The CVMC car club experts have seen the picture of a car on Waldringfield beach and have advised that it is not a model T Ford as I thought but that it is almost certainly an American design either a Buick D35 or a Willys Overland 90. Both were assembled in the UK and are very similar in appearance. (Roger…
Built by Reg Brown, who ran the boatyard, in 1984 and named for his dog. ((Jahan named for Brown's dog - R.Simper)) Over the years she has had an orange, yellow, then orange and now light blue hull colour. Jahan has been used for river cruises from the boatyard since her launch in June 1984. This was covered by the…
Photos and clipping from W.Boatyard 08JAN20. Please add any extra info in the comments box below. No date but adverts on the back indicate it's before June 19 1984 Special Cruiser launched ‘Disabled people are being given the chance to cruise along the River Deben in a specially fitted-out craft thanks to a boatyard owner’s £70,000 project. Waldringfield Boatyard owner…
Nothing for Mason's Cement Packard & Co Ipswich Seal PACKARD & Co IPSWICH Bag Seal, Image & Found by StuE. PURE BONE AND ACID. Found in Langham near Colchester. Company No: 113833; Packard and Company Ltd. Incorporated in 1911. Sorce The National Archives, Kew - Wrong company - Piece reference BT 31/13504/113833 Company No: 113833; Packard and Company…
Walter Tye: There was no more familiar sight on the Deben, fifty to sixty years ago, than that of the old mud barge, the Kingfisher, leaving the quay. Old Jack Stebbings was the skipper and Ben Page, brother of the Newbourn giant, was his mate. Their favourite place for getting the mud was opposite Whitehall Farm where, so said Jack,…
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