This Sunday, 3rd June, look out for the Herefordshire Bull – a traditional Trow built to take part in her Majesty the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London. Regular readers will know that the transom beam of the boat was made from the timber of the OneOak tree, and you can…
The Hereford Bull, a new boat built by T Nielsen in the traditional style of a Wye Trow, was named at a ceremony in Hereford City centre on 12th May. The Trow included timber from our OneOak project, which was used to make the Transom Beam. Watch a short film showing the naming ceremony: Read…
Some OneOak timber has been used in the building of a Trow by traditional shipbuilders in Gloucester. The ship will sail in a flotilla of one thousand ships on the River Thames in June, to celebrate Her Majesty the Queen’s reign of sixty years. The Pageant on the River Thames will celebrate the Diamond Jubilee,…
Our last piece of OneOak timber has been delivered to a maker. The beam will be used in a new boat, a Trow, being constructed by T Nielsen shipbuilders based at Gloucester Docks. The OneOak beam, measuring 4360 x 220 x 160mm, was transported free of charge from Oxfordshire to T Nielsen in Gloucester, by…
