Pin Mill, The River Orwell 1909
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Photo ref:
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Before the deepening of the channel to Ipswich, ships stopped at Butterman's Bay to be unloaded into barges from Pin Mill. Arthur Ransome described Pin Mill with its 'crowd of yachts and its big brown sailed barges and steamers going up to Ipswich or down to the sea'. Esther Garrard, one of three boat builders, has her yard over on the left.
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A Selection of Memories from Pin Mill
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Pin Mill
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New wartime recruit, the shock of the first ten days at Ganges Annexe. I don't know how I survived. The sadistic attitudes of main establishment P.O. & L/S. are not yet erased from my memory
On Sunday afternoons those of us already familiar with river sailing were invited to join whaler crews for 'an afternoon on the river'. A couple of Subs. in charge. For a few hours civilised life returned. We sailed ...see more
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