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Caption For Charlestown, The Harbour C1885

As the china clay industry expanded the port grew in size and significance.

Caption For Gainsborough, Silver Street C1950

Silver Street led from the Market Place to the river, which was lined by the warehouses and factories of this once busy inland port, including my grandfather’s Rose Brothers, a packaging machinery

Caption For Shirehampton, The George Inn C1955

In 1865 the Bristol Port & Pier Railway opened its single line between Avonmouth and Hotwells with intermediate stations at Sea Mills and Shirehampton.

Caption For Robertsbridge, High Street C1955

Bodiam is located on the River Rother and was once a port that shipped iron ingots and cannon, which were made in the area.

Caption For Ipswich, Ancient House 1893

Today, despite the presence of the two major ports of Harwich and Felixstowe only ten miles away at the mouth of the Orwell, Ipswich remains an important industrial and commercial centre.