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On the VHF a deep Greek accented vice... "Lady Grosvenor, Lady Grosvener issa Costalot calling"

a few moments later a shrill frightfully posh shrill voice as the reply came... "Hello Costalot this is Lady Grosvenor, go to channel 6"

For at least 20 years people between Marlow and and Shiplake you would hear them at weekends. I was in the Little White Hart at Henley once on a blustery day in April when some old boy was heard to say "well Summers on its way" someone said "how you figure that out?" to which he nodded in the direction of the moorings across the river where Lady Grosvenor was arriving and said that "first that boat arrives, then comes summer"
The boat was practically a fixture there at weekends. The two people involved were the most delightful you could ever wish to meet.
 
Remember them both . Costalot moored just before Temple lock (think Lady Grosvenor was also there.) As you say Byron ,the lady and chap on Lady Grosvenor were two very delightfull people.Can't remember their names but I was told that he was once a racing driver and that the lady had been a dancer.
 
Remember the boat, shame when they gave up.

Strange how some VHF conversations, between the same two boats, every week, stick in the mind. In recent years there have been ones involving "My World", and there was a pair from the Purley Cruising Club some ten years or so ago (my memory is fading as to which two boats) you could hear most weekends.

IanC
 
Well, I know the boat quite well as it is in my marina and has been for some years. Owned by an elderly lady and her daughter (who does a tremendous anount of maintenance and who also has a Broom 30 of her own). Elderly lady's husband died about 3 or 4 years ago I think so don't know if they are the same people, but could welll be the way they dote on the boat. They also have a couple of huge dogs! Have heard they own a 3rd boat kept in another marina but unclear on that.
 
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Remember them both . Costalot moored just before Temple lock (think Lady Grosvenor was also there.) As you say Byron ,the lady and chap on Lady Grosvenor were two very delightfull people.Can't remember their names but I was told that he was once a racing driver and that the lady had been a dancer.

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John & Eileen Baekhart (sp?) He was a Belgian who spoke English with a cut glass accent and had been a Major in the British Army in WW2. He was a member of the BRDC and in the 1950s raced for Jaguar. They moored a couple away from me at Harleyford in the pool. Eileen was a model in the 1950s and I have seen front pages of fashion magazines with her on. She was stunning.
Greek Chris on Costalot was hilarious but unintentionally so, as you say he moored at Temple, the plot belonged to his house. I have a fund of stories about him and the way he blundered through life.
 
No Tony, they must be the 2nd owners since John died. They did have a daughter but she died too only a year or so after John. Eileen kept a mobile home thingee at Harleyford for a number of years after John died but now spends her time between her home and place she has in Portugal.
 
It is cos some friends of my dads bought it off the couple Byron is talking about.

My dads mate then intended to do some coastal work but had loads of engine problems (probably cos it never went any further than henley) and then sold it to retire up to Lowestoft.

Tony/it is the one in the entrance to Bates.

A previous boat of mine (a Selcruiser called "Kewbee II") used to accompany Lady Grosvenor to Henley a lot

I only know cos when we bought it and moored in Fawley Meadow the old boy that used to do the moroings asked what we were doing there as Kewbee always moors up by the bridge with Lady Grosvenor "regular as clockwork"

Happy Days...
 
I will always remember hearing Bottom Dollar, An American chap always seemed to be moored at Captain Hooks aka The Bounty....
 
Ah, you mean Lee and Eve, good friends sadly missed.

I remember when I borrowed my parents boat with my girlfriend at the time (now my wife), must be 15 years back

As we approached Lee and Eve to come alongside, Eve didnt recognise SWMBO and was all set to give me a ticking off (in her words "The b@stard has got another girl on there")

However as we pulled alongside she recognised SWMBO and I was off the hook.

Funny how you remember some things...... /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
I've been trying to remember the multiple VHF conversations i used to hear some years ago from the Purley CC, I think it was "Elsie Jim" & "Weeble", anybody else remember these?

IanC
 
Yes, Weeble was always on the radio, and Lady Y I think.

If you had been on the river last week you would have heard Sarah T and Release every few minutes on channel 6.Quite amusing!
 
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I've been trying to remember the multiple VHF conversations i used to hear some years ago from the Purley CC, I think it was "Elsie Jim" & "Weeble", anybody else remember these?

IanC

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I remember Weeble, he is still about. Lady Y moors at the UTMYC and they are a great couple, their son married Johnny Pleece's daughter a few weeks back, we were at the wedding as both sets of parents are fond friends of ours. John Salter loaned a Steamer for the reception.
Lady Y's son works at Walton Marine. Pleece owns a piling and dredging company but he is now retired.
 
For many years around Penton Hook and for a fair few miles either side of PH, the voice of Georgia Georgia was a regular caller. Thinking about it I have not heard this call for a year or two.
 
I used to know 'Elsie Jim' and 'Weeble' well (I still have a mooring at Purley) 'Elsie Jim', a Birchwood, was named after the owners parents who's legacy funded the purchase of the boat. 'Weeble' is a Seamaster 813 (the best 27' river boat ever). Its owner, Mike, is or was, a reliable BSS examiner and registered Corgi gas fitter.
 
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