A trip to the beauty parlor

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I poked my nose into the Salthouse yard today to see what David Cooke was up to with Trinidad & you would think you were visiting an old ladies beauty spa.  Two beautiful old girls sit side by side having a yarn about the old days as the beauticians busily grind away the years and reapply a younger, fresher look so the old girls can show off their wares at the coming summer parties.
Finding a boat yard with a railway slip now days is a rarity, the two at the Salthouse yard must have cradled hundreds of classics over the years.
I glanced at the black board & there are still a few vacant spots so if you are going to give your own lady some TLC this winter, best to get your ‘A into G’

 


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4 thoughts on “A trip to the beauty parlor

  1. Good morning! I have been enjoying the daily emails for a few weeks now however the last one I received was the one below on Tuesday of this week. Have I inadvertently done something wrong or is there a hic-cup in the system?

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  2. HI alan

    Re mapu

    The first picture is what she looked like in her heyday I suspect pre WW2

    The second is what she was like when I brought her

    The last two is her at the anniversary regatta workboat race a few years ago after her rebuild

    mark

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