys before with Martin Zero who does a lot of videos about Manchester, the rivers and history etc. I must watch more of them, I did not know Mick @Newportnobby (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=264) was named after a railway engine you live and learn.
Quote from: lil chris on October 18, 2020, 12:51:24 PM
I did not know Mick @Newportnobby (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=264) was named after a railway engine you live and learn.
I thought it was the other way around? >:D
I know @daffy (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=5634) he's getting on a bit but surely he's not that old lol......
Quote from: Bealman on October 18, 2020, 09:22:21 AM
I'm actually actively avoiding this thread, as I have no desire to see NewportNobby from below. :D
I'm saying nothing about the view from below :goggleeyes:
Quote from: lil chris on October 18, 2020, 12:51:24 PM
I did not know Mick @Newportnobby (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=264) was named after a railway engine you live and learn.
@lil chris (https://www.ngaugeforum.co.uk/SMFN/index.php?action=profile;u=1784) Not so much the engine as the train itself, Chris. Link in my posts to 'The Real Newport Nobby'
Another one for you vertigo sufferers. I've walked this once and narrowboated it twice, and yes, you can step off your boat to oblivion :goggleeyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-gC0wOg_Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-gC0wOg_Q)
Yes, I was there at the middle of the 1st week in August and went over it both ways, stopping at the souvenir shop in between - just as I did almost 40 years ago. 40 years ago was better though, the design of the boat meant that I could sit on the rail of the boat, holding the tiller and look straight down the drop :) while my parents were sat up front and my sister walked over.
Quote from: TrevL on October 18, 2020, 04:27:39 PM
Another one for you vertigo sufferers. I've walked this once and narrowboated it twice, and yes, you can step off your boat to oblivion :goggleeyes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-gC0wOg_Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL-gC0wOg_Q)
That's the same clip I posted on Friday.
Oh yes, sorry Steve :-[. I missed that.
I've subscribed to Cruising the Cut from the beginning when David sold his house and bought his boat. Slow living!
Quote from: TrevL on October 19, 2020, 08:03:49 AM
Oh yes, sorry Steve :-[. I missed that.
I've subscribed to Cruising the Cut from the beginning when David sold his house and bought his boat. Slow living!
I came across him a couple of years ago when I was building the Scalescenes lock and narrowboats kit; I was rummaging around YouTube for some reference material and stumbled across his channel. I like how cheerfully "British" he is. The two fellas on the "Foxes Afloat" channel are great value also.