Monthly Archives: January 2012

My appeal of a few weeks ago for more personal memories of working or holidaying on the Broads has already had some positive responses. A couple of people have contacted me to say that they are going to try to … Continue reading →

If boats could talk then the wherry Albion would certainly have some interesting tales to tell. Built by William Brighton at his yard on Lake Lothing for the Bungay maltsters W.D. and A.E. Walker and launched in 1898, Albion has … Continue reading →

I’ve posted links to a few old cine films of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads from YouTube on here but my latest trawl through the recent uploads has uncovered and absolute gem! Filmed on colour 8mm cine film, “Broadland Holiday … Continue reading →

Following on from my last post which featured a photograph taken at the boatyard of C.J. Broom & Sons of Brundall in 1954 I thought I’d make mention of another interesting book which I was given for Christmas. Broom Boats … Continue reading →

I’m quite pleased that I have been able to make good progress on the backlog of submissions to the archive over the last couple of weeks. It’s been fortunate that I’ve been able to put in two full days this … Continue reading →

I mentioned in the last blog post that I had managed to get the website up and running on another PC which had kindly been loaned to me whilst mine undergoes its necessary upgrades. It took a little while longer … Continue reading →

Always on the look out for new titles to add to my Broads bookshelf, a browse in the book department of Jarrolds of Norwich just before Christmas left my purse a little emptier when I came across “How Hill – … Continue reading →

It’s always good to see a mystery solved and an email received over the weekend revealed the identity of the old wreck seen in one of the photographs taken by John Chesney in the 1970s which were uploaded to the … Continue reading →