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Many thanks Nigel for having a word with Mike. As I mentioned, I have had confirmation from someome who worked at Woods at the time that it was indeed built there, in the Fairmile shed. Whether wood or GRP I don;t know. He didn't remember much about it other than it was definitely built there. Interesting about the Cox Marine connection and possible "kit" form trimarans. That would make a lot of sense. Hopefully I'll find someone else who was working there at the time who may remember a bit more. Having read a bit about Donald Crowhurst, I bought a copy of the documentary which was released in 2006 about his ill fated trip. I've not had the chance to watch it yet, but it does look very interesting. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000NA6UQU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Thanks to everyone for your help with this so far - much appreciated as always Carol

That would be great - thank you NIgel. Carol

I've just had confirmation from someone who worked there at the time that Trespasser was indeed built by Herbert Woods. He reckons it was 1967/68 which ties in nicely with the date of a couple of other photos in the collection. Carol

Many thanks for checking Liz. I look forward to seeing your photos when the scanner is up and working again.

Many thanks! Funnily enough, I had come across the Donald Crowhurst story whilst searching for information about the trimaran. Hopefully someone else may be able to confirm whether HW did actually build three of these. Liz - I'd love to see your photos please if you can find them. What a coincidence to you were there too! Carol

I was sent a collection of photos on a CD just before Christmas amongst which is a series of shots from the 1960s which were taken at the launch of a trimaran called "Trespasser" at Herbert Woods boatyard. I've attached a couple below. I've searched the internet, but can't find any reference to this particular vessel. Does anyone remember it being berthed at Great Yarmouth? Was it actually built by Herbert Woods? Carol

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How terribly sad. Like most on here, I never got the chance to meet Iain in person, but he passed on some of his Broads memories and we corresponded over local history matters a few times in the last few years. He was someone who truly loved the area and clearly had many, many happy memories of boating on the Broads over the years. I had massive respect for him in his role as a moderator on here too. My sincere condolences to family and friends. Carol

Wishing everybody a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Also, massive thanks to everyone for your support for Broadland Memories this year (and over the last ten years) ... it is very much appreciated and very humbling. Thank you. Here's something I prepared (much) earlier .... Carol

Had a lovely lunch at the Waterside at Rollesby today. The broad was looking beautiful in the winter sunshine. Carol

I was recently given some old and history related Norfolk Broads books and memorabilia by Mal & Christine Richardson who kindly gave me permission to sell them to raise funds for the Broadland Memories website - many thanks to them for their extremely kind gesture. I've also had a rummage through my own collection and have a few duplicate books and other bits to add to the fundraising effort which have all been listed on Ebay this evening. I checked with admin who kindly gave me permission to give the auction a plug on here - thank you! http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=&_ssn=gingell_1&_sop=1 The books I have for auction include: The Land of the Broads - 1892 2nd edition copy of the guide book to the Broads written by Ernest Suffling Through Broadland in a Breydon Punt by John Knowlittle (Arthur Henry Patterson) - a wonderful read, published in 1920 Yacxhting on the Broads - a 1923 booklet produced by Leo Robinson Black Sailed Traders - Roy Clark's superb book on the history of Keels & Wherries on the Broads published in 1961 A c1900 Jarrolds cloth map of the Broads + several other books and booklets relating to various aspects of the region's history I'm also selling a beautiful (and rather rare I would imagine) pair of metal blazer buttons for the Yare Sailing Club which are pre 1908 when it became the Yare & Bure Sailing Club, which were also kindly given to me by the Richardsons and a 1960s enamel burgee badge for the Ferry Boatyard at Horning from my own collection. Finally, I have decided to sell on the original 16mm "Broadland Panorama" Hoseasons promotional film from 1960 which I had transferred and uploaded to the Broadland Memories YouTube channel earlier this year. It's priced at an opening bid to cover what I originally paid for it so that I can recoup those funds for the website too. It's a lovely copy and a wonderful bit of Broads history if you happen to have a 16mm projector. Coincidently, Thursday 3rd November marks the tenth anniversary of the website's launch ... where have all the years gone! I apologise for the lack of activity over the summer but mum-in-law sadly passed away in July and it's taken a while to sort out her affairs. I should have a bit more time to myself again now so that II can crack on with getting some more of the photos and films I've been gathering over the last few months online. Many thanks! Carol

I've just purchased a large batch of slides for the website and look what appeared amongst them! I'm not certain of the date on this ... going by the rest of the sildes it could date from any time between the early 60s to the late 70s. Certainly has a mast here and also interesting to see the railings all the way round. Carol

The second of Vaughan's wonderful films showing Hearts Cruisers in the 1950s with memories and descriptive commentary from him is now online - "A launching, a sinking and winter on Thorpe Island". So hot off the press that I haven't even got this one listed on the website yet! Carol

On my weekly trawl of new Broads related additions to YouTube, I've just come across this little gem. Clearly made for the American market and encompassing boating in the UK in the 1950s as a whole, this does have some interesting Broads footage. Most noticeably on first run through, you can see the Ferry Inn at Horning finally being rebuilt following the bomb damage sustained during WW2. Some later footage of powerboat racing on Outon Broad too. It flits about the UK, but I really enjoyed this film. It's a lovely little time capsule .. and clearly we are a nation who were born to boats Carol

I'm making a start on editing the second of Vaughan's films today and will hopefully have it done and uploaded within the next week or so .... watch this space! Carol

It's a fabulous film - not actually one of mine, but one I added to the other YouTube users playlists I created for the Broadland Memories channel. This was presumably one of the "Broadsventure" schools weeks organised by the Rank Organisation who owned the Richardsons fleet at that time. I'd got a couple of photos showing a similar schools trip from 1978 on the website, so it was particularly interesting to see the film. Amazing to find out that the same school are still bringing pupils to the Broads Carol

Hi Jean Beneath the video on YouTube you'll see three options for Share, Embed & Email Click on "Share" and then highlight the code in the box, right click and select "copy" then right click and "paste" it directly into the message/ reply box on the forum as you are composing a post .... (this is a lovely 1950s film of the Broads I was sent a link to earlier in the week ) Carol

I've uploaded another old film to YouTube this week - this is a travelogue made by Peak Film Productions in the 1950s which was transferred from 16mm sound film. Another great time piece with some super footage of the Broads. The motor cruiser seen early on was Merleen which was one of Brooms fleet. The footage of Reedham Ferry being hand cranked across the river is wonderful! I had hoped to have got the second of Vaughan's films done, but sadly my mother in law passed away last month and i've had no time to do anything other than sort things out there. Once things have settled down I can hopefully get back to working on the website proper but in the meantime I'll try to add the odd little bit where I can. Carol

...... in 1913. I've just uploaded an original Norfolk Broads holiday log written in 1913 which follows a group of friends on a two week cruise. Fresh out of university after sitting their exams, The "Bach" on The Broads makes for an interesting read, not least because their behaviour was rather poor at times. Getting drunk on local cider in the pubs, cranking up the gramophone until late into the evening, and an episode of wanton vandalism all serve to show that such behaviour is not a modern thing by any means! It's actually a thoroughly interesting read and quite amusing in parts and such a fabulous piece of social as well as Broads history. It was written by Leslie Champness and transcribed by his grandson Bruce Robb into a PDF document for me to upload to the Broadland Memories website. Regular visitors to the site might recognise the name as I also have an account of Leslie's 1918 honeymoon on the Broads. Another of his logs, dating to 1919, has also recently been found and will follow in due course. I'm very grateful to Bruce for doing all the hard work for me in this instance, and for allowing me to publish it via BM. It never ceases to amaze me what incredible bits of Broadland's history are still lurking out there, and that I've been given access to such a fabulous wealth of the regions history to share with others. You can find the log on the Personal Memories page of the website, linked to below. http://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/memories.html#1900_1949_memories Carol

It was rather breezy at Beccles today, but fantastic to see such a great turnout for the Wooden Boat Show. Some stunning craft which are a real credit to their owners. Nice to meet up with fellow forumites again and to put some more faces to names too, even though I surprised one of them by not being a little grey-haired old lady! Carol

I've finished editing the first of Vaughan's cine films with the commentary and memories which he very kindly did for me. I'm really pleased with how this has come out - Vaughan's memories really bring the film to life and this is such a wonderful record of boating on the Broads in the post war era. This film was put together by Vaughan's mother to represent a typical turnaround day at Hearts Cruisers in 1955. I'll get working on the second film next month. Many thanks to Vaughan and also to Video Impact at Loddon for getting this transferred for me in double quick time! Carol

Hi Bryan Sorry, only just caught up with this thread! Great photos and yes, I would love copies thank you! Carol

Oooh .. little bit excited now. Well, actually a lot excited! Vaughan passed on the aforementioned cine films of Hearts Cruisers in the 1950s which Keiron at Video Impact in Loddon kindly transferred in double quick time for me. They are fabulous! We met up with Vaughan again today and recorded some descriptive commentary and memories of the yard to accompany the films and I think the end result is going to be something very special. As we are moving into summer, I get a lot less time to spend on website matters, but the editing of the films and commentary will be my summer project and I am really looking forward to it. It's so important to preserve the old photographs, the films, and the memories of our local history and this is such a lovely way to do that, and will hopefully produce something that engages others in the history of the area as well as bringing back happy memories for residents and long standing visitors alike. Many. many thanks Vaughan for allowing me to share these films with others and for taking the time to record your memories and add so much information to accompany them. Having checked through them this evening they are sounding good and will give me plenty to work with. Carol

This delightful little Norfolk Broads travelogue was shared today by one of my Twitter followers and I thought some of you might enjoy it too. It was made by her grandfather, J.D. Butcher, and was actually the winner of the 1955 Amateur Cinematographer competition. The editing of such things is relatively easy on computers these days, but think of the hours of cutting and splicing film, the making of the captions and animations, and then adding a soundtrack which must have been involved in this. For an amateur it was an excellent effort! http://player.bfi.org.uk/film/watch-water-on-the-brain-1955/ Carol

You can tell if someone's ex forces by the way they fry eggs? That's impressive! It certainly was a huge breakfast. Glad that you all enjoyed the film too. I sent a link to Terry Powles who is Jack's nephew. He said he thinks that it is "Young Jack" (Terry's father) steaming the planks. Terry started working at the yard when he left school in 1959. He also recognises Algy Filby and Chris Goodwin amongst the workers and thinks that the chap with the model boat at the start was one of the yard engineers called Maurice. I am hoping to meet up with Terry soon to have a chat about his memories of working at Powles and later at Broads Tours. Carol