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Sailing races in Friesland, 1961

May 3, 2020 beverley yates Uncategorized

View this evocative silent British Pathé newsreel of a sailing contest on the Frisian Lakes in 1961. The film opens[…]

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Holiday week in Holland: 1962

April 24, 2020 beverley yates Uncategorized

In this archive newsreel, we see holiday crowds as spectators and participants in a yachting event. There’s a campsite for[…]

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Harwich Harbour, past and present: 1726 & 2011

March 11, 2020 beverley yates Uncategorized

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

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Dutch sailing barges, 1963

January 10, 2020 beverley yates Uncategorized

View a fascinating, compelling newsreel, without any commentary, showing large sailing barges with full sails racing in Friesland, Holland. We[…]

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Changing times for the sailing colliers, 1727

December 12, 2019 beverley yates Uncategorized

What would travellers from the days of sail make of Harwich Harbour in the 21st century? Daniel Defoe takes to[…]

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Michaelmas fishing fair at Yarmouth, 1726

September 29, 2019 beverley yates Uncategorized

Daniel Defoe describes the fishing fair and other trading activity in Yarmouth, during his travels in Norfolk. He is most[…]

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Dutch sailing contest, 1959

May 12, 2019 beverley yates Uncategorized

View this British Pathé newsreel of a sailing contest on the Frisian Lakes, with commentary in Dutch. Created at the[…]

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Botters in English hands: part 1

November 26, 2018 beverley yates Uncategorized

Fritz van der Mark shares his research into the demise of a Dutch botter, which ended her days on the[…]

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Botters in English hands: part 2

November 26, 2018 beverley yates Uncategorized

We bring the second part of Fritz van der Mark’s research into the demise of a Dutch botter. The article[…]

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Ferocious storms and fearless lifeboat crews: 1880

October 28, 2018 beverley yates Uncategorized

The Coxswain and crew of the RNLI lifeboat ‘Lady Leigh’, ably assisted by the ‘rocket apparatus’ of the Coastguards, spent[…]

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