Name Christopher James

CHRISTOPHER JAMES BW No 64324 was built in 1946 at Spencer Abbotts boat dock at Salford Bridge.  She was one of two wooden tugs built at the time for Leonard Leight Ltd and was used on the Wolverhampton Level power station coal supply traffic. Les Allen was the foreman boat builder at Spencer Abbott before moving to Oldbury to set up in his own right as Les Allen & Sons.  Used by Leonard Leigh's on the Wolverhampton Level power station coal supply traffic.  

She worked commercially until 1965.  Then, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was moored at Hockley Port Basin, and owned by private owners.  It was used by them to clear obstructions from the pretty weeded and debris filled parts of the Soho Loop, and the Arm up to the Port.  It was also used extensively by the BCN Society during the late 1970s to tow the day boat that they had on loan from British Steel, Coombeswood. 

The vessel has since been subject to considerable renovations and is now based on the River Wey/Basingstoke Canal.