Old Photos Of Sandersons Hire Boats

[Roy]

[DAVIDH]

The right way up 

[Broads01]

I can imagine it would feel cosy in that little fore cabin with its port holes. What year would that be?

[Vaughan]

Being loaded on Boulton and Paul's private rail sidings on Riverside Rd Norwich, with Jewsons timber yard on the other side of the river.

[Vaughan]

The crane driver knew what he was doing, as well.

The slings have spreader bars and they are tied together from stem to stern, so the boat can't slip out of them.  I would guess the boat had just been lifted out of the water, not being launched.

[Captain]

Am I going mad or is first boat named Albatross Hong Kong. Is it off to far flung place's?

Neil

[Roy]

Yes sorry I should have put some text with the pictures thanks for making them the right way round DAVIDH . 

The boat being loaded on to the trailer was off to Hong Kong it was a private order for a dignitary in Hong Kong. 

The other picture was from 1938 showing the lady class boats at their hire base 

[webntweb]

Here's Lady Brenda in 1994 at St Olaves (possibly at Albatross Marine's yard). According to Craig's lists Lady Brenda was the first one built in 1937 and was 'lost' or broken up by 1995.

Coincidentally a chap I worked with had a week's holiday in the 60s on Lady Brenda.

[Broads01]

Here is Sanderson's in July 2021, their last year as a hire operator. Not a huge change from the first picture, boat styles excepting.

[Vaughan]

And as it was even earlier.

Photo from Wherries and Waterways, by Robert Maltster.

[Vaughan]

22 hours ago, DAVIDH said:

 

By the way, in the left background is Watneys brewery, which at the time of the photo, was Morgans.

[Roy]

17 hours ago, webntweb said:

Here's Lady Brenda in 1994 at St Olaves (possibly at Albatross Marine's yard). According to Craig's lists Lady Brenda was the first one built in 1937 and was 'lost' or broken up by 1995.

Coincidentally a chap I worked with had a week's holiday in the 60s on Lady Brenda.

Had she been under the water by looking at the photo the pipe hanging from the back 

[Vaughan]

42 minutes ago, Roy said:

Had she been under the water by looking at the photo the pipe hanging from the back 

More likely still taking up after having just been launched down the slipway.

[DAVIDH]

This one too. A Sanderling. Any guesses where it's moored? Some time in the 70s.

[unclemike]

thorpe green

 

 

[DAVIDH]

12 minutes ago, unclemike said:

thorpe green

No!

[WherryNice]

Horning Ferry Inn?

[Broads01]

I was going to say Horning Ferry as well, with Woodbastwick moorings opposite.

[DAVIDH]

Horning it is, at the Ferry

[andyg]

Sorry but I can't remember his surname, I'm sure bill who has/had a yard in Loddon had a sandling in his shed he was doing up. This is going back a few years now. We don't hear much from him nowadays. I wonder if its still there. Quite qute little boats really. Always looked smart out on the rivers with there dark blue hulls. Such a shame another old broads yard/name has gone. 

[Graham47]

Horning Ferry Inn. Woodbastwick on the opposite bank.

[Tobster]

On 12/03/2022 at 21:49, webntweb said:

Here's Lady Brenda in 1994 at St Olaves (possibly at Albatross Marine's yard). According to Craig's lists Lady Brenda was the first one built in 1937 and was 'lost' or broken up by 1995.

Coincidentally a chap I worked with had a week's holiday in the 60s on Lady Brenda.

100% former Albatross Marine / South River Marine when the photo was taken. Still SRM today.

[DAVIDH]

9 hours ago, andyg said:

Sorry but I can't remember his surname, I'm sure bill who has/had a yard in Loddon had a sandling in his shed he was doing up

I think his name was Bill Maxted. Here's an image of the finished article. Sadly, it never seemed to change hands and just slowly degenerated. I think it's out of the water on the adjacent land now. 

Also, another image of Sandersons one Saturday morning.

[andyg]

Thanks David, haven't been to Loddon in years by river but will do in a few weeks time. Are all his boats still up on the yard. That's been some years they've been out of the water. 

[Roy]

In this picture there are two sanderlings one out of the water behind the white van.