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Storm off Winterton Ness, 1692

November 5, 2017 beverley yates

Daniel Defoe describes a terrible disaster when 200 sailing colliers were lost off the east[…]

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Heybridge Basin: from trade to tourism

October 21, 2017 beverley yates

Heybridge and Maldon on the River Blackwater, Essex, have a long maritime history from defending[…]

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East Coast Old Gaffers Race, 1963

July 16, 2017 beverley yates

The first East Coast Race, held on 20 July, 1963, attracted 27 starters on a[…]

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Changing times for the sailing colliers, 1727

July 6, 2017 beverley yates

Daniel Defoe takes to his boat from Manningtree to Ipswich by ‘Maningtre-Water’ and ‘Ipswich-Water’ and[…]

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Tollesbury men on the big racing yachts

March 30, 2017 beverley yates

The small Essex village of Tollesbury has a fascinating maritime heritage. The village sign and[…]

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Cruise of the ‘Joan’: St Mawes to the Thames, 1923

July 27, 2016 beverley yates

‘Cruises of the Joan’ is from a delightful series, the Lodestar Library, featuring ‘interesting, the[…]

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Oyster fishing at Whitstable, c1909

July 20, 2016 beverley yates

This silent documentary archive captures the story of the oyster, from the smacksmen’s baskets in[…]

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Albion, the oldest remaining Norfolk wherry

July 4, 2016 beverley yates

‘Albion’ was built as a Norfolk wherry and carried cargo on the inland waterways of[…]

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