Can anyone recommend any good books on Thames Watermen, their history, and the history of the Doggets Coat and Badge race. Preferably with a record of all the people who rowed in it? (or at least, who came first second and third?)
Doing the family tree, discovered that dozens of my ancestors were Watermen - would be interested to see whether they took part in the race too!
"Tristán White" <Tristan_White@rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:2jai619e3bs5guj12va7hh0dtah8jn0hdn@4ax.com...> Can anyone recommend any good books on Thames Watermen, their history,> and the history of the Doggets Coat and Badge race. Preferably with a> record of all the people who rowed in it? (or at least, who came first> second and third?)>
Doing the family tree, discovered that dozens of my ancestors were> Watermen - would be interested to see whether they took part in the> race too!
Please post the answer. I'd be interested in the title. Mike
Alistair Potts 22 April 2005 22:34:28 [ permanent link ]
If you're in England you could try Gully Nickalls "The Race for the Dogget's Coat and Badge" (London: Longmans Green, 1908). Obviously not up-to-date!
(I say in England because you'd be unlikely to find it in your local library in Barstow).
Mike Sullivan wrote:> "Tristán White" <Tristan_White@rocketmail.com> wrote in message> news:2jai619e3bs5guj12va7hh0dtah8jn0hdn@4ax.com...>
Can anyone recommend any good books on Thames Watermen, their history,>>and the history of the Doggets Coat and Badge race. Preferably with a>>record of all the people who rowed in it? (or at least, who came first>>second and third?)>>
Doing the family tree, discovered that dozens of my ancestors were>>Watermen - would be interested to see whether they took part in the>>race too!>
Please post the answer. I'd be interested in the title.> Mike>
"Alistair Potts" <alistair.potts+rsr@gmail.com> wrote in message news:426943b4$0$2603$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk...> If you're in England you could try Gully Nickalls "The Race for the> Dogget's Coat and Badge" (London: Longmans Green, 1908). Obviously not> up-to-date!>
(I say in England because you'd be unlikely to find it in your local> library in Barstow).
Finally, a reason to visit Britain!!!
But you'll have to come to the Barstow Library to get this:
"Tristán White" <Tristan_White@rocketmail.com> wrote in message news:2jai619e3bs5guj12va7hh0dtah8jn0hdn@4ax.com...> Can anyone recommend any good books on Thames Watermen, their history,> and the history of the Doggets Coat and Badge race. Preferably with a> record of all the people who rowed in it? (or at least, who came first> second and third?)>
Doing the family tree, discovered that dozens of my ancestors were> Watermen - would be interested to see whether they took part in the> race too!>
John Mulholland 23 April 2005 20:52:24 [ permanent link ]
Your link didn't work for me. And your library didn't have "The Race for the Dogget's Coat and Badge"!
The Watermen brought two of their boats to the River Tyne a couple of years ago. We tried to get one-up on them by taking their veteran crew to a local pub the night before the race. In the morning their crew arrived, and it wasn't the one's we'd been drinking with! Their real racers had been staying sober elsewhere!
If you're in London (England) you should look them up. I haven't got their contact details at hand, but I can get them if you e-mail me.
John Mulholland
"Mike Sullivan" <sul@SNIPslac.stanford.edu> wrote in message news:d4blc1$ctf$1@news.Stanford.EDU...>
"Alistair Potts" <alistair.potts+rsr@gmail.com> wrote in message> news:426943b4$0$2603$da0feed9@news.zen.co.uk...>> If you're in England you could try Gully Nickalls "The Race for the>> Dogget's Coat and Badge" (London: Longmans Green, 1908). Obviously not>> up-to-date!>>
(I say in England because you'd be unlikely to find it in your local>> library in Barstow).>
Finally, a reason to visit Britain!!!> >
But you'll have to come to the Barstow Library to get this:>
If you're in England you could try Gully Nickalls "The Race for the >Dogget's Coat and Badge" (London: Longmans Green, 1908). Obviously not >up-to-date!
