The LAST Surviving Steam-Powered Mersey Tug. The Daniel Adamson. Ep. 157.
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2021
- We join the crew working the last surviving steam-powered Mersey tug, the Daniel Adamson, more affectionately known as the Steamship Danny (previously known as the Ralph Brocklebank) as she returns along the Manchester Ship Canal from Liverpool, back to her home mooring at Sutton Weaver on the Weaver Navigation.
Colin explores the 118 year-old ship, inside and out, showing you how The Danny operates from the furnaces to the twin-engine, and the wheelhouse on the bridge. Don't miss this fascinating insight into a piece of living maritime history.
Find out more about The Danny here 👉🏻 www.thedanny.co.uk
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"I was a chef, not a driver" spoken like a real seafarer. Yet again you have taken us to places most people can't access; brilliant!
Thank you!
That is such a lovely old tugboat. Far too often, these wonderful, historical gems are cast aside.
They are!
What are the people who actually bother to dislike these vlogs thinking?!
No ideas 🤣🤣🤣
Best 23 minutes of the whole week. What a great video - was sorry when it ended. The whole video was superb. Is there a "best RUclips video" award? You two would win it, hands down. High class entertainment and incredible information.
Thank you so much!
What a stunningly beautiful boat the Danny is! I love steam engines in general, seeing a floating one is just brilliant. Thank you for an informative and detailed look at her, and hats off to the team who saved and restored her too.
Thank you! 👍🏻💜
I wanted to let you know that none of the other Narrowboat channels compare to yours. I love watching and listening to the bits of history you add to your Vlogs. I am so happy that your decision to do this wasn't impacted negatively due to the pandemic. Your positivity and smiling faces and humorous commentary make a world of negativity a little brighter! Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
Watching this on our TV right now while commenting here. Following the history of the Daniel Adamson and saying to my husband what a great job Colin does with researching and telling a story. Love your videos guys.
Just finish watching what a great video love how you tell the history outtakes are so funny you guys are great take care
Thanks so much guys! 👍🏻💜
What a beautiful tug boat. I love it’s obviously steam produced “voice.” Thank you for showing it to us. The story behind it is so very interesting. Makes me smile.
Our pleasure, Nancy. 👍🏻
Colin. you really do get to live out your childhood fantasies don't you. You are lucky men to have each other. LOVE your vlogs.
Thanks so much, Curt 👍🏻💜
Thanks so much for all the background information and all interesting historical facts, it obviously takes a great deal of time to gather so much information together but it makes your vlog so interesting and I always look forward to Fridays when you post a new vlog.
Thanks so much, Peter x
Evening Faffers. Its been a strange and hectic week. Loved the dance😉.
On the boat next weekend.
Excuse me if I go absent for a while. Hospital beckons. Another exercise to keep me out of a chair. Hope to be able to stay in touch.
Just remember one thing please - in spite of our individual trials and tribulations, we can still bring laughter to those around us.
You have both proved that. Love to you both
Take care, stay safe and stay happy
Thanks Chris. Take care and best of luck with the hospital visit.
Wow!! The comparison shot of Silver Fox next to Danny was great. As always, great Vlog.
Thank you! 👍🏻💜
I tend to be a passive observer, but I'd just like to emege from the shadows for a moment to let you both know that I really look forward to your videos, and immensly enjoy each one. Thank you.
Thanks so much, Sam 👍🏻💜
When you said you were going to take Shaun up the ship canal I nearly spit out my tea. Nasty boy!!!!!!! lol
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Thank you so much for all the old pictures you show as you talk about the history of things. I know this takes a lot of time and research on your part but your viewers greatly appreciate it, Thanks !
Absolutely our pleasure!
Brilliant as usual: The right blend of history, drone shots, interviews, and educational research, You made my Friday afternoon guys. Well done.
John, Ontario, Canada
Cheers, John!
That was just an outstanding historical report . The effort you put in to these vlogs is amazing. I know you get told this a lot but it is so true ! Thank you guys for doing this. I’m just so glad I found you, you take my anxious mind off into a serene world ! Thank you again x
Aww, thanks so much, Mandy!
@@FoxesAfloat your welcome ! Love you two guys
Deftly written and delivered boys! You continue to make me be proud to be a patron. Well done as always!
Thank you soooo much, Rick!
Great vlog, when you look at her now, it boggles the mind that they considered scrapping her. So fortunate that there are dedicated people who put in the time to save our history.
My thoughts exactly
@@FoxesAfloat Oh oh, that’s the second time recently. A week or so back I saw a train and to the surprise of those around, I said traaiiiinn 😂
It was so funny, just as you say "they were all busy" you show half a dozen people standing on deck talking. Gave me a bit of a chuckle.
First one to pick that up 🤣
To create smiles so wide that my cheeks hurt a bit (which is a great mood booster and mental health perk), pretty please use that outtake music for a good long while and always end with you two groovin' to the beat!
haha! it's soooooo funky!
Kudos to the guys who saved this ship. This is a full working technology museum, a national treasure of it's own kind
I really enjoy the way you bring in the history of the places you visit. Love the history of Danny and particularly the Church. It looks like it also needs refurbishing.
Yeah, not gonna happen in our lifetime
Well done Dan and the team, you did not just bring it back to life, it has grown into something community special that breaths, that move was part of the 3 Lions, flag worthy. Foxes Afloat, too good a piece of work to call a ''Vlog''...
They are inspirational!
Great video - What an amazing ship! A Mersey tug with a first class lounge? That steam powered ships wheel is a very complicated thing. It must have taken an army of volunteers to get that ship back in order - the before and after is incredible.
Glad you appreciated it 👍🏻
I love Steamships
Nice one!
What a fantastic opportunity to spend time on such a historical boat. We are so lucky to have people that cherish our history and keep it going for everyone to experience and enjoy. Brilliant vlog guys and I did love the dancing at the end. See you next week.
Haha! Thanks, Chris!
You two are such a brilliant team. Very entertaining and fun to watch. I was a chef too - in the merch in the 1970s
Thank you, Chris x
Your past few videos have been more like documentaries, in a good way! Production value is really high and the topic is really interesting. See you next Friday !
Thanks, Andrew!
yet another brilliant mix of facts and narrowboat fun.Thanks guys for being two of the most entertaining youtubers on the net.
Our pleasure, Kenny
“I was a chef, not a driver”
Great to see Sean tuggin’ about 😆🤭
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I like two things, which are present in every episode: You are a compelling story, and two you tell a compelling story.
Love your history lessons.
To Consecrate a church is to make it holy or sacred. Obviously to deconsecrate is to return to secular use.
Thanks, Donald!
I feel like I'm watching a well produced show on the History Channel rather than a RUclips video. Well done Colin & Shaun...very well done!
Wow, thanks, Rob!
Thank God for people like Dan and his friend for saving such a wonderful old ship. Great video.
Very much a team effort and what a wonderful team they are.
Totally agree!
Hi Colin & Shaun, just when I think your vlogs can't get any better you pull out another gem. You two are absolute legends, with your history lessons, facts & figures it's all sing & dancing & a laugh a minute. The highlight of my week by a country mile, love it!! 👍😁😎😍🐶⚓
Wow, thank you
Production standards top notch. Informative, entertaining and well shot. Very glad you are remaining focused on the canals and rivers and not falling into the trap of recording merely the everyday life of a boater..." Here's how we bake a cake etc". Colin and Shaun still number one. You produce great programmes of broadcast quality and not dross .Does Shaun ever want to be the anchor (sorry about that) man? Oh yes, all the research and your passion shows...keep on trucking...men
Thanks so much, Peter. We really do enjoy showing the sights we see in the most interesting and engaging way we can think of. I'm so glad you appreciate that. Shaun doesn't want to be the 'anchor' man 🤣 He's much more comfortable being the support guy 👍🏻
What a beauty is the Daniel Adamson ,to think it could have been lost forever .
So sad, but saved by such a great team!
Great show lads, as usual. Good scenery, loads of information and banter. A history lesson to really enjoy. Thank you, your show is, without doubt, a highlight of my week.
Thanks Bob 👍
Brilliant interesting and fun . It don't get any better than that. Fred Didnah comes to mind because he had a real passion about what he was talking to us about he was one of the very best.
Thanks guys
Thanks, John!
Well, I made it! Just finished watching all 157 vlogs! Taken a fair few days, but so worth it. You were a suggested channel to watch...so I dipped my toes in and am hooked! Loved every vlog, have laughed and cried along with you ( especially when the Silver Fox was launched) Mental health needs to spoken about without prejudice or fear. So glad that you are able to show your down days along with your batty moments. Keep the double entendre's and innuendos coming...so funny! Fridays at four will be my new favourite time of the day. Much love, Kathleen. Hampshire. U.K
Aww, thank you sooooo much! Really glad to have you with us! 💜
22:40 "I was a Chef, not a Driver". Love it.
🤣🤣🤣 Well..... I was 🤣🤣🤣
What a stunning steam tug boat, we have one here in Adelaide called the Yelta but nowhere near as beautiful as the Daniel Adamson, great vlog again boys.
Thanks, so much, Pete!
You two are as 'mad as a box of frogs, ' Another fantastic video again, I've watched every one and they just keep getting better. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Glad you like them!
The Danny is a beautiful ship. It is so nice people take interest in remodeling an old ship and keeping her history. Thank you so much for the history lesson. Have a wonderful week.
We agree!
Hi guys from Tennessee USA. Fantastic video. Very sad to see the history of the church in you video destroyed. Fantastic to see Daniel Adamson boat restored and used. Hope you guys have a fantastic weekend. Thank you for sharing your fabulous journey with us.
Our pleasure, Patricia
Loved the aerial shot of the Narrowboat Silver Fox nestled up to the Danny. Thanks for another great video! Love from Alberta, Canada.
Cheers, Debi!
Fantabbydosy that Danny
The Daniel Adamson has been saved and restored to be used by all.
Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
Thanks for watching!
There is never an end to the innuendo!
"I can take you up the ship canal, You would like that, wouldn't you?"
"Fairy across the Mersey..."
I love you guys!
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You can’t beat a good tug
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Another great video to make a great start to the weekend! 🤞
Thanks! You too!
I love all the historical snippets, but especially these vlogs where you highlight the work of volunteers who are working hard to keep our industrial heritage going. Good one!
Cheers! x
Since
Keith passed away your weekly adventures and the fact that you make me laugh. You love each other so much, that shines through. Thank you, please never stop.
Thanks so much, Ann 💜
wow, great vlog! you guys get all the great scoops! I love the wheel on the Danny - so gorgeous. Colin is so knowledgeable about everything you guys encounter and it is so appreciated. you are the best on the Tube!!
Thanks so much!
Your photography gets better and better. Well done guys. Sending hugs. Xx
Thank you so much, Libby!
Thanks Bib and Bob for again bringing sunshine to a cloudy day!
Pat on the backs for Dan and his team for saving the historical steamer!!
To consecrate is to bless, make holy.
💟💟💟💟 and a big 😘 for The Furry Prince!
They are such an inspirational bunch of people 👍🏻
It is great to see part of history save. I hope more people will donate to keep it on the water way. Well done. 👍👍👍👍😎
Cheers William 👍🏻
That is a beautiful beautiful ship theirs something so beautiful about old fashioned engineering that modern engineering just can't replicate any more and it's lovely to see the old girl back and running again so much of our amazing engineering has been scrapped so it's lovely to see some being saved and still used for what it was designed for
Couldn't agree more!
@@FoxesAfloat I could watch your victorian engineering vlogs all day
Thank you both for a delightful outing!
Our pleasure!
Love this video of the Danny. Love the History of old Steam Engine Transportation of any kind. Thanks from the Oregon, USA.
Glad you enjoyed it
The “Danny” is a
beautiful piece of history. Thanks for the tour. We had a great cruise on the Norway (renamed) many years ago. She was the last steam turbine powered transoceanic cruise ship. Boiler explosion injured and killed several crew members and she was taken out of service. Let’s hope Danny has a long and safe new life!
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Another great vlog,so professional and entertaining Colin. I look forward to them more than most things on tv.
Thanks so much
Love your vlogs with all the history facts you do, and this didn’t disappoint, dead interesting 😁❤️
Thank you so much, Janice xx
Watching your videos makes me happy, thanks guy's.
Aww, thanks!
I doff my cap in admiration for those guys who saved this ship...and lads what a wonderful, insightful piece of documentary work...stunning.
Awesomeness, Guys!
Wonderful Video as Always!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm glad to see that she's flying a real 'Union Jack' from the jack-staff! (A union flag with a white border.) So many people misname our Union Flag as a 'union jack'
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Talk about being up a creek without a paddle, you guys are tugging at my laughter strings...
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So glad they decided to keep such a lovely boat in service. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Our pleasure!
Thank you for the vlog about the Danny. Being drawn into steam ships and locomotives the Danny was great treat. That connection with White Star's Oceanic was pretty also neat. Shame the Oceanic was cancelled though, might have added another rival to Queen Mary and Normandie on the Atlantic.
Yeah it was a shame xx
Beautiful story and well told. Cheers!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant thankyou!! I think you should end all your videos with a dance it made me smile 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm off to watch it all again 😂
Haha! Maybe 🤔
Your vids just get slicker and slicker and better and better 😊😊😊. Love the Danny ❤️
Us too. Thank you!
This is pretty amazing! It seems as though things could become disastrous rather quickly if someone doesn't do their job correctly.
Yeah, pretty much!
This was an excellent video and an great tour of the restored steam tug
I find your historical sections to be particularly interesting. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it
It's not a locomotive, but it is still alive. There is something magical about steam driven machinery that brings out the child in us.. Full of wonder about the fire breathing iron monster. Lovely job again guys, thanks.
Thanks, Mike!
What a wonderful video! I worked in that 'big chemical factory' for 30 years and enjoyed seeing it from a different perspective. I absolutely adore The Danny! I've been on board and am so pleased that it was saved! I'm looking forward to a cruise when it opens again. Your drone footage was excellent, too! Thank you.
Shouldn't be long before it's open to the public again x
An absolutely brilliant Vlog, It's so good to see some of these old ships/boats being given a new lease of life instead of disappearing from history, and plus they look so good.
It really is!
What a lovely old vessel and a great story. Great vlog gents as always. 👍😊
Thank you soooo much! 💜
Back in 2002, we, the family, had a narrowboat holiday from Cholmondeston on the Middlewich branch to Ellesmere Port where we stayed overnight in the museum and moored next to the 'ghostly' Danny. I feel so privelidged to have met him/her and would love to see him/her again. One day perhaps, but meanwhile I'm addicted to your fantastic videos and this one was a real gem for me.
Aww, thank you, Bob, and I'm so glad you got to see it now that it's loved again.
The Danny would make a great wedding venue, with a blessing from the ship's captain.
Great idea! 👍🏻
You pair watch to many carry on films double entendres 😂 ooh matron !
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Amazing film boys! The outtakes were splendid!
Thank you 💜
You have a beautiful boat but that craft is from a different league. What vision to save her. Thank you so much for taking us along!
Our pleasure!
Why is it that some people find it easier to destroy rather than build, thank goodness there are dedicated people like Danny that is willing to fight to save and preserve our heritage ... thank you guys for another great post.
Nothing is too much trouble for the crew xx
It’s Friday,it’s four o’clock it’s time for CAAAAAAAKE
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Thanks so much, I love historical things. I wonder if your dislikes are just miserable people who his dislike anything?
Yeah, they wait for 4pm every Friday to click it without watching 🤣
Thanks heaps for that guys. Did not know that about the church but it makes sense. Makes me sad when vandals destroy pieces of historic buildings. Always learning something from you guys. Very informative and entertaining. Love the history of the steam powered tug it’s great to have volunteers to help keep this stuff alive. Stay safe fellas can’t wait for your next video.
Cheers Craig
Good to see Danny so well renovated and being used again. Great vlog.
Thanks, Carol!
Danny is an awesome piece of history! Enjoyed every second of it!!
Nice one. Thanks, Mark!
Brilliant episode, great to see interesting places, love the Danny, so good it has been restored and being used.
It really is!
, I remember seeing that every time I went down the boat Museum just wishing that someone come and fix her up it's a lovely old boat just wish that more people could bring old boats back as we live in an age where everything is down to the second we need to slow our pace in this life
Totally agree!
Loved the old steam tug Danial Adamson! Just goes to show that saving old ships can be done. Colin you had so much fun! Mark in Colorado
Loved it!
The quality and every aspect of your video’s have become more amazing with every new post. Well done guys, truly outstanding.
Wow, thank you!
Just got around to seeing this one - absolutely fascinating. I'm so happy that this beautiful piece of history was saved. I really appreciate how much time and effort your put into your videos - very informative! Thank you so much, as usual, for an entertaining and informative episode!
It's always a pleasure! 🐝
The Daniel Adamson is a very beautiful boat, it was great that you were able to give your audience a look. Thank You!
Our pleasure!
Very interesting-as usual may i add , “The Danny” is absolutely beautiful 😍 , need to go and see this beauty ❤️
It really is!
You bring living history-great vlog
Glad you enjoyed it
Hey Guys, great bit of maritime history and as you said a bit of variety. Your blogs are getting better and better. Keep up the interesting and worthwhile work and stay safe. Best regards from wet and windy Melbourne.
Thanks, will do!
As we have said before Colin you are the great teacher of the canals. Hope to see you on the cut now that we have been released from Australian covid confinement.
Thanks so much!
The Danny is a lovely boat, my husband said to tell you he loved it. Couldn’t believe how small the Silver Fox looked at the side of it, didn’t recognise it at first. 😊😊👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you!