This short clip provides a glimpse of the building boom of Victorian London, with millions of bricks being brought from[…]
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Sailing By: Tales from our oceans, seas, coasts and inland waterways
Collecting 'tales of sail' from around the world to link with modern-day sailors
The UK has a strong maritime history, with many coastal communities relying on the sea for a living. This category includes tales of boatbuilders, fishermen, traders, pilots, ships of war and rescue as well as the changing use for many vessels now used as leisure craft.
This short clip provides a glimpse of the building boom of Victorian London, with millions of bricks being brought from[…]
Read moreWe’ve been following the progress of young boatbuilder, Ash Faire-Ring, based in Norfolk, England as he restores the Thames barge,[…]
Read moreThis rare colour footage from the British Film Institute archive shows life on the River Thames in the 1930s. Its[…]
Read moreIn this tiny fragment of late 19th century film footage, we see smacks leaving Great Yarmouth. Shot with one of[…]
Read moreEdmund Eglinton was just 13 in 1915, when he began to sail on the trows and ketches of the Bristol[…]
Read moreCaptain George Buck recollects two night watches, five miles southwest of the Wolf Rock, waiting for an expected ship from[…]
Read moreThis Pathé archive film tells the story of Thames Sailing barge Pretoria which became a restaurant on the Thames in[…]
Read moreWhat would travellers from the days of sail make of Harwich Harbour in the 21st century? Daniel Defoe takes to[…]
Read more‘Albion’ was built as a Norfolk wherry and carried cargo on the inland waterways of eastern England. Jack Powley was[…]
Read moreThis ‘Instructional film’ from the Pathé Archive provides a clearly-presented overview of trawling in the 1940s, as steam began to[…]
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