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nuttybongo | Report | 8 Jul 2007 17:11 |
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hi folks, Trying to write up about relative from newspaper. It says: A man in a 'Billyboy on the river witnessed the accident, and made a noble effort to rescue them by pulling off in a boat. Thought billyboy was a type of boat, but now not sure, as they mention him going off in a boat and not a billyboy. This was on the trent near burton stather, scunthorpe. Any help would be great. Thanks. |
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AnninGlos | Report | 8 Jul 2007 17:13 |
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Bil´ly`boy` n. 1. A flat-bottomed river barge or coasting vessel. ann Glos |
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Unknown | Report | 8 Jul 2007 17:18 |
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From the north eastern england waterways thesaurus: A billy boy was a sailing vessel similar to a Keel but much larger. They operated all over the waterways of Northern England and were capable of putting out to sea It seems that the actual Billy boy would have been too large to manouvre for a rescue and so the 'man' probably launched a smaller dinghy ot boat to try and help the people. |
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nuttybongo | Report | 9 Jul 2007 16:03 |
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hi there, Many thanks for that. It makes more sense now. Thanks again. Ally |
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