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Fleetwood, Excursion Boats And Knott End Ferry 1901
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Visit any resort where there are fishing vessels and you will be sure to find plenty of onlookers. In the distance is the landing stage at Knott End-on-Sea. For years, the service was worked by two boats, the 'Progress' and the 'Wyresdale'.

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Memories of Fleetwood, Excursion Boats and Knott End Ferry 1901

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. These memories are of Fleetwood, Excursion Boats And Knott End Ferry 1901

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My great-grandfather, Thomas Newton Croft, a member of the family that founded the Fleetwood to Knott End ferry, managed it for the local council from c.1896 to his death in 1915. I am told that my grandmother, Alice, used to do cartwheels to entertain the passengers waiting for the boat to come in. The service was re-privatised a few years ago.  Being involved in marine business myself I like to refer to it as "the family shipping line"!
My grandfather, John Wilson, is entered as being Captain of Steam Boat Ferry in the 1901 census of Fleetwood.  Although the ferry boat pictured does not appear to be steam, this sight must have been very familiar to him and his family who lived in nearby Pharos Street.