I had an aunt who, when walking on the towpath would go and stare into boat windows commenting on the doing inside. The strange thing was she would never peer into the windows of the houses in her street - most of which had their front parlour window right next to the pavement. Mind you the most extreme case of peering we experienced was a Indian lady with her family below the locks at Bingley. This lady obviously felt that the boaters waiting to use the locks were some sort of entertainment for she rushed from one to another (followed by herd of children) pointing in windows gabbling in Hindi to the children. Finally she arrived at ours and, ignoring us at the back started banging on the kitchen window yelling ' Where is the mummy, where is the mummy?' After trying to explain that we not a low cast group of entertainers to be called out to perform for a few annas we gave up and, as she kept up her chant told her to bugger off. Where she came from who knows for other more definate locals were very boat friendly and certainly would not stare through boat windows lest Barry had a word. Thu, 29/7/10, John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
From: John Clark <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [canals-list] Almost two weeks ago. To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, 29 July, 2010, 22:29 Saturday 17th July ... Graham reported: That is the problem with large windows on a narrowboat which I'm sure porthole owners do not suffer from. Graham Hi Graham Charlotte Rose has large windows (12 of them) .... we have put nets up at the windows and whilst still letting light in it prevents people looking in. This works well, until a light is switched on inside at night. Caroline and John nb Charlotte Rose [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
