Photos

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Memories

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Velsheda The J Class Americas Cup Yatch

The boat at the left of this view is the Velsheda at that time a houseboat. What a come down from racing in the Americas Cup before the war! I remember my uncle taking my father and I out in his 18ft boat for ...Read more

A memory of Bursledon by Chris Scott

Family Of Ewj Moloney, Lancing Solicitor D 1978

I was part of the St James the Less Players, the Parish church drama group, which started my career on the boards. The Downs,The Manor, The Park, The Clump, The Chalkpit..The Woods The Beach..were ...Read more

A memory of Lancing by Rose Moloney

Beanz Dreamz...

Our family moved to Friars Road in the summer of 66, from a damp house in Boothen Green, which looked over toward the Michelin Factory. I was 5 years old. My father Graham was a former art student at Burslem College of Art under the ...Read more

A memory of Abbey Hulton by Marc Thorley

The Boat.

The boat in the photograph was completed in 1949 by my father George Watson. We lived in Palmers Green, London N13.  I am up forward then aged 11.  I think the picture was taken in 1949 as I can remember the occasion well.  

A memory of Pangbourne in 1949 by Claire Allen

Boat Names.

Boat BK103 was named the 'Xmas Star'. I was skipper for 8 years between December 1957 and November 1965. The family had two new boats afterwards called Radiant Way BK210 and Radiant Way LH147.

A memory of Seahouses by Claire Allen

Fish & Chips In Brightlingsea

During the late 40's and 50's we all travelled to Jaywick Sands for our summer and bank holidays and on the weekends made regular excursions to the nearby seaside resorts of Frinton and Walton-on-the Nase but my ...Read more

A memory of Brightlingsea by ducatee

100 Melody Road. Wandsworth S.W.18

In 1943/4 My mother, brother and myself were bombed out of our home in Summerly Street. In that house we had a Morrison shelter and the night the bomb hit, a few houses away from our house, it affected our shelter ...Read more

A memory of Wandsworth by jcunife

Cheslyn Hay 1960 1977

My parents moved from Essington to Cheslyn Hay in 1960. We briefly lived in one of the cottages in Hollybush before moving to Low Street. I remember Harry Bates selling fruit & veg from his horse & cart and people ...Read more

A memory of Cheslyn Hay by andyandjan35

Camberley...Where Do I Start ?!

Our family lived at Lightwater (1 High View Road) ; I passed 11 plus and was sent to Frimley And Camberley County Grammar School, starting in Sept. 1959. One of the first things we had to do was to get the uniform. We ...Read more

A memory of Camberley by tobypaws2002

Calstock Viaduct

When living in Bere Alston there were trains still running to Gunnislake over this beautiful viaduct. Made of concrete blocks which were made on site. It took four years to build and was opened in 1908. A wagon lift made of iron ...Read more

A memory of Calstock by Sarah Cooper

Captions

1,648 captions found. Showing results 217 to 240.

Caption For Boston, The River C1955

This view is looking towards the town centre, and the boat ('BN3', a Boston-registered boat) is heading out to the Wash and the North Sea.

Caption For Donaghadee, Beach 1897

A view looking south round the sweep of the bay to the little harbour, once used by the mail boats to Portpatrick in Wigtownshire.

Caption For Little Haven, 1898

A boat is being beached to the right beyond the slipway and other boats in the centre.

Caption For Hastings, Lifeboat House 1894

The elegant Victorian life boat house with its round tower and conical roof, quite new at this time, has now gone, and a modern concrete life boat station replaces it further south-east, painted an attractive

Caption For Waterbeach, The River Cam, Clayhithe C1955

The Cam Sailing Boat and Motor Boat clubs now use the old moorings.

Caption For Deal, Beach Street 1924

This interesting view shows the fishing boats drawn up onto the shingle beach; in the foreground the capstans can be seen that used to haul the boats up.

Caption For Dartmouth, View From Kingswear C1960

The claiming of ships as the spoils of war was not confined to pirate adventurers like Drake and Raleigh: the predatory motor boat (centre left) looks suspiciously like a World War II German

Caption For Thorpe St Andrew, The River Yare 1919

The boating business is still there; it is now called Hearts Cruises, and has a wider range of boats than in 1919.

Caption For The Broads, Hickling Broad C1945

Away from the broad, along the staithe, the moored boats can bob gently in the calmer water.

Caption For Boston, The River C1955

This view is looking towards the town centre, and the boat ('BN3', a Boston-registered boat) is heading out to the Wash and the North Sea.

Caption For Teddington, The Lock And Rollers 1899

Just over a hundred years ago, the Thames and its network of canals were used as much for transporting goods as for pleasure boating.

Caption For Peel, Castle 1903

At the height of the season, Peel harbour was often full of fishing boats - Manx, Cornish, Irish and Scottish - as they followed the migrating herring into Scottish waters.

Caption For Brewood, The Canal C1965

The boats to the left are early examples of leisure boating.

Caption For St Ives, In The Harbour 1890

The boat in the foreground is a typical St Ives 'gig'.

Caption For Buxton, Pavilion Gardens, The Upper Lake 1932

Rowing and paddle boats were a common sight on the upper lake from the 1930s through to the 1970s.

Caption For Mevagissey, The Lighthouse 1920

A small fishing boat sails out to the fishing grounds in St Austell Bay past the lighthouse on the end of the South Breakwater.

Caption For Bridlington, The Quay 1893

A conventional rudder and tiller guides these three sailing boats as they navigate into port.

Caption For Broadstairs, The Harbour C1960

Fishing boats and pleasure boats crowd the harbour close under the pier, while holiday-makers throng the beach.

Caption For Lymm, The Bridgewater Canal C1960

A few yards from the site of photograph L122026, a pair of loaded boats head south towards the Trent & Mersey Canal.

Caption For Southend On Sea, 1898

In this busy scene beached boats occupy most of the shingle.

Caption For Bourne End, The Marina And Boatyard 1899

East of Marlow, where the river bends south, Townsend's and Shaw's boatyards and their wharves were a focus of boating activity in the heyday of the late Victorian and Edwardian boating boom.

Caption For Howth, The Harbour 1897

A close-up of rowing and fishing boats, drawn up on the shore at low tide.

Caption For Peterborough, River Nene 1952

Although the majority of the boats in the picture are pleasure boats, the River Nene is still an important route for the carriage of goods.

Caption For Clacton On Sea, Christ Church 1891

To the right, behind the flagpole is the Life Boat House, designed by Charles H Cooke and opened in 1878.