JennyMorgan Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 In this case at Bramerton in 1911 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExSurveyor Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Nice photo Peter, how old were you when you took it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Mark, I'm not sure but my father was born in 1911! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted November 9, 2014 Author Share Posted November 9, 2014 Bit more modern this time, Brundall, 1950ish would be my guess. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Back to 1900 & Thorpe St Andrew: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRascal Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 These really are a wonderful collection of photos – not just in this thread but those posted for other locations around the Broads of late. What I notice a lot is the informality of the scenes; it looks very natural compared to today’s formal moorings with their quay headings, posts and signs not to mention the occasional blue electric post! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Robin, formalisation and standardisation appears to be the buzzword at Yare House, regretfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 When Surlingham Ferry had a ferry: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Off to Cantley this time, still in the early 1900's. Rotten bit of retouching on the wherry's hull but still an interesting shot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Interesting to note that there were some 20 ferries on the River Yare. Mostly foot or one man and his boat.http://www.broadlandmemories.co.uk/blog/2014/02/crossing-the-yare-buckenham-ferry/ Great to see these old photographs JM. Not so good is that some that you have posted (not this present batch, I hasten to add) I can remember!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Once a common occurrence on the Yare: Must have been a surprise to many a holidaymaker! I notoriously won a race thanks to coaster on the Yare. A day of next to no wind and the undertow from a ship's propellor dragged me through the fleet of sailing boats. Once we arrived at the buoy, turning point, we did have a problem pushing ourselves away from the stern of the coaster but the skipper gave the engine a surge to push us clear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Once a common occurrence on the Yare: Must have been a surprise to many a holidaymaker! I notoriously won a race thanks to coaster on the Yare. A day of next to no wind and the undertow from a ship's propellor dragged me through the fleet of sailing boats. Once we arrived at the buoy, turning point, we did have a problem pushing ourselves away from the stern of the coaster but the skipper gave the engine a surge to push us clear. Now even I remember them turning up the Wensum for Colemans! I am getting old like JM Iain, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Springsong Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Reedham 1962. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted December 19, 2014 Author Share Posted December 19, 2014 Iain, more like as decrepit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 I am sure that I can remember a coaster called the Molly M, or am I mistaken. Holiday makers were told not to moor on bends, certainly round the Whitlingham area. Talking of which, on several occasions they would ground on a bend, and I can remember a great wall of water that they pushed before them, and in their wake water would drain from the river , dykes and tributaries of the river Yare. Old Wussername. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Many of the coasters in the 60s were Everard ships with the ending 'ity'. I can remember hearing coasters coming along the Yare in the distance so if at Brundall Dyke or Rockland Dyke, Langley or Hardley, the next thing you knew was the water sucking out of the dyke and then when possible I would run to the end of the dyke to watch the coaster go past - pure magic, what a memory! Have some photos which I need to find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 W-Album Was the water coming out of the dykes before the coaster or after? Old Wussername - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizG Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 Before! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Yes, I remember now, you are absolutely correct. I don't know why, but seeing the amount of water the bow pushed in front of it it seemed logical to my confused thinking that the water drained from the dykes after the coaster passed in order to replace that which had been carried in front of the vessel. Old Wussername. It is quite late now, I'll post this in the morning. Best wind the cat up and put the clock out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manko Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I love the picture of Thorpe in 1900 JM. I have a decent collection of postcards and prints of this area but have not seen that one before. The Broads Authority are currently trying to deny that there are mooring rights on that stretch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wussername Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Manko Please share your postcards and photographs. Thorpe St Andrew was considered The Garden of Norfolk in time gone past. Every year I place a wreath on my parents grave, in the parish church. I always walk along the village green. This year it was an absolute delight to see that the residents on the other side of the river have transformed the area into what has become a most desirable place to live on the river. Commander Ashby, I think, would be well pleased. Old Wussername. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBA Marine Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Manko Please share your postcards and photographs. Thorpe St Andrew was considered The Garden of Norfolk in time gone past. Every year I place a wreath on my parents grave, in the parish church. I always walk along the village green. This year it was an absolute delight to see that the residents on the other side of the river have transformed the area into what has become a most desirable place to live on the river. Commander Ashby, I think, would be well pleased. Old Wussername. Nice to hear positive comments regarding Thorpe river green and the Island. And great pics or yester-year, days long before myself, some before my father and if I had a clue when my fathers father was born maybe even older than he would be! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 When we can get under the railway bridge, always call in there. Began holidays from Hearts in the 90's there. Nice to read elsewhere on the forum, that the Buck Inn has reopened also. Iain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Back to Thorpe. Don't recognise any of the landmarks here, do you? Early 1900's again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennyMorgan Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 This time the Jenny Lind, a trip boat that worked from Norwich to Bramerton Woods End during the last 20 years of the 19th C. Presumably no one counted how many passengers were aboard! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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