HI Michael. Yes Ethel Maud is progressing and is jacked back into her proper. Must phone Gary to get some 'insider' photos. Certainly most of her frames have...
Some good photos of Cambria on the move, but poor old Celtic...... wasn't she a bit of a heroine in WW2? I seem to remember reading somewhere as playing a part...
Blackwater- what a day! One of those days I shall always remember with a big grin and smile. I left home at 3am to join the barge at 5am from Heybridge Basin....
Good morning all from Canada: Noticed that the picture of "Dinah" from the 80's shows her with what looks like a Capstan rather than a windless in the bow. Am...
Hopefully you'll be able to tape the film "The Long Memory" on Thursday 6th July 1:45pm on Channel 4. Message about the details in the original group on Yahoo....
Those of you in the BBC Radio Essex area might like to know that I will be talking about model barges / barges 18th July 1:30 - 2pm. I don't expect to get too...
Just a "heads up" ... only 4 days until the Thames Match this year. All you need to know is on the website here: www.thamesmatch.co.uk I shall be there taking...
Hello Mike Did you happen to get a photo of Iolo receiving the Gold Belt Trophy? If so and you'd like to see that in the next SSBR Newsletter could you email...
Well - where did that weather come from!! It was ceratainly a "blip" from the usual weather we have had. Forecast was for force 5 -6 gusting 7. After a bumpy...
Probably the best photos that I took during the Thames Match cannot be retrieved from my camera. I am desperately seeking photos of Will particularly when she...
Hi Michael Have been admiring your Thames Match shots - and latest opening page shot of Decima. Wonderful! Finally got to download my photos (only a few as was...
Michael, Is it a digital camera? Is it that you cannot retrieve the image files off the data card? If so I can recommend retrieval software. Mike ... be...
Hi Mike no my camera is pre card and runs on floppy disks. Very susceptible to the vageries of heat/any mis-handling/ wear and tear. The disc in question...
Michael, Unfortunately the link to "photozo" does not work. However, your own photos of BK2 and Redcar beach were interesting. What puzzles me is she ...
Hi Mike, I clicked on the link at the bottom of this message and was taken straight to those fantastic photos....... Please try again. Anyone else experiencing...
Sadly on the night of the 27th David Speight passed away. He will be remembered by us all for his magnificent achievement in building from scratch, the barge...
I have placed two new links to Cross's maps on here (1850 & 1861). They can be enlarged and then enlarged again giving a huge amount of detail. Anyone...
Michael, The maps are fascinating. There's something about them ... that encourages the imagination ... Re the name .. I've a PLA map of the docks 1921 and...
I wonder if anyone can shed light on the top section of a barge rudder that lies immediately below what I assume is Strood Promenade [for want of a better...
If you see here: http://simplywhitstable.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/barge7.htm there is mention of Anglia suffering fire damage. Does anyone know if she sank...
Hi Mike It was probably me doing the reporting ... Anglia broke her back here when given a 'poor' mooring, so I am told. I took photos of what was left of her...
James Miller was my great grandfather. I have traced him as being the captain of the Allhallows and the Stoke. I would be grateful for any information about...
