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The Newhaven-Dieppe Ferry in 1960

The Harbour c1960 Ref: N20054
The Harbour c1960
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Pinner Grammar School had an exchange programme for students in Annecy and every year a party of 4th and 5th Forners travelled to France on the Newhaven to Dieppe Ferry. When I was in the fourth form I joined the school party which was very exciting as I had never previously travelled abroad. We sailed on the "Arromanches", a cross channel ferry built for the SNCF in 1940 but renamed "Vichy" during the German occupation unitl returned in 1947.
Arromanches sailed on the Newhaven to Dieppe route until 1964 and I still remember my channel crossing in her one sunny day in May 1960. A group of us got into trouble for playing with the ship's manual steering gear at the stern!

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A memory of Newhaven in East Sussex shared on Saturday, 4th February 2012.

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