Gavin Atkin's weblog for the sort of people who like looking inside boat sheds. It's about old boats, traditional boats, boat building, restoration, the sea and the North Kent Coast
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[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] Lowestoft sailing trawler, drawn by Rowland Hilder ‘… the life of the average fisherman of Britain – it is a never-ending “game of snakes and ladders,” and so accustomed is the fisherman to playing this game from the time he first goes to sea, that I am inclined to doubt that he would … Continue reading “British Sea-Fishermen by Anson Part IV- the West Coast, Wales and Scotland”
[ad name=”intheboatshed-post”] ‘Hastings is one of the most interesting fishing centres on the South Coast and if one studies early 19th century paintings and drawings one realises that Hastings beach cannot have changed very much in the past hundred years. Even the boats have retained their general lines…’ Don’t miss out – please subscribe to … Continue reading “British Sea-Fishermen, by Anson – part III, from Lincolnshire to Cornwall”