The Friends of Raymond thank Peter Andrews for his very generous donation of £1,000. Peter has a long connection with Raymond and Nutfield (he wrote much of this website!) and is delighted to see the pair looking so bright; he …
… is now available for all to see – go to the Newsletter page. The Summer 2013 edition will be out before long – available to members only until the Autumn edition is in preparation.
So far we have raised a total of £704.69 at events! Most of that was from sales – donations mounted to £56.09. Will we break last year’s record takings? Not impossible! Congratulations and thanks to all those who bought and …
Photo by Steve Miles ‘Raymond’s back from the painters! Usual superb job by the lads at Wyvern Shipping, and now Brian Mayland is working on the signwriting. The boat will be on show and open for visitors this weekend …
Raymond and Nutfield will be at Braunston at the Historic Narrowboat Rally in Braunston this coming weekend. Raymond will be sporting a smart new paint job courtesy of Wyvern Shipping. Thanks, James!
Raymond and Nutfield will be at Stoke Bruerne this weekend – Sat (4th)/Sun(5th)/Bank Holiday Monday(6th). Due to the cancellation of Northampton Boat Rally they will be travelling down from Braunston on Thursday and open for visitors at the weekend. Do …
We’ve had some excellent publicity for Raymond and Nutfield at the upcoming Crick Boat Show on the 25th-27th May. But as our FoR Chair Steve put it – we’ve got some stiff competition with 4 other historic boats there: Sagitta, …
Just found out that the Northampton Rally on 3rd-6th May has been cancelled. (It is still showing up on the IWA website and other websites – so don’t be misled.)
By Steve Miles (Certifiable Hedgetrimmer)Those of you who know me will be well aware that I have for years been complaining to BW about the state of the vegetation along the canal channel, especially the trees and bushes that overhang …
From Mike Freeman: Barbara Ripley is compiling a history of “Kierley & Tonge”, the jam manufactures to whom deliveries of coal became known as the “Jam’Ole Run”. When she & Tim were on the boat, which had the company name sign-written …