Goole: The Tom Pudding Coal Barges

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@peterdawson3784 28 күн бұрын

Enjoyed watching and listening to this video. I recall many happy days tripping up the canal seeing the tom puddings with my Dad or Uncle on their barges in the early 60's.Loading at the various pits coal to discharge at the Gashouse Hull or Earles Cement factory. Happy days. I remember learning to steer with a chain linkage system then going to sea and using various systems that didn't require any real muscle power.

@kevsmiththai Жыл бұрын

We had a cabin cruiser moored at Sykehouse lock in 1967 and I can remember these coming past as clear as day. If I'd known they were still running in the 1990s I'd have been there with my camcorder as well

@marcobrian1619 2 жыл бұрын

My grandfather use to run his Tom pudding tug when he was alive, his memorys live on with photos in the Goole marina Musium His name was John Calvert, strange story he met my grandmother (who ran the "vermuyden" pub) The story goes he moored up next to bridge on Dutch river and popped in for a lunch pint and chatted my gran up....... All I remember of my grandfather was as a very young child, after standing on cold steel for years on tug gave him bad legs and had to have them amputated....... Never really got to talk to him as I was too young, it's all that IV been told.

@nosport7634 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. There's now a (very good) pub in Goole called the Tom Pudding.

@stepheneurosailor1623 3 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed that.

@steffiebee5224 3 жыл бұрын

I used to see the tom pudding barges when i used to live on the farm at rawcliffe road.. Goole has changed and gone massively down hill. Used to be thriving town. Since they pedestrianised what was the high street. I think that killed the town personally.