About Oakley

This is a record of the restoration of narrowboat Oakley, a large Northwich of the Town class of the Grand Union Canal Carrying Co. Ltd. built in 1936 by Yarwoods in Northwich. Her fleet number was 159, she was registered at Rickmansworth number 98 and her gauging number was 12631. She originally had a Russel Newbury DM2 engine. She was originally paired with butty Oxted. She was absorbed into the British Waterways fleet in 1948. If you have any information regarding the history of Oakley then please contact me.

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Why Did I buy Oakley

I spent a long time looking at various modern boats to buy and came to the conclusion that i just didn't like the style. I decided that the lines of traditional working narrowboats appealed more to me. I am in the fortunate position that I work for Roger Fuller Boatbuilders in Stone who specialize in building very traditional narrowboats, a little knowledge helps!

Without this background I would not of undertaken this project.
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Andy said...

Hi, can I ask if you intend to keep Oakley in trading trim or convert her with a ful length cabin?

November 30, 2007 at 2:39 PM

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