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More of Donald Shield’s photographs from 1904

This has been identified as being a very rare photograph of the Woods and Newstead yard at Cantley during it’s heyday. At this time Cantley was a renowned sailing centre and popular fishing resort. The “Woods” was Ernest Woods who began building his Yare & Bure One Design “White Boats” here in 1908. This site was transformed in 1912 when the sugar factory was built.

Another photograph taken at Cantley in 1904, with Charlie Shields pictured second left, and Archie Shields on the far right.

Two unknown crew members pictured in 1904.

A very sleek sailing cruiser, thought to have been taken on the River Yare.

This has been identified as having been taken at Surlingham Broad. The building in the background was the ice-house which once stood on the broad. In his book “Wherries & Waterways” the historian Robert Maltster described it this: “This thatched building, set on piles in the middle of the marsh, had an elevator operated by horse gear to which the ice was floated. The ice discharged into metal bins in which its own weight caused it to solidify into a block. Although apparently a very up-to-date affair, it does not seem to have been a financial success and closed down after only a fairly short life. It is said that the company which owned it never paid the timber merchants for the pitchpine which went into its construction, but the merchants recovered most of the timber when the ice house was demolished.”

Another picture of two crew members.

The Beauchamp Arms at Buckenham Ferry on the River Yare.

The first of two pictures of an unknown sailing cruiser, once again, thought to have been taken on the River Yare in 1904.

Another picture of the same boat.

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This chap is clearly enjoying his stint at the helm!

Another picture of the halfdecker.

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