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Reedham Mystery Man!

Here we have two pictures of the same man taken at The Lord Nelson st Reedham, the first in 1955 and the second in 1956. Does anyone know who he was? I have differing memories from the contributors of these images as to whether he was the landlord or just a local character.

Porter & Haylett Workers c1983

The photograph above was sent in by Iain Gray and was taken c1983 whilst he was working at the Porter and Haylett boatyard in Wroxham. Are you one of the workers pictured? If so, and you have some interesting memories of your time there which you would like to share, please do get in contact with us.

The boat in the above picture from 1951 has been identified as MTB-653, an ex military motor torpedo boat which had been converted to use as a houseboat. There is a bit of a mystery surrounding the location as the photograph was marked (at the time) as having been taken at Horning. This is a very large vessel to have been on the Northern rivers - does anyone remember it being up there, or can you identify the location from the landmarks featured?

UPDATE! I have had various people contact me to confirm that this is indeed a section of the River Bure between Cockshoot Broad and the old F.B.Wilds site (now Waterside Marine) at Horning. I have also now spoken to someone who remembers it being moored in this area in the early 1950s. The mystery still remains as to how the boat got there and it’s history on the Broads! If you have any further information about this boat then please do get in contact.

Where Is This?

On this page I will post up any photographs which have been submitted that have locations, boats, places or faces that cannot be identified or have thrown up any queries. If you can help with information about any of the pictures below then please do get in contact with us.