river yare and wensum 1960 onwards

[mjt]

Hi Alan,

 

Yes, I remember Eddy Shah and Wapping. He was first and the other nationals followed soon after. The URL is www.ecn.co.uk which must have been the Eastern Counties Newspapers group now known as Archant.

 

From the bit of Googling I've been doing it looks as if the web started to take off in the early nineties, around 1993, so it's been around twenty years or so. I must admit I hadn't realised it was that long ago even though I was using it very early on at my workplace.

[Ebbtide]

Look again - it's 1997. What caught my eye was the web address printed at the bottom and I've been trying to work out when the www first started to come into general use. Also it's printed in colour and I can't remember when that first became commonplace either.

 

Yes Mike. 1997!!

 

I do now remember that winter. I was skipper of a work boat in Gloucester Dock that winter, and remember the dock freezing over, but not as severe as that depicted in the picture of the tanker.

 

Jill's picture does show that commercial traffic was still coming up to Cantly, well after trade ceased into the Port of Norwich.

 

Maurice

[littlesprite]

I must find out some of my old photo's from the 50's 60's they bring back so many memories.

[jillR]

hi martin

 

yes please.

 

and if your a flickr member could you post them on the 'boats on the Norfolk broads'

 

group as well  please.  

 

http://www.flickr.com/groups/boats-on-the-norfolk-broads/