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Traditional skillsboat handling : boat building and repair |
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Gifford and Bonny give regular demonstrations of horseboating techniques at Ellesmere Port |
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President & Kildare on the GU - Leicester Section |
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As part of the BMS training programme, and in conjunction with the Horseboating Society and Saturn Group, a horseboating training / familiarisation day was arranged at the Boat Museum on Saturday 8 March. It involved two return trips with Gifford, horsedrawn between the Port and the winding hole, with an opportunity for everyone to participate and be aware of the different roles and techniques. The horse power was provided by Sue Day with Bonny.
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Steam powered Nb President travels far and wide and you can read about the boat handling problems the crew encounter. |
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Jem Bates builds wooden boats below Puttenham Locks on the Aylesbury arm of the Grand Union Canal and also at Bulbourne. You can read an account of his presentation to the Boat Museum Society on 18th November 2005. |  |
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| Work in progress at Jem Bates' yard | Inside the dry dock at Bulbourne |
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| Spring cleaning the chalk barge at the Boat Museum |
Gifford's rudder back in place after the repaint |
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click on the flyer to find out more |
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Traditional craftsboat painting : ropework : cabin crochet : belts and braces : rag rugs |
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| boat painting | belts and braces |
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| Gifford's rudder is
re-painted for the new season |
Fred making traditional leather belts for boatmen in a corner of the Boat Museum | Jane making the traditional rags rugs used in boatmans' cabins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Try your hand at cabin crochet and make your own Friendship decoration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A fender making course at the Boat Museum |
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embroidered belts |
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| Waterways Craft Group - Ellesmere Port |  |
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| The newly formed Waterways Craft Group will be demonstrating traditional waterways crafts on Sunday following 3rd Friday of the month (with the odd change to avoid clashing with other major waterway events) at the Boat Museum in Ellesmere Port. Crafts will include rag rug making, leatherwork, crochet, embroidered belts, painting and costume. For more information , dates are in the Diary |
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| Finished belt on left, almost finished belt on right, and the stages of embroidery across the centre. Boatman's braces waiting for leather fastenings on far right. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Craft courses at Audlem Mill - for details of courses on waterways related crafts and others please follow this link (not BMS courses)
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