Nutty Slack, the Broads policeman’s water bike

nutty slack boat bike

Nutty Slack is a boat bike that has been given to the wonderful Museum of the Broads at Stalham – the folks there are debating how to restore the bike to its former glory. Apparently, there are reasons for thinking it should be painted in spots!

She was owned by a local policeman who mainly used to use her for collecting his newspapers, but she also used for retrieving dead animals from the river, and occasionally, it’s said, dead human bodies…

My thanks to MOTB’s Caroline Male for sending over the fabulous photo!

British Pathé covers the D-Day landings

Such brave men. When I was young there were many around and they seemed such normal, unremarkable people. But they weren’t, were they?

The public talk about the options for Faversham Creek

Hundreds at the weekend attended the exhibition outlining the Faversham Creek Alliance’s alternative vision for the creek-side area. Here’s a short film revealing what some of them had to say about it, and the overwhelming feeling is that the proposal to build lots of housing, some shops and just a few workshops isn’t popular.

Meanwhile, things are clearly becoming difficult and shouty in the council chambers.