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The group of friends hired Y216 “Commander IV” from Brooms in 1950, seen here moored at Reedham. The Commanders were 37ft in length with an 11ft beam and were powered by a 20hp 6cyl Morris Commodore engine, sleeping up to six people in three cabins.

Four of the crew pictured onboard Commander IV in 1950. From left top right are: Don, Ruth, Eric and Brenda.

Brenda Lambert and Jeff Hammond pictured on the Norfolk Broads in 1950.

The final photograph from the Hammond family collection was taken at Ranworth in 1950 - the Maltsters public house can be seen in the background.

More photographs taken by Brenda Lambert and Jeffery Hammond in 1950

In 1950 the gang returned to the Broads and hired one of the “Commander” class of motor cruisers from C.J.Broom and Sons of Brundall. I think the above photograph was actually a promotional postcard produced by Brooms and shows Y167 “Commander I”. The first two examples of this class appeared in the 1947 edition of Blakes boating brochure, with numbers 3 and 4 having been built by the time the 1949 brochure was produced.

The following collection of photographs were submitted to the archive by Andrew Day and were taken from an album which was dated as 1936. Sadly, I know nothing about the people featured here and unfortunately there is not enough visible of the motor cruiser the holiday was taken on for me to be able to identify it.

The holiday appears to have been taken by a party of six adults onboard an, as yet, unidentified centre cockpit motor cruiser. Here, four of the crew pose for the camera with the obligatory drinks in hand!

Cruising along in 1936. Note the large case on the coachroof on the left - I believe that this was a McMichael portable radio which were advertised in the contemporary boating brochures and were available to hire for the duration of your holiday from several outlets on the Broads at a cost of around 20 shillings per week. The purchase price for this unwieldy looking radio was nearly £16 in 1935 which was around the same cost as hiring one of the latest 6 berth cruisers for a week in August of that year!

Another photograph taken during the 1936 holiday.