Retsub

That’s brilliant many thanks

About 5 years ago I shared the story of how 6 17 year olds managed to hire and nearly sink a 34 foot cruiser Lady Sandria 3. The story seemed to be well received and many others shared similar experiences. Somebody very kindly retrieved the story from your archives and four of the original crew by the miracle of Zoom during the, lockdown have recreated the story and added many other faded memories. It was hired at the end of .may 1973 after all. We are now ready to create a book from our weekly calls which may be very exaggerated but hopefully fun to read. Would love to share it with you hopefully we can complete our project in the next month or so. The one thing we haven’t yet found is a copy of the original advert for the boat in the 1973 Hoseasons brochure, if anyone can let me have a copy of the page for Lady Sandria 3 we would greatly appreciated.. it was hired from a boatyard just South of Breydon .Water many thanks retsub

One of the few pictures of Lady Sandria 3 prior to the sinking. note the motley looking crew

Because of the virus, commitments etc. the reunion was held via a zoom conference call.. Four participants, One in Orpington, one in Hertfordshire, one in Suffolk and one in Liverpool. Having not seen two of them since i got married in 1983 it was great to talk about old times. i then discovered that the Liverpool connection is somewhat of a hoarder and at the time had recorded the last voyage of Lady Sandria 3 on a book which i assume was a guide book issued by Hoseasons nearly 50 years ago.. As soon as i can work out how to size the pages etc, i will post them here. the journal as i refer to it, does include high level details of out voyage where we moored, best pub, worst pub etc and even if people dont want to hear about what we got up to, i am sure some of the Broads information will be of interest I did go to the shop with the intention of purchasing something to thank you for saving my old document. but everything seems geared towards boat owners. This really has brought back great memories and i would like to make a small donation as a thank you. perhaps someone can provide me with details how to this? and ask write I see a yellow donate button top right .. jon done

it certainly is many thanks, will go shopping shortly

Hi I wonder if you might be able to assist me. Several years ago I posted a write up of the Gallant crew of Lady Sandria 3. A group of 16 year olds and their adventures / disasters on the Broads around about 1972 Roll on 48 years and four of the crew are planning a reunion. Unfortunately the original post appears to have gone to the bloggers graveyard. I am guessing it was originally written between 2012 and 2015. Is there any possibility it could be retrieved? If not i fully understand. If its possible i will gladly make a donation to the forum or buy something from your shop in thanks. I would have been posted under the same user name Retsub. PS if our reunion extends to a boating holiday we promised better behaviour

Its titled outside the Pleasure Boat Inn. Apologies I was under the impression I had added titles. Photo 1 is Jo on the forward Deck of MY Eujoy photo 2 is Titled The Gennel 1934 photo 3 is blank photo 4 is Titled Happisburgh photo 5 is Happisburgh Photo 6 outside the Pleasure boat Inn Hicklng

Even more photos photo 5 is titled Happisburgh

Sorry meant to say were related to me, but this was taken around 20 years before I was born. i didn't even become aware of them until recently

thanks to everyone for their great comments. Although Stanley and Jo Fletcher werent related to me the photo was taken around 1935 I believe . The group outside the pub does have a few details under the original, as follows Pountney, Jiban ,Jack, Jo (Joyce Fletcher), and Eustace (Stanley Fletcher)

Thanks Vaughan Thanks for the info on Wroxham and The Torpedo boat destroyer. Wow!

Thanks Chris, I really do appreciate you taking the time to look at this for me. Will try to find more photos to try to get a better perspective. will try to get iome dates as well.

Thanks Smoggy that makes sense. The pictures have mostly been abbreviated to Hasbro , but I can see reference to Happisburgh elsewhere. Thanks Ian, as well

These photos say Horsey Dyke and Horsey Mere no dates but between 1925 and 1935

Hi Although i often read the posts on here I very rarely post, as after we sank our cruiser (see original post, I kept a low profile). Anyway to cut a long story short, our family has discovered an old photograph album showing some old photographs of the broads. i do have a couple of questions about them, but i wanted to be a bit cheeky if no one minds). I have long admired the font of knowledge about boating an the broads but i wonder if i can cheat a little and ask if anyone has any knowledge of the boat in photos 5 and 6. most of these photos were taken around 1925 - 1930 1 photo says Pleasure Boat Inn Hickling 2nd photo says Lingalonga (which i assume is a holiday bungalow) with Hasbro lighthouse in the background? any idea where this might be? 3 Photo says Wroxham, does anyone recognise it? 4 is at the Pleasure Boat Inn 5 and six is a Boat which was purchased by a great uncle of mine Stanley Eustace Fletcher. The photo says the boat was called Grey Ghost when they purchased it in 1925, Understand it was stripped down and repaired and came back as MY Eujoy (Eustace and his wife Joyce). We were told that Stanley Eustace Fletcher served as a midshipman in WW! and as a naval reservist in WW2. We understand he served on the small boats flotilla at Dunkirk. Eujoy was originally moored at Bourne End in Bucks. Any thoughts on what type of vessel Eujoy was, what her eventual fate was would be greatly appreciated. PS as well as these photos, i believe we may have more photos taken around Horsey Mere? if anyone is interested.