David Henshall talks about the story of the Mirror dinghy, the ‘people’s boat’ that brought sailing to the masses.
Tag: History
Shipwreck photograph collection for sale by Sotheby’s
Sotheby’s is auctioning a remarkable archive of 1000 negatives of shipwreck images taken a period of nearly 130 years by the Gibson family of photographers over four generations – see a gallery of the shots here.
Do read the notes with each one – some of them are as vivid as the shots themselves – check out the fate of the Granite Slate and the Horsa. My thanks to Griselda Mussett for spotting this one.
Alan Villiers narrates his 1931 film of the last clippers
Could he be the saltiest man whoever lived? He certainly sounds like he could be!