On Saturday, January 06, 2007 10:19 PM [GMT+1=CET], Julian Tether <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike > Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >> On Saturday, January 06, 2007 8:48 PM [GMT+1=CET], >> Terry Streeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Gas 2 lock was set with top gates open >> >> [pedant] >> >> There ain't no such lock! "Gas 2" refers to the pair of locks, >> which are individually referred to as "Gas top" and "Gas bottom". >> Or so I've experienced for the best part of 30 years. >> >> [/pedant] >> > /even more pedant > Locks 51 and 52 were known as Northchurch locks or Old Ned's ( Ned > Adlum worked on the canal at the time it was built) > /pedant off > > Ref Shell book of inland waterways 1975 :-) [still more pedant] I thought that Gas 2 were the bottom two of the four Northchurch locks - Gas 2, Bushes & Northchurch top. [/still more pedant] Mike Stevens narrowboat Felis Catus III web-site www.mike-stevens.co.uk Defend the waterways. Visit the web site www.saveourwaterways.org.uk
