tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247108.post5368811629646447559..comments2023-08-21T12:10:39.875+01:00Comments on NarrowBoat Bones: St Peter’s Barge LondonMortimerBoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14350657082481487596noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247108.post-86622271837369973352010-04-28T16:13:09.304+01:002010-04-28T16:13:09.304+01:00Details of varlet and other similar Thames lighter...Details of varlet and other similar Thames lighterage tugs can be found at http://www.lighteragetugs.co.uktugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247108.post-10640178166059931392010-01-29T19:44:58.431+00:002010-01-29T19:44:58.431+00:00What a lovely little boat. If I have mde the name ...What a lovely little boat. If I have mde the name out right it is "Vartlet" which is part of the Museum of London collection. http://www.museumindocklands.org.uk/English/Collections/Artefact/Vessels.htm says:<br />"Launch tug Varlet built for the London lighterage company William Vokins, in 1937, by James Pollock of Faversham. This splendid little craft operated as a craft towing tug in the West India Docks, the Royal Docks and on the River Lea;"<br />which is all I can find on the net.Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07622436775660059809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22247108.post-23907692570562392132010-01-29T18:42:27.158+00:002010-01-29T18:42:27.158+00:00Life is so frenetic on Carary Wharf that they dont...Life is so frenetic on Carary Wharf that they dont get a chance to get fat - that or its Darwins selection of the fittest - Only the thin manage to squeeze onto the trains in the moring rush hour - the fat get left behind.<br />I spend way too much time down there!Andy Tidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297448211000021970noreply@blogger.com