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More photographs from my own collection.
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Looking downstream from Wroxham Bridge as a pleasure wherry is being quanted through. Note the garden bench on the bow which were a common feature on board wherries fitted out for holiday cruising at this time. Another wherry can be seen moored on the left, and a steam launch is up ahead on the river. A little further downstream, just beyond the bend on the right, is the boatyard of Robert Collins and Sons.
This was labelled as having been taken on the River Bure near Wroxham and features some of the other members of the party with whom the photographer was holidaying.
Another photograph taken on board -
A counter sterned sailing cruiser pictured at an unknown location c1905.
An unknown wherry passes beneath Ludham Bridge c1905. On the riverbank on the right, there is what looks like a pile of chalk marl which was often used on the land to improve the soil for crops such as turnips.
Another photograph taken at Ludham Bridge c1905. The crew had obviously been off to get fresh supplies of food and water. Stone jars, as can be seen above, were supplied on board wherries and yachts for carrying and storing fresh water as there were no fitted water tanks in those days!
I have been unable to positively identify the location of the photograph above, but suspect that it must be either Hickling or Barton Broad as marker posts are just visible in the background.
Another photograph taken near to Wroxham Bridge c1905, looking downstream on the River Bure. A pleasure wherry can be seen on the river and, once again, I believe that the yard on the left is the Norfolk Broads Yachting Company.
