24-03-2020, 10:57 AM
(24-03-2020, 08:06 AM)Steve kay Wrote: Good lord, it is a very small world. I did know Dai and Nigel Carter, many years ago and it is good that their boys are still very active down on the Weaver. As for Tim, known for many years as "Hairspring" until he was for a while a puffer engineer when the he gained the additional name of " Mc Phail" from the Para Handy books. As for as I know Liz is still at the Lock Cottage at Dutton. Charles, next you'll be telling us that you were a regular user of the Steam Committee Room at the Hollybush, enjoying just a little refreshment with the likes of Peter Froude. The forum is showing signs of turning into that renowned source of news, the Towpath Telegraph!
No more links other than simply knowing Tim.
How he got really hefty machinery into his workshop down the towpath never ceased to amaze me. However it did bashfully admit to dropping a Boxford lathe into the canal once.
Charles