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Perch

30/7/1949       Purchased by BTC (D&IWE), NW Division fleet

Engine was replaced with a Bolinder 15hp in 1951 when the boat was paired with a butty, possibly Dory.

1/10/1953       Passed to BTC (BTW) 

3/10/1958        Re-Registered at Northwich No 90

1/1/1963         Passed to BWB

1964-1967       Hired to Willow Wren Canal Transport Services, NW Division

1968-1972       Hired to Anderton Canal Carrying Co

1973                Donated to Hockley Port Trust and used as a camping/youth boat. In the 1980s a 4 cyl. Gardner was installed

1986?              Sold to private ownership, for many years stored in two parts in a private garden

2010/1             Fully restored at Sheetstores Basin, Long Eaton, with basic under-cloth accommodation

Reunited halves seen at Braunston 2011.