Gallery 1900-1950 Page 11

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The following collection of photographs date from 1903 to 1904 and were taken by Donald Shields. Born in 1876, the youngest of three brothers, Donald captured some truly stunning images of Broadland during the Edwardian era and would have developed and printed the photographs himself at home. The three Shields brothers married three daughters of the Buckingham family who founded the well known shoe shop in Swan Lane in Norwich. Donald himself owned a bookshop in Beccles from the 1920s to the 1940s. My thanks go to Donalds Great nephew, John Jollivet, for allowing me to reproduce his photographs on here.

The Broadland landscape was very different in the early 1900s and positive identification of some locations has proved difficult. Similarly, many of the yachts and wherries featured are long gone and are also proving difficult to identify. If you can help with this task then please do get in contact!

This is Donald Shields, the photographer of the following collection of photographs, pictured with his bulldog. Donald was aged around 26 at the time this image was taken and was living with his mother in Unthank Road, Norwich.

Pictured above is Donald’s nephew, Daniel George (Bob) Shields. Bob will be remembered by some as Dr Shields who was a GP at Wroxham for many years!

The Shields family pictured in 1903. On the back row, from left to right, are Donald Shields, his brother Archie Shields, unknown gentleman, and Charlie Shields. Along the front are: Winifred Shields who was Archies daughter, his wife Fanny, Bethia Shields (Donald’s mother), Jessie who was Archie's wife and their son Bob.

Slightly out of Broadland, but on the River Wesum, this is Hellesdon Road Bridge pictured in 1903. In Edwardian times this was a popular spot for rowing. The iron bridge was designed and built by James Frost in 1819 for the Norwich Corporation at a cost of £1,116, and replaced the wooden bridge which was erected here in 1810.

The view looking upstream on the River Wensum towards Hellesdon Mill. Most of the mill was demolished in the 1920s by its then owners, The Norwich Corporation, as they wanted to use the good quality timber to build houses on the Angel Estate. What little remains of the original mill has recently been converted into flats.

Rowing at Salhouse Broad in 1903.

Sailing on the Norfolk Broads, unknown location, in 1903.

The Ferry House Inn at Surlingham on the River Yare pictured in 1903.

Jamie Campbell has identified this as being the Norfolk 14’ Restricted Class dinghy sail number 32 called “Midge” . The location is unknown, but the photograph was possibly taken on the River Yare.

A lugsail halfdecker, also possibly on the Yare. In the background on the right is a steamboat and, on the left, a rowing skiff.

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