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alysonDecember 24, 2013
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alysonDecember 24, 2013
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alysonDecember 24, 2013
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alysonDecember 24, 2013
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alysonDecember 24, 2013
Audrey is muffled but Bill Ogden speaks clearly once the recording gets going.
alysonDecember 21, 2013
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alysonNovember 25, 2013
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alysonFebruary 17, 2013
It was built for Bob Gamham in the late 1950’s or early 60’s. His father in law, Mr. Goddard from Stonner Point, Cliff Road, was a builder so it might have been built by his firm. Bob Garnham was a very keen sailor, so Alan Matheson or Mike Nunn may know more about him. As far as I know he…
alysonJanuary 28, 2013
alysonJuly 21, 2012
Buttrum's Windmill was demolished c 1910. Mill Cottage The old mill cottage, has undergone several renovations & modernisation and now unrecognisable as the old cottage. There is a mill mentioned in Domesday but this was probably a water mill. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_windmills_in_Suffolk
alysonJuly 12, 2012
Coprolites are found in our region within the local crag and running in seams beneath it. Our Red Crag is the remains of the sea bed which covered this area some three million years ago. Some of the Coprolites are animal remains from Whales, Sharks and other creatures whilst the remainder is composed chiefly of calcium phosphate, along with minor…
alysonDecember 10, 2011
Fred Strange - see 1949 picture when he was 80 so presumably born 1879. Also skipper, his last ship, of "Cock of the Walk". Said nver to have been surpassed at handing a brage. Quiet, even tempered, never flurried. Known as "The Toff" as he was always smartly dressed with a neatly clipped beard. Once went to Bantry Bay in…
alysonDecember 8, 2011
The Cement Factory of Waldringfield 1872 -1907 Visitors to Waldringfield and, indeed, residents of that village might be forgiven for not knowing that it was once the site of a large cement factory. All that now remains of the industry is the quay – which passers-by would assume to have always been part of the boating business, the factory manager’s…
alysonDecember 7, 2011
Carried Ceement at some point. Abandoned Kirton Creek December 1927 having brought sewage sludge from Ipswich. There is a old jetty on the Southern shore of the creek. The hulk and some machinery is still visible at low water. At one time Fred Drucker was the skipper. Three Sisters at Kirton Creek - photo WHG Google Earth - Three Sisters…
alysonMarch 7, 2011
Main trade Muck&Straw Name Una Port of Registry Harwich Off. No. 84030 Tonnage 60 Tonnage system 0 Where built Harwich Builder Parsons&Cann When built 1882 Length ft. 84 Beam ft. 20.5 Draught ft. 7 Changes 0 Rig/Hull Mulie Owners Whitmore 1882 History Motorbarge 1945. Hulked 1955 OS Ref TQ.750.699 Location 0
alysonMarch 7, 2011
On the ] quay, which was eventually bought by Mr. Alfred ]. Mr. Stollery refused an offer from a developer, who wanted to build an hotel, as he preferred to have the Nunn brothers' boatyard on the quay.
alysonMarch 7, 2011
Barges known as Stackies "Stover Hay" for food was made into 56lb bales and bedding straw into 36lb bales. Ten wagon loads of hay into hold and twenty wagon loads of straw on deck. Straw stacked 10' to 12' high off deck and held in with stack irons. Normally loaded between 0630 and 1430 to catch HW. Return cargo of…
alysonMarch 7, 2011
Main trade Cement Name Petrel Port of Registry Ipswich Off. No. 97682 Tonnage 52 Tonnage system 0 Where built Ipswich Builder Orvis When built 1892 Length ft. 81 Beam ft. 18.8 Draught ft. 6 Changes 0 Rig/Hull 0 Owners Mason 1892, Cranfield 1912 History Skippers Strange 1894 Catchpole 1914 Hardun 1934 Norman 1914 In Harwich Race 1897 , Yacht 1949,…
alysonMarch 7, 2011
Mersea Museum photo 1950s Skipper Ruffles 1914 Quantrill 1944. Sunk 1966, Rebuilt 1970, Restored 2002. Raced in 2013 and has a facebook page as well as being on the sailingbarges blog. Photos TBA. Main trade Cement Name Orinoco Port of Registry London Off. No. 104862 Tonnage 70 Tonnage system 0 Where built East Greenwich Builder Hughes When built 1895…
alysonMarch 7, 2011
We have a reference to Nautilus in the Waller Coprolite accounts. Waller accounts 1880 Nautilus Freight payment From Suffolk Record Office) Later on, apparently, Nautilus settled on a post up by Woodbridge in the 1920s and since the post was described as the best piece of timber in her we can assume that she was in poor shape by then.…
alysonMarch 7, 2011
Main trade Cement Name Grace Port of Registry Ipswich Off. No. 65373 Tonnage 46 Tonnage system 0 Where built Ipswich Builder G.Mason When built 1874 Length ft. 76.7 Beam ft. 17.4 Draught ft. 5.5 Changes 0 Rig/Hull 0 Owners Mason 1874, Horlock 1913 History Skippers Quantrill 1894 , Woodcock 1894, Strange 1894. Hulked Gravesend 1938 OS Ref TQ.650.745 Location Rosherville
alysonMarch 7, 2011
Main trade Coprolite Name Fossil Port of Registry London/Ipswich Off. No. 11820 Tonnage 46 Tonnage system grt Where built Blackfriars Builder 0 When built 1853 Length ft. 70.4 Beam ft. 17.8 Draught ft. 5 Changes 0 Rig/Hull 0 Owners Packard&Bell 1857, Packard 1895 History Skipper Mills 1884, 1894. Sold to Air Ministry in 1916 or 1920 OS Ref 0 Location…
alysonMarch 7, 2011
Skippers Brooks 1894 Quantrill 1914 . Damaged WW2 by incendiary bomb 1941 in Ipswich & hulked outside Orvis yard in Ipswich. Hulk Visible LW Springs. There was another barge by this name which capsized 1966 off Maplin. Google Earth - Hulk of Excelsior. Note Excelsior is the faint top hulk, the lower is an old lifting barge. Excelsior Hulk at…
alysonMarch 6, 2011
Main trade Cement Name Elsie Bertha Port of Registry Rochester Off. No. 78542 Tonnage 47 Tonnage system 0 Where built Milton Builder 0 When built 1878 Length ft. 0 Beam ft. 0 Draught ft. 0 Changes 0 Rig/Hull 0 Owners Mason 1893 History Bought new 1878 by Masons sold Cranfields 1915 47 tons built Skippers Arthur Catchpole , Brooks 1894…
alysonMarch 4, 2011
Main trade Coprolite Name Dewdrop Port of Registry Ipswich Off. No. 58532 Tonnage 2 Tonnage system 0 Where built Ipswich Builder 0 When built 1867 Length ft. 58.1 Beam ft. 15.3 Draught ft. 4.1 Changes 0 Rig/Hull Sq Stern Owners Bell&Packard 1867 History Skipper Pay 1894 Skinner Woodbridge , 1887 Packards Dewdrop carried two cargoes of Coprolite from Deben to…
alysonMarch 4, 2011
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alysonMarch 4, 2011
Main trade Cement Name Augusta Port of Registry Ipswich Off. No. 65374 Tonnage 58 Tonnage system 0 Where built Ipswich Builder Mason When built 1874 Length ft. 77.6 Beam ft. 18.5 Draught ft. 5.75 Changes 0 Rig/Hull 0 Owners Mason 1874 History bought new 1874 by Masons sold Cranfields 1915 Skipper Strange 1894. Lost in Collision near Nore LV. with…
alysonMarch 4, 2011
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