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Lovely Ian thanks mate, and reflection`s can make dramatic picture`s. Remind`s me of those taken in steam shed`s at the end of steam in the 60`s, with large puddle`s of water everywhere, reflecting the water cranes and other feature`s.
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Does anyone recognise this?
You oldies should get it right away.
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I have been on that Ian it was there avery long time till they paid up.It is Radio Caroline.There was a very looking girl on there to.
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"There was a very looking girl on there to."
Is that why you remember the ship Vic?
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Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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Jan you are right there to,I can see her smiling now even after all these years. She made us a cup of tea oneday when we was working down there on the cranes,
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They nicked my mates car one night,and that is where they found it,in the Wellington dock after about a week,we had alot of drink in the Alma the day they found it,he was very upset about it.It was Paul Sidall he has a twin brother still alive today,but sorry to say Paul is not.
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11 September 2010
19:5970001 Just when you think all the good picture`s of a particular subject in day`s of old are exhausted, along comes another one. I came across this one today. It shows the Southern Railway train ferry, `Twickenhan Ferry`in the Wellington dock. Would anyone like to guess the year?
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11 September 2010
20:0870002Looks like just post WW2 with the glassless windows to the right of the Accumulator Tower
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11 September 2010
20:2870004Actually Paul, it was taken in 1943, not far out though, and comes from an excellent new series of books called Southern Way, with high quality photograph`s, of which I`ve never viewed before. Many of these were censored during the war for obvious reason`s. You`ll be interested in them I`m sure as will a few other`s on the forum.
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11 September 2010
20:4470013Sounds wrong then Colin !!
Twickenham Ferry was requisitioned in 1939 and converted to a minesweeper/troopship and only return to Dover in 1945 ??
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11 September 2010
20:4670014is this the same twickenham ferry that was working in the seventies?
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11 September 2010
20:4970015Yes, until 1974
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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11 September 2010
20:5270016brings back memories of my early freight forwarding days in london, most cargo to the continent was sent by train ferry then.
road trailer movements(tir) were in their infancy.
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11 September 2010
21:4870017Personally Paul, if I`d had viewed the picture from someone else, I wouldn`t have thought of it as having been taken in the middle of the war, as it would surely be a sitting target there and would cause many problems if sunk. The caption tell`s us that she was moored at Southampton after Dunkirk, but was then involved in transporting steam locomotive`s. We know this though as being 1944-5 after D-day. I find many railway picture`s with poorly dated picture`s, and thinking about it, I feel sure you are right on this one.
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11 September 2010
21:5970018Quite a problem as it is quite often 'guesswork' but as you say, it happens quite often and I have seen a glaring one in a book recently of Dover 1939 with the Gateway flats in it
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11 September 2010
22:0670019Don`t tell me, a bloke was in the picture on a balcony taking picture`s!
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12 September 2010
06:4370031Forgive my ignorance Paul, but what's an Accumulator Tower (post 29) ?
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12 September 2010
08:0270050Knew someone would ask that !!!
Accumulators towers 'usually' provide hydraulic power to move heavy equipment like bridges, so presumable in this case it held a head of water to provide power to swing the bridge
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12 September 2010
10:2170058Another clue that the Twickenham Ferry is shown in peacetime is that she is not painted overall in wartime grey, as she would have been from the onset of hostilities. Also there are lots of civilians milling about on the quay in their sunday best.
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