JennyMorgan Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 I'm guessing 1950 ish. The sailing boat number 24 is still about but I don't recognise the others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Reedham again, but probably fifty year older, Rubbish quality, original is an old slide, but I find it fascinating to see a wherry sailing along yet seemingly about to sink! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 More oldish Reedham, 1950 ish again? I think that the steamer is the Resolute but stand to be corrected. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deebee29 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Love these old photos David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdnamsGirl Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Great pics as always Peter. I have a copy of the last postcard which I have dated to c1912 .... not Resolute (which was a double ended steamer) but probably the "Pride of the Yare", which was the sister ship to the more famous Queen of the Broads. This was the Pride of the Yare at Reedham c1910. It ran trips between Yarmouth and Norwich, whilst the Queen of the Broads ran between Yarmouth and Wroxham. You could buy a round trip and do both in one day, with a train to run you between Wroxham and Norwich. Pride of the Yare Steamer at Reedham c1910 by AdnamsGirl, on Flickr Carol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdnamsGirl Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Another passenger steamer at Reedham. This was the Waterfly and the postcard dates to around 1910. Waterfly was owned and operated by John Long who ran trips on the Broads between 1894 and 1914. She was licensed to carry up to 274 passengers! The outbreak of the First World War led to a severe drop in passenger numbers and Waterfly was retired from service. She was converted for use as a lighter after the war but, sadly, ended her days lying on the mud flats of Breydon Water where her remains can apparently still be found. Waterfly Steamer at Reedham c1910 by AdnamsGirl, on Flickr Carol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Great photos both of you I would be keen to find out which wreck was Pride of the Yare so I may appear knowledgeable to my friends.... (if indeed one was her) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdnamsGirl Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 It was the Waterfly which was supposedly left to rot on Breydon but I have no idea of the location, if indeed she did end up there. I'd also be interested to know! My info came from the Waterfly website which was put together by a descendant of John Long: http://waterfly.greatyarmouthphotographic.co.uk/index.htm The Pride of the Yare was moved to Nottingham in the 1950s where she worked as a passenger boat on the Trent, along with the SS Gorleston. More here: http://www.ourgreatyarmouth.org.uk/page_id__551_path__0p5p104p.aspx Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclemike Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 just found a couple of photos, circa early 70s, both taken on lower yare, one at reedham excuse the quality ,scanned from old pics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdnamsGirl Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hi Mike Great pics! And there is the the aforementioned Queen of the Broads, presumably very close to the end of her working life. Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 You would think an old iron ship would, if she's there, be quite recognisable, There is this wreck on Breydon, https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmillican/4451999074/in/pool-unluckyboats but those ribs look like an old wooden ship, possibly a hapless hire boat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel falcon Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 There,s another one the other end just near the 5 mph sign, but that too looks wodden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 sorry I should have read the post... I could not get on tho the water fly page but if indeed she was steel then I am sure,as Peter says, she would be obvious on Breydon.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel falcon Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 http://www.ourgreatyarmouth.org.uk/images/uploaded/scaled/img046.jpg here,s an earlier pic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 Clive, lifted off the Waterfly website:'Built in Yarmouth by Fellows shipyard (see fellows ), she was launched with a bottle of milk broken across her bows and registered in Yarmouth as YH7 on 23 May 1894, with a Board of Trade number 104064. She was built of “120lb” steel, with a 25nhp (see nhp ) steam engine from Crabtree of Yarmouth and a boiler from Farrar of Newark (see farrar ). The engine had two vertical cylinders of 8inch diameter, with a stroke of 9 and 14 inches. Her gross weight was 48.79 tons, net 23 tons. Her overall length was 72 feet 5 inches, with a 14 feet 6 inches beam and 6 feet 3 inches of hold depth. The engine room was 18 feet long.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Cool, How old is that picture? I am sure I remember more planking on it also last time I saw her this year I thought she was counter stern although to look at the recent pictures it would not be obvious, it must be my memory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted October 15, 2014 Author Share Posted October 15, 2014 it must be my memory?Must be nearing 40! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdnamsGirl Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Perhaps a slightly romantic version of her eventual fate which was passed down the family then? Carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C.Ricko Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 perhaps I have seen the picture before! ( I am nearing 40 but probably only first saw her 25 or so years ago..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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