Category: History

Flamborough in 1957

Flamborough fisherman's sword dance

This short film of the people of Flamborough in 1957 is a wonderful period piece – it includes:

  • local lads dancing the traditional Flamborough fishermen’s sword dance
  • the Flamborough Head lighthouse keepers
  • flag-sellers raising money for the RNLI
  • a demonstration rescue by the open lifeboat and a helicopter
  • fishermen working with the local boats, known as cobles

 

A model of the City of Adelaide

I don’t as yet know much about ths model belonging to Philip Dawes – but it does give a powerful impression of how the City of Adelaide must have looked in her prime.

The Medway barge match, 1969

My thanks to the Thames Sailing Barge Trust for pointing these out on their Facebook page. The organisation also has this Twitter feed.