The man, woman and kids are part of my family. The 2 boats were used in the movie The Bargee with Harry H Corbett. This was filmed during the filming of that movie. They used to go into the cabins during filming although there were some scenes where my cousins husband would be dressed up as Ronnie Barker to steer into the locks as Ronnie could not do it.
I love this film, one of my favourites, i recognize some of the sites in this film, including 3 bridges in southall, i used to live near there,had many fun times on the grand union canal 😊😊
That period of filming lent everything a beauty of tone and colour - regardless of the prevailing light conditions and weather. It captured or created an overall harmony of visual elements that seem to be more or less absent from modern film recording.
I think we have realised how special they are. It's going to be impossible to reclaim all of them but restoration continues apace. The tricky bit is that wonderful as it is that people come to see and use them, they are are 200-250 years old, and need careful managing or the very success will damage them.
Absolutely fantastic 👍🏻 I was born in Davyhulme Manchester in 1957 and my late Dad worked at Massey Ferguson tractor parts in Trafford Park. It was fantastic watching this video as it brought many childhood memories back for me as I played all over Trafford Park watching all the big ships coming and going and riding on the goods trains round the park lol 😆 Thanks Stevie.
This is so interesting. When I was little, me and my dad had gone cycling and we managed to get someone who owns a boat. I had a great opportunity to get on a lockboat and travel down the canal with my dad following behind. It was amazing.
The fact that they've just barely managed to survive is more to do with the British attachment to old things than to a grand plan, I enjoy the canals and rivers from afar but I admire the people who have saved them and indever to reclaim those lost ones !
"Water Valiant", the first boat I ever hired for a holiday on the Oxford canal, unusual in having wheel steering in a centre well, very much less practical than a tiller for sure. That would be 1965 I think. Super film, thanks!
Do we love these old vids because we love old England? Noticed he said in '63 "our overcrowded roads" just before they shut many railway lines and made a bad situation worse. Don't you just love politicians.
There are many dedicated CZcams channels for longboats, a fascinating and fairly tranquil lifestyle today. When I moved to The Netherlands I was surprised to find so many people living on those types of boats. I'd be living in one today if my wife didn't have seasickness. England, like America, has so much potential, it's obvious that sabotage is the reason for stagnation in the West.
To boil it all down to a simple sentence: the West suffers from the same problem as everywhere else, namely; selfish rich people who see it as their God-given right to get richer at the expense of everyone else.
Delivered to Rose's Lime Juice, Hemel Hempstead. Delivered direct to their own factory wharf until 1967. This site, besude Two Waters Road, is now occupied by B&Q.
@@paulineclarke1190 Three pairs were still engaged on the lime juice run up until 1973 to my knowledge. Arcas/Actis, Tadworth/Bakewell and Stamford/Bude if I remember right.
I always wondered how you clean your boats safely. I see the women in this film dropping their mops overboard and washing the roof with canal water. Is this still standard practice??
Once again the claim that the Bridgewater was the first industrial age canal when it was the St Helens/Sankey canal that was actually the inspiration for the Bridgewater.
1.13 Arthur Owen skipper of flat Pickmere lived in Shipley York's Nick name legee . I was mate with Arthur in duckers, Alan Holden and ex Leeds and Liverpool tug Anna
The murdering was earlier than that - when the waterways were nationalised along with the railways after the war and didn't want the upkeep. It was the winter of 62-63 that finished it, the boats couldn't move, so of course the freight moved to the roads, and didn't come back...
6:25 Most guard dogs have more freedom of movement that this poor LEASHED boy. I suddenly remembered that there is still a submission pending at the European Court of Human Rights to allow British teachers to beat their students.
Try teaching in one of our failing, hellish secondary schools where everyone's a loser. As my old deputy head used to say "Pontificating on the side-lines. Get stuck into the chalk face".
The man, woman and kids are part of my family. The 2 boats were used in the movie The Bargee with Harry H Corbett. This was filmed during the filming of that movie. They used to go into the cabins during filming although there were some scenes where my cousins husband would be dressed up as Ronnie Barker to steer into the locks as Ronnie could not do it.
They took pride in themselves and boat
one of the best movies ever made excellent story and scenery boats characters vibrant colors
I love this film, one of my favourites, i recognize some of the sites in this film, including 3 bridges in southall, i used to live near there,had many fun times on the grand union canal 😊😊
That period of filming lent everything a beauty of tone and colour - regardless of the prevailing light conditions and weather. It captured or created an overall harmony of visual elements that seem to be more or less absent from modern film recording.
Beautiful. No hyperbole or false pity or condescension, just superbly researched narration and expertly filmed.
Love all "Look at Life "films . Every one a gem.
Those two boys would be in their sixties now, are they cruising the canals in thier twilight years ? Amazing old movie, thank you.
I think it's time for England to realize how unique these Canals make their County! Reclaim all of them and people will come to see!
I think we have realised how special they are. It's going to be impossible to reclaim all of them but restoration continues apace. The tricky bit is that wonderful as it is that people come to see and use them, they are are 200-250 years old, and need careful managing or the very success will damage them.
Absolutely fantastic 👍🏻 I was born in Davyhulme Manchester in 1957 and my late Dad worked at Massey Ferguson tractor parts in Trafford Park. It was fantastic watching this video as it brought many childhood memories back for me as I played all over Trafford Park watching all the big ships coming and going and riding on the goods trains round the park lol 😆 Thanks Stevie.
5:41 'haws pah, one haws pah'. Oh yes, the Queen's English!
A classic and an excellent print too. The "Boattubers" will love this. Nice to hear the dulcet tones of the late great Raymond Baxter. 👍👍👍
I'm glad someone took the opportunity to document the canals at that point in history, I guess the boattubers are doing the same thing now.
Fantastic to see it in full colour.
This is so interesting. When I was little, me and my dad had gone cycling and we managed to get someone who owns a boat. I had a great opportunity to get on a lockboat and travel down the canal with my dad following behind. It was amazing.
The fact that they've just barely managed to survive is more to do with the British attachment to old things than to a grand plan, I enjoy the canals and rivers from afar but I admire the people who have saved them and indever to reclaim those lost ones !
"Water Valiant", the first boat I ever hired for a holiday on the Oxford canal, unusual in having wheel steering in a centre well, very much less practical than a tiller for sure. That would be 1965 I think. Super film, thanks!
I love these old video's, thank you so much for the uploads 👍
Do we love these old vids because we love old England? Noticed he said in '63 "our overcrowded roads" just before they shut many railway lines and made a bad situation worse. Don't you just love politicians.
Wow and I work for Canal & River Trust so great to watch this
There are many dedicated CZcams channels for longboats, a fascinating and fairly tranquil lifestyle today. When I moved to The Netherlands I was surprised to find so many people living on those types of boats. I'd be living in one today if my wife didn't have seasickness. England, like America, has so much potential, it's obvious that sabotage is the reason for stagnation in the West.
To boil it all down to a simple sentence: the West suffers from the same problem as everywhere else, namely; selfish rich people who see it as their God-given right to get richer at the expense of everyone else.
Thank you for posting this!
Thanks for uploading this video!
Truly valuable footage .. cute too.
Look at all that fresh paint everywhere!
Look at the litter / rubbish NO WHERE
They did that to because they lived on board with their wives and they has to make them look nice not some rusty dilapidated old barge.
Thanks for putting up this. Very enjoyable especially as we're travelling up The Grand Union now.
Thank you, those were the days.
Beautiful 👍
Fantastic to look at , good colour, good narration and diction
awesome video! thanks for this! :-)
Splendid :)
Wow that little boat with the square front was nice, don’t see any of them on the canals now, I’m sure there’s a few about still though...!!
Thank you.
Lovely!
I travel over the Barton swing bridge near Eccles every day. You can't pass under the Trafford Road bridge anymore...
Nice video
Nice vid
Fajny film
Trafford Park & SALFORD Docks👍🏼
The canals are alive and well , with people around the world dreaming about making their life aboard a narrow it wide beam !!!
Wow.. look like today, but different time and years and more technology advance than before... may REST IN PEACE..
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A pity it did not include the barrel houses on the Stratford Canal, built by the navvies who only knew how to build tunnels.
A few glimpses of Stoke Bruerne here @6:17
Bangers and mash for dinner
Isn’t Raymond Baxter normally associated with a rather faster mode of transport than canal boats?
Simple times
MY GRANDFATHER HAD A TUGBOAT IN HOLLAND SOME GERMANS BORROWED IT IN 1940 IN 1945 HE WALKED TO GERMANY FOUND IT AND SAILED IT BACK !!!
H i the barrels on the boats contained raw Lime juice
I love lime juice 🤯
Delivered to Rose's Lime Juice, Hemel Hempstead. Delivered direct to their own factory wharf until 1967. This site, besude Two Waters Road, is now occupied by B&Q.
@@paulineclarke1190 Three pairs were still engaged on the lime juice run up until 1973 to my knowledge. Arcas/Actis, Tadworth/Bakewell and Stamford/Bude if I remember right.
Is that Braunston at start?
Ahoy.
I always wondered how you clean your boats safely. I see the women in this film dropping their mops overboard and washing the roof with canal water. Is this still standard practice??
It's how I mop my narrowboat roof. I also use a bucket on a rope to rinse it down .
Once again the claim that the Bridgewater was the first industrial age canal when it was the St Helens/Sankey canal that was actually the inspiration for the Bridgewater.
got to love a pompous English accent
8:48
"19 shillings and throppence (?) a ton, at which 12 and 6 had been charge before..." uh what
If you have to ask, your too young to know. Lol
neil1150 indeed, and too not british lol
Just over half of the overall cost was just getting to the next city.
There were 20 shillings to the £1, 12 pennies to the Shilling, thruppence is 3 pence, so 19 shillings and thruppence is 9 pennies short of £1.
Is that plank health and safety approved !
Nineteen shillings and threepence. Is that £2.31?
96 pence.
@goinghomesomeday1 yikes!
1.13 Arthur Owen skipper of flat Pickmere lived in Shipley York's Nick name legee . I was mate with
Arthur in duckers, Alan Holden and ex Leeds and Liverpool tug Anna
Within two years it was all dead, murdered on behalf of road transport.
The murdering was earlier than that - when the waterways were nationalised along with the railways after the war and didn't want the upkeep. It was the winter of 62-63 that finished it, the boats couldn't move, so of course the freight moved to the roads, and didn't come back...
Road transport was much quicker
Meanwhile, in Africa, mud huts and witchcraft...
Fenny Stratford czcams.com/video/wzYg75KAMIQ/video.html
6:25 Most guard dogs have more freedom of movement that this poor LEASHED boy. I suddenly remembered that there is still a submission pending at the European Court of Human Rights to allow British teachers to beat their students.
Try teaching in one of our failing, hellish secondary schools where everyone's a loser. As my old deputy head used to say "Pontificating on the side-lines. Get stuck into the chalk face".
@@saltspringrailway3683 No wonder in the nation where love to children is considered either a character flaw or a mental illness.
@@Maloy7800 You're being ridiculous
That's absolutely no different to parents strapping their children into child seats for a car journey to keep them safe. What are you on?
@@rogerking7258 Quite!