Gongoozler

Gongoozlers were the idle people watching the canal boats but not participating in the work. So where are the people watching? Is that us?

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Great image, a bit tricky, which I like ! So colourful .Canals all over the UK, for hauling . Big Horses to pull in the past.

Not my favorite - too many tight angles for my little phone screen 😣

I love a challenge..and this beautiful canal boat..We have both here in Easton Pa.

U.S. resident here. I've been so darned fascinated with canal boats! Are vacations on them fun, or actually kind of boring?

Found this one quite tricksy!

Not sure I've ever seen canal water so clear as to reflect the colours so nicely, but being from the Midlands I grew up never more than a stone's throw from a canal. I could be accused of being a gongoozler, nothing better than a Sunday walk along the banks to look at the canal boats in all their glory!

I had to consult a lad from Lancs on this one. Gawn and Gooze are each words meaning "to stare," and so were put together by the boatmen who sailed through the canals in the midlands (think Peaky Blinders). They coined the word "Gongoozler" to describe the crowds of people who would line the canals and stare at the boats passing through the locks, all day long. The boatmen didn't really understand their fascination, and didn't really like being stared at while they worked, so awarded an insult!

Big ol friggin boat. I love big ol friggin boats and little ol friggin chinchillas