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A Winter Crossing On The North Sea
I well remember the King George Dock as I embarked here with 33rd Signal Regiment (a TAVR unit formerly known as the Lancashire and Cheshire Yeomanry). We were en route to Germany having a posting to ...Read more
A memory of Kingston upon Hull in 1968 by
Happy Days
Oh the memories stored away!! Charlie's opposite Cove Green, going there for sweeties on a Sunday, Cove Green (not as good as Tower Hill swings though!), Mundays closing at 1pm on Sundays, Thorntons with its yellow facade, and wool etc, I ...Read more
A memory of Cove in 1965 by
Purchase
Seeing an advert for sale of The Old School Lower Hartshay began an exciting voyage of discovery. 1884 now anchors my hold on local history and family research. Many have been the times when passers by have been invited in and have ...Read more
A memory of Lower Hartshay in 1980 by
Dancing In The Street By The Ferry Boat Inn
The two Shaldon ferry boats were at anchor when our Morris Dancers performed in front of the Ferry Boat Inn this week. They looked just like this photograph - although there were no sails! It was a lovely ...Read more
A memory of Shaldon in 2009 by
My Family
I was born in Johnshaven at 9 Mid Street, my grandmother's house. She was Mary Wyllie, nee Laing, and my grandfather was Jimmy Wyllie. My mother's maiden name was Mary-Ann Wyllie. We moved to Fife when I was young, but I remember ...Read more
A memory of Johnshaven by
Liphook
My grandfather was the manager of Smorthwaites, the Chemist, opposite the Anchor Hotel in the middle of Liphook. My mother was born in Liphook and lived in the house next door to the Chemist's on the south. My earliest memory of ...Read more
A memory of Headley Down by
Dunstaffnage War Years
Like your other contributors I also spent my very early years in Dunstaffnage. Dad had spent the early part of the war from day one as a young Engineer Officer on North Atlantic convoys in the Merchant Navy. When you were lucky to ...Read more
A memory of Oban by
International Optimist Regatta August 1962
Together with 5 other danish boys + boys and girls from England, Germany and Sweeden I participated in the International Optimist Regatta august 1962. The regatta took place on the Hamble River from 11. to ...Read more
A memory of Sarisbury by
The Anchor Inn
I spent a lot of my social time at the Anchor. Does anyone recal when the dart boards were made of wood and the landlord would leave them to soak in the river opposite. It somehow seemed so much deeper then. The landlord and his ...Read more
A memory of Bishopstoke in 1965 by
Blue Anchor. Last Week In July, First Week Of August.
These were the two weeks that my family would look forward to every year throughout the 60's, for this was the time when we would hire a caravan on the Blue Anchor site. I went back there last week ...Read more
A memory of Seasalter by
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Built in 1901, it replaced the former Bell Tout Light on the top of the cliffs, and was itself replaced by the Sovereign Lightship anchored off-shore.
A fine view of HMS Pelarus flying the white ensign, at anchor in Kingstown Harbour.
It had malthouses and shipbuilding yards: the last trading wherry on the Broads was built in the Anchor Street boatyard here in 1912.
A steamer rides at anchor awaiting a tug to take her into Hull, while another is just about to enter the port complex. The paddler on the right is the ferry 'Atalanta'.
The Infantryman memorial is still central to this view of the Anchor Inn and Bailey's the butcher's; note the little child passing the unmarked post office.
This corner, just before the Anchor public house, is still familiar to any coast road traveller. On the right the houses still offer boat trips up the nearby creek to Blakeney Point.
Fishing boats still bob at anchor on the high tide, but tourism is now the dominant industry.
The ships anchored in the foreground are waiting to load with china clay.
The ship approached the beach at right angles, dropping a stern anchor. As soon as she grounded, the slack in the anchor cable was taken up and this held her bows on to the beach.
Small boats were used effectively in this harbour to ferry passengers to and from the paddle steamers anchored off-shore.
The River Winniford (right), trickling down the valley from Chideock village, seeps into Lyme Bay through a bank of pebbles below the Anchor Inn (centre).
A beautifully proportioned schooner lies anchored just inside the harbour.
Note the size of the twin anchors hanging from the bow. The lighters in the foreground were used to carry freight from Sharpness port to Gloucester.
It is afternoon milking time, judging by the shadows, at Seatown Farm in Sea Vale Lane, which leads from Chideock to a beach beside the Anchor Inn.
In the middle distance to the right are ships anchored in the Hamoaze, which turns north up the Tamar to Devonport Dockyard.
In this tranquil scene the boy in the boat would appear not to have any sea-going ambition if that really is his anchor half way up the rather stony
The Dripping Well in Anchor Woods was a popular spot with the Victorians. To the left, a kissing gate gives onto a path which now leads to the Tarka Trail.
Pleasure boats are anchored in the shallows, and the large hulk of the old 'museum' ship, the 'Eliza', is higher up on the beach.
The building on the left with the pillars on each side of the door is the Blue Anchor Hotel, and Hall's Sweet Shop and Post Office stands between.
The building that later became the Anchor was first erected in 1380.
Anchored off Gravesend is the torpedo gunboat HMS 'Gleaner', built at Sheerness Dockyard in 1890 and sold off in 1905; by that time the faster torpedo boat destroyer, later abbreviated to destroyer, had
This view of the Crown & Anchor shows Dartford's narrow streets. The Crown is paying homage to the town's celebrated rebel, Wat Tyler, who was born here in the 14th century.
Paddle steamers from Bristol anchored out in the bay bringing trippers to enjoy the breezy heights of Lynton and Countisbury.
He anchored three-quarters of a mile from the present abbey. After Danish sacrilege in 972, the abbey was re-founded for Benedictine monks.
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