Baitrunner Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 My mate sent me these pictures of a trip his dad and a few mates did back in the late 50's/ early 60's. Someone must know the boat and where it is moored and even more importantly was that swing bridge across Breydon? The water sure looks very wide. Safety first back then and even Iain wouldn't be able to miss that shiny fire extinguisher!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Oulton Broad Yacht Station. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitrunner Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 That's what I thought JM - any idea on the bridge location though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitrunner Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Breydon rail viaduct bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 The boat is from Wingline, which is not rocket science as she has the name Wings on a board on the aft cabin side. Looks quite new, but of an old design, with the "Surrey with a fringe on top" over the wheelhouse and the lovely old chain and cable steering, running down the side deck. I think I can just see one of the stops for the tiller quadrant, on the aft deck. Imagine that for a tripping hazard! I can't find this boat in a Hoseasons catalogue of 1970. In the background are Leo Robinson's sheds, and I am trying to remember the date when they moved up to the new yard at Richardsons, in Stalham. Breydon swing bridge closed to rail traffic in 1953 and was demolished in 1962. In the photo, it looks as though it is still in operation. So I would guess, early 1950s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitrunner Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Could be right on the year - not sure how old his Dad is, but definitely in his 80's. You have to look hard to see that name plate!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Hi Mark, Here is a picture of the full bridge. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitrunner Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Alan I think there is one similar on the web when i googled it. Unless this is the same one? at least it opened back in those days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulo Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Got stopped at the Berney Arms one afternoon in the early 80's (I think) when they were demolishing the piers of that bridge. Explosives were involved we were told, though we never heard anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranworthbreeze Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I wonder why they removed these piers when they retained piers near St Olaves and going into Beccles? Regards Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffbroadslover Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Alan, I wonder if it had anything to do with the fact that sea-going vessels used to pass there and without the bridge to see they could have been thought of as a hazard. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MauriceMynah Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Alan, (and Jeff), the ones upstream at St Olaves and Beccles were kept because of pier pressure. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regulo Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I think I preferred it when your computer was out of action, MM! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Springsong Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 The boat across the YS with the reverse transom I think is Reverie from Ralph English, I don't think you could hire a dinghy with her or indeed moor stern on. Just another useless piece of information clogging up an already clogged up brain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 On 9/5/2016 at 4:47 PM, Baitrunner said: My mate sent me these pictures of a trip his dad and a few mates did back in the late 50's/ early 60's. Someone must know the boat and where it is moored and even more importantly was that swing bridge across Breydon? The water sure looks very wide. Safety first back then and even Iain wouldn't be able to miss that shiny fire extinguisher!! Rope fend-offs, quadrant and chain steering, Pyrene fire extinguisher, surely the 1950's? Vaughan, Leo's sheds remained in place long after that business moved on. Richardson's shed became Collin's Pleasure Craft. Where's Clive Ricko when we want him, he'd know when? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 I know the sheds were still there, but I thought the Robinsons sign came down when they moved? Harry Collins, as I remember, was between Robinsons and the maltings, but it may have been part of the original main yard. I have looked this boat up in catalogues of 1939 and have not found her there either, so I would guess she was new when the photos were taken. Maybe sold off sometime in the late 60s, when the recession hit the Broads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoryv Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Would anybody recognise where this picture was taken, circa 1954, are any off these boats still in existence ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitrunner Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 The shed looks like the one in the background of one of mine - Oulton Broad if it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victoryv Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 The name on the shed is L A Robinson, the boat is Vesta 8, no A304 The figure standing on the back is my father, I have a collection of these old pictures. Little did I know just how expensive my early fascination with these pictures would be! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 Vaughan, the Leo signs remained where they had been painted on shed walls in large letters. Ones fronting onto Caldecott Road remained well into the 1980's. Sign boards probably went when the business went but some shed walls remained, even after Norfolk Knights and Lancer moved in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted September 7, 2016 Share Posted September 7, 2016 One for you, Vaughan. This boat has a Lancer hull. Perhaps you remember the two characters on the cabin top? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetAnne Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Oh, I know this one Peter... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Certainly Jimmy Hoseason, and is that Desmond Truman? Difficult to tell in the hat. Good photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 The gentleman on the left I had the pleasure of a very protracted phone call with in 1980 ! A real gent he was. Iain 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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