beverley yates – Sailing By: Tales from our coasts and inland waterways

Life aboard a sailing barge, 1947

View archive footage of an English sea-going barge in this Pathé newsreel which opens with the commentator saying ‘the tall[…]

In this extract, we return to the 18th century to find Daniel Defoe’s description of the port of Harwich and[…]

This short clip provides a glimpse of the building boom of Victorian London, with millions of bricks being brought from[…]

We’ve been following the progress of young boatbuilder, Ash Faire-Ring, based in Norfolk, England as he restores the Thames barge,[…]

In May 2020 the Association of Dunkirk Little Ships (ADLS) plans another return to Dunkirk to commemorate the 80th anniversary[…]

This rare colour footage from the British Film Institute archive shows life on the River Thames in the 1930s. Its[…]

In this tiny fragment of late 19th century film footage, we see smacks leaving Great Yarmouth. Shot with one of[…]

Watch British Pathé newsreel, shot in a stormy North Sea off Heligoland, showing large yachts racing in 1932. SAILING –[…]

The Brest and Douarnenez Festivals coincide in 2020, as they do every four years. OGA member, Royston Raymond reflects on[…]

View this short, evocative British Pathé archive newsreel, showing large yachts racing in the Baltic, 1933. There’s close-ups and long[…]