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You may remember me making enquiries about Jack Powles a while ago in relation to some 16mm cine footage I purchased for Broadland Mermories. I've been editing and tidying it up over the last couple of days and have uploaded it to the BM YouTube channel this evening. It starts in black and white and moves on to colour. It begins with a model boat, moves on to some rare footage showing a boat being built at Jack Powles yard with a holiday party being given a guided tour of the process by Jack Powles himself. It's a little bit dark in places due to the limitations of the cine camera used to film in low light, but it is quite good none the less. The second half of the film is footage from the holiday itself. Lovely stuff! Carol

Mystery solved. I think that the first photo actually shows the old Stracey Arms pub at Kirby Bedon and has been mis-labelled by Picture Norfolk. This is the second photo I linked to which shows the correct Stracey Arms at Tunstall St Mary. It was taken by Acle photographer William Finch c1880s. Carol

I don't have any photographs of the original Stracey Arms pub myself, but hopefully the link below will work and take you to a photo of it on the Picture Norfolk website. https://norfolk.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/PICNOR/BIBENQ/16098539/2205727,8?FMT=IMG And another https://norfolk.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/PICNOR/BIBENQ/16098539/2211494,11?FMT=IMG&IMGNUM=1 Actually ... comparing those two photographs, they don't look like the same building? The second image was taken by an Acle photographer, so is almost certainly the right Stracey Arms. Carol

Hi Steve I must admit that I tend to have a set few meals now that I know are easy to cook on a boat (and camping too), although some of these rely on cheating. Boat staples usually include packing some of the ready cooked pilau rice which can quickly be heated up in a saucepan (or microwave if your boat has one) and a jar of Patak's curry sauce. Sauté some onions and mushrooms (can used tinned mushrooms if necessary) and then add a selection of chopped vegetables - peppers, carrots, celery, green beans - whatever you can find in the shops or have to hand really. Add some Quorn chunks, pour on your curry sauce (I usually bolster the flavour up with a veggie oxo cube to replace the flavours you'd normally get from meat juices) and simmer until the veg is tender. Similarly, a jar of decent pasta sauce (Seeds of Change o some nice ones) but bolster it up with suated onions, mushrooms, peppers, carrot, broccoli, tinned sweetcorn etc. Cooking from scratch, a vegetable chilli, cous-cous and pan fried haloumi is quick and easy (although not too sure how healthy the halloumi is). Again, sauté a selection of vegetables of your choice - add some herbs, chili powder to taste, a stock cube, a tin of kidney beans or chick peas, a tin of chopped tomatoes, a little water and some tomato puree to thicken. I often chuck a handful of whole fresh baby plum tomatoes at the end too. There are so many packets of flavoured cous cous available these days which you just need to put in a bowl, add boiling water, cover and leave for 5 minutes. I add a pinch of dried mint, some flaked almonds and a slug of lime juice to add to the flavour a little. If your going for the halloumi, jut slice and gently pan fry with a little oil until golden brown on both sides. Here's one I prepared earlier (last years boating holiday) Another quickie is a quorn and vegetable stew (with or without dumplings). Again, sauté onions, mushrooms, garlic and then add chopped potatoes, peppers, carrots, beans etc. Make up some instant veggie gravy - I use the Bisto finest roasted vegetable gravy which I've found to have the most flavour. Their onion gravy is pretty good too. Pour on to the veggies, add some Quorn chunks, mixed herbs, a little black pepper, a good slug or red wine and a dessert spoon of tomato puree. If you want dumplings - cheat! The packet dumpling mixes (veggie suet versions are available) just need water adding, roll into balls, pop on top of the stew, cover the pan and simmer very gently for about 10 minutes, stirring a couple of times to stop it sticking at the bottom of the pan. Quorn chunks and mince is readily available these days so you can make healthy versions of many dishes that you would have used meat for - just remember to add herbs, spices and stock to the dishes to make up for the flavour you would lose from not having meat. Carol

This is "The Miss". This is what she does when I am trying to work on the computer as she thinks all the attention should be focused on her and she certainly doesn't like me having a keyboard on my lap! She's at least 17 now, possibly closer to 18, and has had a bit of a rum life. She started off with one neighbour whose son developed a cat allergy and she got passed onto to what was our next door neighbour at the time. A dear lady who sadly had dementia which got increasingly worse over time. The cat was constantly being put in front of food as our neighbour couldn't remember that she'd seen her only five minutes before, and she was riddled with fleas, bless her (the cat, not the neighbour) Our neighbour eventually became ill and went into hospital, and was due to move into a home but passed away before that happened. Her son asked us to look after the the cat and find a new home for her. The cat decided she wanted to move in here and, when it came to it, we didn't have the heart to send her elsewhere. That was nine years ago! Miss (formerly called Bella and then George) now has a touch of feline dementia herself and is very vocal and very clingy. She's getting a bit skinny and a bit wobbly as old cats do, but I think she's probably had the most stable and well looked after years of her life with us and I love her to bits This is a bit annoying when I am trying to work though .... Carol

Barton Broad wherry race c1930s - the wherries are believed to be Hilda, Lady Violet & Cornucopia Carol

Snap! Carol

That sounds fascinating Vaughan and will definitely be of huge interest to others. Very much look forward to seeing it. I'll PM you to sort out meeting up whilst you are in Thorpe. Carol

Oooh, that sounds interesting. All cine film gratefully received! Many thanks Vaughan - brilliant photo showing Morning Flight during her re-fit. So my postcard must be mid 1950s then? Carol

We seem to have threads for most of the Broadland rivers in the Historic Broads section, but I couldn't find one for the River Ant ... so here we go... The mill seen in that last postcard was Ludham Bridge North Mill, still standing but in a more derelict state. I came across the photograph below amongst an album I purchased recently. I think the album spans the late 1940s to 1950s and this photo shows how the mill was converted for use as a pillbox and lookout post during WW2, with a gallery around the top and the old cap utilised to provide some protection from the elements. Carol

Forgotten I had this - late 1950s or early 1960s I presume? Shhh ... don't mention houseboats ... Carol

Another couple of images which date to c1949. The first shows Jack Powles yard from the river: Desert Star on Wroxham Broad: Carol

Sorry yes there is a name missing! Front row should read: Jack Powles, H.J.Burrell, Dick Smallman, J.W.Eastwick, F. Miller, H. Blake, Leo Robinson, Mrs D.Blake, Alfred Pegg, C.H.Harris, R.W.Hawke, Mr Loynes. Carol

Jack Robinson kindly allowed me to put some of his family photographs on the website a while ago - a wonderful collection! Jack Powles is far left on the front row. The full set of names for the Blkaes anniversary photo are: Top row - W.Hewitt, E.Southgate, George Press, Clifford Smith, H.T. Percival, Herbert Woods, Percy Hunter, A.Fuller, C.Teader, Barney Broom, O.A.King, E.C.Landamore, W.S.Parker, Arthur Johnson. Middle row - Fred Press, George Hazell, W.Smith, H.C.Banham, Geoffrey Hart, Basil Broom, Percy Collins, Graham Bunn, A.G.Ward Hazell Jnr, Martin E.Miller, Mr Barnwell, C.Mollett. Front row - Jack Powles, H.J.Burrell, Dick Smallman, J.W.Eastwick, F. Miller, H. Blake, Leo Robinson, Mrs D.Blake, C.H.Harris, R.W.Hawke, Mr Loynes. Carol

Brilliant Vaughan - thank you! (Does happy jig round the living room) Iain, I checked and the text you found comes from the Postcards of the Broads site and relates to Martin and Frederick Miller. That's the problem with Google - it takes random bits of text from across an internet page, puts them together on the search results making it look like a sentence, which can make life very confusing! Many thanks for trying though Carol

Many thanks Iain A few more stills from the cine film - I'm quite excited by this! Some of it is in B&W and some colour. Carol

That's a different Jack Powles Iain ... nephew or something I believe. The actual Jack Powles would have been considerably older if he were still alive as he was Alfred Collins business partner and took control of that yard in the 1920s I think. As I said, I tried Google and couldn't find the answer I was looking for. Carol

I shared this elsewhere today and thought I'd share it on here too as it's such a great photograph. Taken at Jack Powles yard c1949 and captioned as being "Saturday Morning Departure" it shows all the customers cars lined up awaiting their return at the end of the holiday. Whilst we're on the subject of Jack Powles ... does anyone know when he died? I ask because I bought some 1950s 16mm cine footage towards the end of last year for Broadland Memories which contains a section showing a boat being built on the Broads and a man showing the family round and presumably explaining the build process. I had a suspicion that the yard was Jack Powles. Now .... a photo supposedly of Jack Powles in the late 1940s came up for sale on Ebay this week and it looks remarkably like the chap seen in my film. However, someone told me that they thought he died in 1939, but then thought they may be getting confused with John Loynes. Google hasn't found an answer for me (the Jack Powles that comes up isn't the same one) ... so does anyone know? Here's a still from my film and I have been naughty and pinched the Ebay photo as an illustration so that you can see what I mean. What do you all think?

The full film has been edited and uploaded now. Carol

The Kings Head in Magdalen Street in Norwich have bar billiards ...... excellent selection of beer too Carol

I'm back to film editing for Broadland Memories this week with some cine footage which appears to have been taken during the 1970s and 1980s. The people seen were sailors, taking their boat out to sea as well as sailing on the Broads. The two ladies who feature look like sisters, and I presume it is one of the ladies husbands who is doing the filming. This was another purchase, orphaned from the family with no background information at all. I am thinking that these were people who kept a boat on the Broads for a few years judging by the fact they age as the film goes along, so somebody must remember them?

Jigsaw pieces! Liz, I wonder whether your photo was taken whilst the bridge was being repaired after this rather unfortunate accident in the 1960s. I've not been able to pinpoint the exact year though. (The lorry driver was rescued) Carol

Trading wherry at Horsey Staithe c1890 Carol

Pleased that people have enjoyed this film too. The quality is so good because it is 16mm film stock - it's also a really nice, clean copy too. I suspect it must have come from a film library. I have another commercially produced 16mm Norfolk Broads travelogue which I believe is 1950s or possibly even 1940s which has just gone off to be transferred. We no longer have a 16mm projector (ours died and was beyond economical repair) so it's unseen until I get it back. It adds to the excitement I suppose! Carol

A few more photos for this thread with an "On This Day" theme. On the 23rd January 1963, Horsetad Mill was sadly destroyed by fire - perversely, Britain was in the grip of the Big Freeze and the 23rd of January also saw the regions lowest temperature of the winter recorded at Santon Downham of -19. The first photo shows the mill in it's heyday, c1900 with a trading wherry moored alongside - the second shows the smouldering remains photographed in the aftermath of the fire. The third and fourth photos show what little remains of the mill today. Carol