[Monte Carlo Or Bust!]

On 18/07/2018 at 03:41, Vaughan said:

 

I have just been looking for other photos and found this, which was my yard in Womack at the start of our first season, in 1976.

Vaughan

May I share this on the FB groups I have that is dedicated to the Harrison's of Ludham and the Harrison-Lake-Cossey Boats pages.  I am sure other descendants of Robert Harrison would like to see it.

[Womack Boatyard]

On 09/07/2020 at 01:31, Vaughan said:

 If he is in contact with the family I would ask him to please convey to them how proud I was to be the keeper of a genuine Norfolk Broads wherry yard and also how devastated I was to be forced to put an end to hundreds of years of history and tradition.

Vaughan 

As a member of the Harrison family and part of it's boat building heritage I for one - and I am sure I can speak for the rest of the family - am very appreciative of your dedication and love you had for the property.

I can understand the feelings of loss having just gone through trying to save a historic tug, designed and built by my grandfather, restored and sailed by my father, only to have an uncaring and naive City Council cut her up for scrap.

I too am grateful to Nigel for his work in helping me discover my roots.

Thank you both for helping future generations understand this location and it's history.

 

[Sailing Zoe]

I recently found out that the Jubilee was built by my ancestors the Harrisons.  Is she still afloat? where can she be found. I would love to see her up close.

[Womack Boatyard]

On 08/07/2020 at 17:09, woodwose said:

Maybe this has upset the Harrison Family? I could ask them

I recently found out I am a descendant of the Harrison's. If you know them I would like to connect. Thomas Robert CoSsey apprenticed under Robert Moon Harrison. Thomas eventually married Robert's daughter Mary Elizabeth Harrison. They emigrated to Canada and built boats here for the Hudson's Bay company. Cosseys set up shop in Ontario, one of the Harrisons opened a boat yard in Toledo Ohio. Their brother in law William Lake settled in BC with a boat yard.