Life aboard our 62' narrowboat Mervyn
Roses & Castles is the colourful canal folk art that was used to decorate working narrowboats in the 19th century.
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Phil Speight is one of the most experienced and influential canal boat painters in the country. He has earned an enviable reputation not only as a painter but as a teacher of the traditional skills he cares about so passionately
I've just returned from a walk by the river, where there was a moored narrowboat with a line of these colourfully decorated lanterns along the whole length of its roof. Roses and Castles is the name for the traditional artwork that adorned items used on a daily basis by working narrowboatmen and women in the past. Today these items are collected and used as decorative features on, or in, narrowboats that people either live in use for holidays.
Julian Kelly is a London-based narrowboat artist and signwriter living aboard his self-built narrowboat Iona . His passion for traditional narrowboat signage and Celtic artwork, together with a...
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It is mid-December 2013 and the fit-out and external painting is nearly complete, as set outn in the pictures below: The above shows the boatman's cabin with the cushions - which we obtained from JH Trimmings of Ashridge Basin, who were superb - installed and neatly fitted. The additional two pieces which form the bed are stored in the bed 'ole cupboard. Externally the shell looks superb, in the green and red livery which we have gone for with some FMC-style features. Rob truly is a master painter and craftsman. Below shows the porthole bungs which we also bought from JH Trimmings, which fit well and are a nice alternative to curtains. The rear of the boat with the painting well-progressed, with the red panels being eventually to be bordered by yellow lines.
Narrowboats live up to their name. They’re less than seven feet wide and a boat that can comfortably accommodate four passengers is about 60 feet long. They’re steered from the rear by a person sta…
Narrowboat handling, like all boat handling is simple in principal, but you would be amazed at how many individuals struggle with the basics. Here is my guide.
