Hamble, The Harbourside c.1955
Photo ref:
H148003
More about this scene
The annual sailing regatta declined in the 1920s. New crowd-pulling ideas included carnivals and processions. In the 1960s formation sailing was performed by the light of coloured searchlights. Today, Hamble Week promotes local produce. In 1936, Hamble became home to the Royal Southern Yacht Club that had moved from Southampton town quay. Then, during the Second World War, X-craft midget submarines were assembled on the Hamble; these 50-foot craft attacked German battleships. The war halted all yachting, with yachtsmen being called up. To the right of this photograph, it is still possible to catch the small pink Hamble ferry to Warsash. The National Provincial Bank (right) is not here today. In the 1970s a 5-bedroom property near Hamble River cost £40,000.
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