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More photographs from the John Chesney Collection
The coaster “Burgundy” passes the Berney Arms pub, heading towards Breydon Water in 1977.
The “Hector Read” tug crossing Breydon Water in 1975. The tug was built in Grimsby in 1965 for the Great Yarmouth Port & Haven Commissioners and was used for general towing duties for nearly 30 years. Sold in 2003, the tug is now believed to be in Rochester, Kent.
Approaching Great Yarmouth from Breydon Water in 1978. In the background, behind the motor cruiser, is the old Lacons Brewery Stores building. The Great Yarmouth brewery was founded in the 1640s by Jeffrey Ward, but was bought by John Lacon (possibly Laycon?) in 1760. In the 1930s the brewery owned over 350 tied pubs, 171 of which were in Yarmouth itself. It is said that when the town was set ablaze during a bombing raid in 1942, the firefighters rushed to save the brewery whilst other buildings, including St. Nicholas Church, burned. Lacons was taken over by Whitbread in 1965, and the brewery closed three years later. The site has since been redeveloped and a blue plaque on the Palace Casino marks the spot on which the brewery once stood. The brewery stores was the last building to remain standing, but it too was knocked down in 1996 to make way for an Aldi supermarket.
Another view of Great Yarmouth in the 1970s, taken whilst heading towards Breydon Water.
Heading towards Breydon, having just passed beneath Vauxhall Bridge at Great Yarmouth in 1979.
Heading downstream on the River Bure at Great Yarmouth, with the yacht station on the left. Up ahead, towing the dinghy, is D147 “Baltimore V” from Moore & Co. Of Wroxham. Seen moored on the left are the 27ft Gala Girl” F90 from Summercraft, and K824 “Ferry Cavalier 1” from the Ferry Boatyard at Horning.
The view looking upstream from Great Yarmouth Yacht Station in 1979.
The Berney Arms mill, pictured by John Chesney in the late 1970s.
The view looking downstream from Acle Bridge with the Bridge Inn public house seen on the right, photographed by John Chesney in 1978.
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Another photograph taken from Acle Bridge in the late 1970s, this time showing Alan Johnson Boats who ran a hire fleet here until 1992.