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Going back to the Norwich bridges ..... the official navigable end of the Wensum to private boats is at New Mills. Between Trowse rail bridge and New Mills are a further 11 bridges. We've done the trip a couple of times, as I believe has Griff in Broad Ambition? The list in order is: Carrow Bridge, Novi Sad, Lady Julian, Foundry Bridge, Bishops Bridge, Peter's Bridge, Whitefriars Bridge, Fye Bridge, Blackfriars Bridge, Duke Street Bridge and St Miles Coslany Bridge. I did a short article with the history, old and new photos, plus a Google map of the Wensum Bridges for Broadland Memories a few years ago - there is also one on the Yare bridges too under the "More History" section of the Archive. Hopefully, similar will eventually follow for the remaining rivers/bridges when time allows! Bridges of The River Wensum Carol

This looks like the Callender-Hamilton road bridge which was put up to replace the old suspension bridge in 1952 after it had been declared unsafe. The Callender-Hamilton bridges were bolted together, like a giant Meccano kit, and this bridge was actually meant to be a temporary solution, but remained in place until the early 70s when the new road bridge was built. The old M&GN rail bridge was demolished around 1977/78 I believe. Some fantastic photos by the way! Carol

It is very much appreciated - thank you so much for your ongoing support xx As has been said, I don't believe there is a question of financial support being needed for Craig's database at this stage. Offers to assist with preserving, continuing to maintain and to take the database onwards have been put forward from more that one source and I'm sure that Kerris will do what she feels is best when she is ready. I am certain that Craig will have done regular backups of the database, and that those backups will no doubt be able to restore any data that has been lost in the intervening months/years when that time comes. Carol

The Wind Energy Museum at Repps with Bastwick is a little gem and well worth a visit when they reopen. It was put together by Bob Morse, who also bought and restored Thurne Dyke Mill back in the late 1940s. https://windenergymuseum.co.uk/ Carol

Great, thank you for the confirmation. I was struggling with the white building in the distance, but I think it must be this one opposite the yacht station which had been bare brick, but presumably must have been painted white at the tail end of the 1960s.

This is really bugging me, and I suspect I will kick myself, but .... I'm in the middle of captioning a collection of colour slides taken in the late 1960s and the location of this one is eluding me at the moment. Is that a pub in the distance? I have a few thoughts, but I thought I'd hand it over for further opinions. Carol

Many thanks for the additional info about Bradbeers.

I've uploaded a fabulous old scrapbook to the Broadland Memories website this week which I thought may be if interest to some. It was compiled in 1957 by a family who took a two week holiday on the Broads in June of that year aboard the motor cruiser "Somari" which was hired from H.E. Woolmer of Oulton Broad. I picked It up a few years ago, but hadn't been able to do anything with It as It is too large for an A4 scanner. I finally managed to rig up a frame to photograph it instead, which isn't ideal, but It really deserves to have a wider audience so will do for now. It has around 40 pages with a full written itinerary of their cruise, and is packed full of photos, postcards, pictures, cartoons and maps cut from brochures, guide books etc., and other ephemera from the holiday. There are clickable links too to reveal hidden items! The handwriting is a little difficult to decipher in places, but I felt it ought to be displayed as it was compiled as it is such a charming piece of history. It runs over two pages which you can find here: https://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/andrewsfamily1957scrapbook01.html Carol

According to the Boat Database, "Firebronze" joined the Waklin Cruisers fleet in 1981 and left in 1988 - I've had a scan through the 70s Blakes brochures and can confirm it isn't in any of those, which corroborates the info on the database entry below. http://www.broads.org.uk/wiki2018/index.php?title=Boat_Details&BoatId=3123 Unfortunately, I don't have any of the 1980s Blakes brochures but perhaps someone else can help? Carol

Hi Caroline was new to the fleet in 1972 - I've attached the entry from the Hoseasons brochure of that year for you but, as it was new, there was just an illustration. I've also included the entry for 1973 which includes a photo. Carol

I did a 'Then & Now' of this postcard for Broadland Memories a few years ago ..

The brochure didn't provide a location guide I'm afraid. I had a quick search on Street View (the brochure claims it was 400yds from the beach) but can't see any likely candidates at the moment.

Here is the entry for Dongarra from the 1968 Hoseasons brochure.

This is a really enjoyable watch - an excellent documentary about the River Yare in Winter from 1975, uploaded to YouTube by the Norfolk Windmills Trust recently. https://youtu.be/pd0xCF6_rKY

The first photo is certainly one of the earlier editions but I suspect may be slightly later than 1951 if it is a 12th impression. Don't quote me on that one though! It is quite possible that they may have taken a trip on the Broads during their honeymoon. The second version you have is definitely later- the copy I have with that cover probably dates to the mid/late 1970s as it mentions that Hannaford passed away in 1972. If they were regular visitors to the region in the 80s, perhaps they were a charity shop find? A couple of my copies have found their way into my collection via a local Oxfam. They are lovely little booklets. Carol

The booklets were produced by Broads Tours and feature the artwork of owner Charles Hannaford who took over the company in the 1930s. They were published as souvenirs for customers who took day trips on one off the large fleet of passenger launches which operated from the Broads Tours base at Wroxham/Hoveton. Hannaford was an accomplished watercolour artist whose artwork was also available to buy from Broads Tours. I was kindly given access to a huge collection of photos belonging to Charles Hannaford, dating from the 1920s to the 1960s, many of which were taken as aids for his artwork, some were even recognisable as the basis for the illustrations within "The Charm of The Norfolk Broads" booklets. The booklets were revised and published in several different versions over the years. I think I have five different copies! I initially wrote a blog post about the collection and The Charm of The Norfolk Broads here: https://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/blog/2016/02/charles-hannaford-art-photography-and-the-charm-of-the-norfolk-broads/ The full collection of Charles Hannaford's photos can be found here: https://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/hannafordcollection_page1.html Carol

Slightly earlier - 1968 to be precise - but I stumbled across this whilst searching for something else and thought of Howard. There was apparently a resident band at the Dukes Head in Somerleyton during 1968 - a duo comprising two local lads (keyboards & drums) who played 5 nights a week. The keyboard player obviously started to put together a blog about his musical escapades and this post has memories and photos of some of those lively gigs at the Dukes Head. https://earlybandays.blogspot.com/2010/01/1965_9244.html Carol

What a wonderful bit of colour film - thanks for sharing it. I especially loved seeing the footage of the various Roy's branches in Hoveton. Ive still got three large reels of colour 16mm film from the 50s/60s to get transferred and online when I can find someone to digitize it. Sadly, the chap who has been digitizing film for me is unable to do 16mm now. I've got three more 8mm films from the 60s on my PC waiting to be edited though, and hope to make a start on those soon. For anyone who may not have found it, there are lots of old films of the Broads from the 1930s to the 1990s on the Broadland Memories YouTube channel to keep you amused during lockdown. https://www.youtube.com/user/BroadlandMemories Carol

Thanks Grendel I'm not sure why the URL in the signature went haywire, but it should be sorted now. I haven't actually set up an https yet - something else which was on the to do list! I'll look in to it. Thanks again Carol

It's taken me a while to get this sorted (a house move got in the way!) but, further to discussion on here a few weeks ago, I've now managed to set up my own hosting account for Broadland Memories and it was migrated across from Craig's hosting account this morning. Hopefully, everything is there that should be there, but if you do notice any issues please let me know. It's all paid up for the next year now so I can breathe a sigh of relief! Thank you to the kind souls who pop a donation over to Broadland Memories during the year to help towards running costs - it is greatly appreciated. Our house sale went ahead and we have now moved, albeit in to rented accommodation until we can begin house hunting again. We are at least up and running now internet wise, so I can get cracking on getting some new additions on to Broadland Memories. Thank you for your support and for all the offers of help with getting the website moved. Carol

I may need to call on your technical assistance too at some point in the near future. As I mentioned, Craig had a business hosting account to host the database and other websites - Broadland Memories is one of those and I am going to have to find a new home for it. I will give the company Craig was using a call and see whether it can be as simple as me setting up my own hosting account and having them migrate it for me. Unfortunately, Craig used to deal with this side of things for me so I am a little clueless! Carol

I was contacted last year about a family journal, documenting a two week holiday on the Broads taken by a group of businessmen from Bath in 1914, which had been discovered in a loft. The family kindly photographed the pages and emailed me the results. My winter project whilst stuck in house sale/move limbo (still ongoing - don't ask!) has been to transcribe the text and remaster the 118 accompanying photos and postcards for Broadland Memories. It's a fabulous read, full of humour, with some lovely images of the holiday party and crew. As always, I am humbled to have been given permission to publish such a precious piece of both family and local history. The Cruise of The Seven Bath Chaps on The "Spree" can be found here: http://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/cruiseofspree1914p1.html

It was a massive shock to read the news this morning. Such a sad loss. We spent time with Craig and his wife on several occasions and were honoured to spend a few Three Rivers Races aboard their boat at Horning. A genuinely lovely couple. It became the norm to bump in to him at the Beccles Wooden Boat Show too in more recent years. We could natter for hours about boats and the Broads! As some will know, Craig has also been hosting Broadland Memories for me via his own hosting account at a nominal charge to cover his costs. He gave invaluable help with the technical side of things over the years too. A really nice chap. Sincere condolences to his family. He will be sadly missed. Carol

I notice that Conflict of Wings is being shown on Talking Pictures (Freeview channel 81) again this afternoon at 2.35pm. A perfect way to occupy a very rainy Sunday afternoon! Carol

What a lovely set of photos and a wonderful addition to the Ludham village archives. Carol