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Photos by Alan Davies of the Museum of the Broads
Here’s another suggestion in a series of posts about last-minute Christmas gifts… These entertaining shots are included in this year’s Museum of the Broads calendar – I gather they’re just a £5 if you contact the museum.
Despite the controversy, there’s something that touches the soul about seeing the newly re-hulled paddle steamer Medway Queen on her home river again.
I only hope some kind of regulatory miracle can be achieved that will make it possible for her to carry passengers. Her new riveted hull may be an accurate reproduction of the original, but I gather there is a big question over whether she will be able to work as a pleasure steamer under the rules – and over whether she would be viable if she did.
Read more about her here and at the Medway Queen Preservation Trust website.
My thanks to cruising sailor, bargeman, singer and melodeonist Mick Nolan of the Thames Sailing Barge Trust for the photos! (Why not like the TSBT’s very popular Facebook page?)
From Adnamsgirl’s splendid Flickr account of photos from Norfolk:
‘Original 1868 depiction of the damage caused to Britannia Pier at Great Yarmouth during a storm in November 1868 – taken from the Illustrated London News. It was the second time since its erection in 1857–8 that the pier had been partially destroyed. Built at the cost of £6,000, it was originally 750 feet in length. On October 25th, 1859, during a tremendous gale, a sloop, driven from her anchors, was dashed upon the pier and divided it into two portions.’
Here’s more from Adnamsgirl:
