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Gongoozlers are people who enjoy watching activity on the canals in the United Kingdom. The term is also often used in a more general way to describe those who have an interest in canals and the canal life, but do not actively participate. ImageMetadata File history File links FoxtonLocks. ...
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Upper staircase of Foxton Locks Foxton Locks are ten canal locks consisting of two staircases each of five locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 5 km west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough and are named after the nearby village of Foxton. ...
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Etymology
"Gongoozler" may have been canal workers’ slang for an observer standing apparently idle on the towpath. Although it was certainly used derisively in the past there is only very mild derision attached to the term today, and it is regularly used, perhaps with a little irony, by gongoozlers to describe themselves and their hobby. Slang is the use of highly informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speakers dialect or language. ...
A towpath is a road or track that runs alongside the banks of a river, canal or other inland waterway. ...
Irony is a literary or rhetorical device in which there is a gap or incongruity between what a speaker or a writer says, and what is generally understood (either at the time, or in the later context of history). ...
The word may have arisen from words in Lincolnshire dialect: gawn and gooze, both meaning to stare or gape. Although it might be presumed that such an expression would date from the nineteenth century, when canals were at their peak, the word is only recorded from the end of that century or the early twentieth. It was given wider use by the late L T C Rolt, who used it in his book about canal life, Narrow Boat, in 1944. Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs) is a county in the east of England. ...
A dialect (from the Greek word διάλεκτος, dialektos) is a variety of a language used by people from a particular geographic area. ...
Lionel Thomas Caswell Rolt (usually abbreviated to Tom Rolt or L.T.C. Rolt) (1910-1974) was a prolific English writer and the biographer of major civil engineering figures including Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Thomas Telford. ...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
Aspects of Gongoozling Gongoozling, much like trainspotting, is a hobby that can extend to all aspects of canals.More than one million people gongoozle every week. Railfans practicing their hobby at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. ...
A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. ...
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- Canal artwork
The collection or creation of canal related artwork is a common pastime amongst Gongoozlers. This includes paintings, postcards and photographs. The Mona Lisa is perhaps the best-known artistic painting in the Western world. ...
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A photograph (often just called a photo) is an image (or a representation of that on e. ...
- Canal locks
Canal locks often attract spectators, including Gongoozlers, because the operation of manual canal locks is a complex affair, with a number of opportunities for mistakes to be made. Some observers have been known to heckle or harass the boat crews, whilst others carry "lock keys" and actively wish to help boat crews with their passage. Canal locks in England. ...
- Canal history and technology
Whilst trainspotting is commonly associated with identifying engine makes, it is rare for Gongoozlers to do likewise. However the history of a section of canal, the operation of locks and more unusual devices such as an inclined plane or the Anderton Boat Lift and Falkirk Wheel can be of interest. Trainspotting refers to: Train spotting, the hobby Trainspotting, the novel by Irvine Welsh Trainspotting, the film based upon the above-mentioned novel. ...
Anderton Boat Lift The Anderton Boat Lift provides a link between two navigable waterways: the River Weaver and the Trent and Mersey Canal, and is situated near the village of Anderton, near Northwich, in north Cheshire, north_west England. ...
The Falkirk Wheel The Falkirk Wheel, named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland, is a rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal, which at this point differ by 24 metres, roughly equivalent to the height of an eight story building. ...
Notable locations Fradley Junction is a popular place to observe canal traffic, as are many other junctions, due to the occasional need for three boats to pass. Fradley Junction is the point at which the Coventry Canal joins the Trent and Mersey Canal. ...
Staircase locks, which can hold many boats at once, are very popular amongst gongoozlers, making Foxton Locks an ideal location for Gongoozling. Upper staircase of Foxton Locks Foxton Locks are ten canal locks consisting of two staircases each of five locks, located on the Leicester line of the Grand Union Canal about 5 km west of the Leicestershire town of Market Harborough and are named after the nearby village of Foxton. ...
Some locations have became known for their Gongoozlers thanks to local events that encourage an increased number of observers. Princess Street lock on the Rochdale Canal in Manchester city centre is normally quite quiet, however it becomes a popular attraction during the Manchester Mardi Gras (actually held in late august). A Lock on the Rochdale Canal with water flowing over the gate due to the lack of a side channel. ...
Manchester is a major city within Greater Manchester in North West England, historically notable for being the worlds first industrialised city, and its subsequent central role in the Industrial Revolution. ...
Manchester is a major city within Greater Manchester in North West England, historically notable for being the worlds first industrialised city, and its subsequent central role in the Industrial Revolution. ...
Mardi Gras (French for Fat Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday, and is also called Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day. It is the final day of Carnival (English:IPA: and Romance languages:IPA: ). It is a celebration that is held just before the beginning of the Christian liturgical season...
The Falkirk Wheel is a popular attraction for tourists and Gongoozlers alike, although this is more for the feat of engineering than the canal itself. The Falkirk Wheel The Falkirk Wheel, named after the nearby town of Falkirk in central Scotland, is a rotating boat lift connecting the Forth and Clyde Canal with the Union Canal, which at this point differ by 24 metres, roughly equivalent to the height of an eight story building. ...
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Bus spotting is a pastime in which one seeks to see all buses in a particular fleet or those produced by a particular manufacturer. ...
Railfans practicing their hobby at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. ...
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