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1960s History
1960s Memories
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Ludham Bridge, looking upstream.
Enterprise dinghies at the Beauchamp Arms on the River Yare. The affordable Enterprise dinghy, designed by Jack Holt in 1956, had done much to popularise sailing. Holt went on to design the Mirror dinghy in the early 1960s with television DIY guru Barry Bucknell.
Unknown location, but sail number 86 is the river cruiser “Moss Rose” which was built by Easticks at Acle in the 1920s.
Fishing from the bow at a quiet spot. This looks as though it is probably somewhere on the southern rivers.
At the helm of “Golden Beaver” - I love the use of a tin of Heinz Spaghetti as a paperweight!
Boater’s Hill on the River Waveney, looking upstream towards Beccles.
One of the most well known landmarks on the Norfolk Broads - Dutch Tutch at Potter Heigham. As I previously mentioned, Dutch Tutch began life as a helter skelter at the entrance to Brittania Pier in Great Yarmouth but was moved here c1908 and converted for use as a holiday home. It’s remarkable to think that it has now been standing there for 110+ years!
Thurne Dyke Mill looking freshly painted.
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The River Thurne at Potter Heigham with Herbert Woods yard on the left. One of Woods “Leading Lady” class is seen heading in to moor, with two of the “Perfect Lady” class on the left.
St Benet’s Abbey gatehouse and old mill tower.
Cooking in the galley on board “Golden Beaver”.
The galley looked to be quite a compact space, located to the fore of “Golden Beaver”. The Blake’s brochure entry described it as having a “stainless steel sink, drainer and household size gas cooker.” It would have had either an electric fridge or, more likely here, an “Osokool” box which used ice blocks which could be exchanged at other Blake’s boatyards. The 1968 brochure stated that you would not find gas refrigerators on board any Blake’s yachts or cruisers as they believed them to be unsafe on boats at that time. As many boats still had petrol engines, a fuel leak on board could potentially produce vapour which would become rather explosive on contact with the pilot flame at the rear of a gas fridge.
The first of two photographs taken during mealtimes on board “Golden Beaver”. Possibly fishcakes, or potato rissoles with beans, spaghetti and bread and butter! The curtains and soft furnishings are very evocative of the era.
Beef burgers and beans for tea!
Another orphaned set of images taken from a collection of 35mm slides which were taken during a holiday aboard the motor cruiser R320 “Golden Beaver” in the late 1960s.
Three of the holiday party on board “Golden Beaver” which was part of the Beaver Fleet who were based at St. Olaves. The 35ft, 6 berth cruiser was new to the fleet in 1967. There was a double cabin, a toilet/shower, plus a cabin with two singles at the rear, a double settee berth in the saloon, with a second toilet and galley to the fore.The party appears to have consisted of two generations of the family.
The younger couple of the group sitting on the cabin roof in an Avon Redstart dinghy which they presumably brought along with them. The cost of a week’s hire of “Golden Beaver” in 1968 was between £8 18 shillings and £14 16 shillings a week, per person.
Beccles Yacht station looking quite flooded. The basin at the yacht station was enlarged in the early 1980s, but flooding still occurs during higher tides.
