Name Good Luck

Victor Waddington Ltd was the proprietor of E V Waddington Ltd who had commissioned the building of GOOD LUCK from Harker and in her lifetime she has only had two owners. GOOD LUCK has worked on the Yorkshire canals as a Cargo Power Barge for most of her life, and has had one or two dramatic excursions over the years. In c.1967, GOOD LUCK was loaded with 100 tons of coal and left rather late in the day bound for Hull Gas House. Whilst waiting for the flood tides to rise after grounding at Whitton she encountered THE HUMBER NAVIGATOR (the NAV), which due to the low level of the water was pulling the bottom of the river making her sit up. As the NAV neared GOOD LUCK, her then skipper Len Goldspink signalled to the NAV to change course. Alas, the skipper was “running blind” and did not see Len’s alert and subsequently ran up GOOD LUCK’s deck and the coamings into Len, severing his leg. GOOD LUCK was towed by the NAV to a manned float at Whitton where an ambulance was called and a small boat came out of Brough and took him to land. Len survived the ordeal and GOOD LUCK was repaired at Waddington’s after which John Dean became skipper for two years.