Blisworth Canal Festival
From our Secretary, Robin Bishop: The weather was dry on Saturday so we were open for business as usual. However on Sunday it was wet from first thing in the morning with showers on and off for most of the …
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Easyfundraising and Gift Aid
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Cosgrove and Linslade events
A message from our Secretary, Robin Bishop: We have recently attended the above two events with our boats and the results of our efforts are as follows. At Cosgrove the weather was wet first thing on Saturday and seriously affected …
Photo Competition
National Historic Ship UK’s Photo Competition is currently still open for you to submit entries and we are very pleased to announce an increase in the monetary prize from £500 to £1000! Now in its fifth year, the competition is …
Recent outings and incomes
From our Secretary: We have recently attended two events and the results of our efforts are as follows: At Foxton Locks Festival we took £229.36 – £190.30 from sales and £39.06 in donations; At Braunston Historic Narrowboat Rally the weather was atrocious on Saturday and …
Rickmansworth and Crick
Message from our Secretary, Robin Bishop: We have recently attended the above events with our boats and here are the results of our efforts: We have continued to break yet another world record at Rickmansworth. This year we have taken …
Best turned out pair, and the new throttle!
Raymond and Nutfield won praise and a trophy for being the “best turned out” pair at the Northampton IWA Rally at Braunston last weekend. A rewarding result of all the work put into them over the last couple of years. Nutfield’s new …
Model of Raymond
We have been given a model of Raymond by John & Christine Hicks, longstanding supporters. We believe that the model originally belonged to Alan Palmer, a founder Trustee of The Friends of Raymond. It is now on display in the Braunston …
First outing this year – Boat Share Show Braunston
We are off and have attended our first event of 2014. The results are in and despite a very slow run of trade on the sales front we finally did not do too badly. Mind you, the Boat Share Show …
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Progress report on boat maintenance
(I’m posting this to give people an idea of work currently being undertaken on Nutfield and Raymond – Webmaster) From Nick Scarcliffe An update on the work just done by Pete Boyce: Nutfield Make and fit handrail across cabin back …