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Norfolk Broads - wooden boatsBlakes Norfolk Broads hire cruisers from the mid 1950sThis page is dedicated to my father, who died on 11th September 2004, aged 84. These pictures are a memento of our happy family holidays on the Norfolk Broads in the 1950s. Click on any of the pictures to see a larger view
Boats are Golden Foam and Dancing Foam, part of the Blakes holiday fleet from Jack Powles of Wroxham. A wooden Broads cruiser of similar style can be seen at the Ellesmere Port Boat Museum. Ellesmere Port is at the junction of the Shropshire Union and the Manchester Ship Canal. Thanks to visitor Steve Day for the following comments after visiting this web page:- "If I remember correctly the Foam class boats were owned by Jack Powles Wroxham. As a family we hired Missouri Star from Powles in the early 60s. We usually hired boats from N.C Banhams in Horning throughout the fifties/sixties, either Sirdar or Monarch class. It brought back memories to see a "Foam " again. Most of the pre war Broads boats were moored in groups during the war on the actual Broads to prevent German sea planes landing on open water. Certainly a lot of Woods boats were used in this way." Craig Slawson has compiled a database of more than 8,500 Norfolk Broads boats from his observations over the last 30 years. Craig would welcome any additions to the database via his Boats of the Norfolk Broads website. Site visitor Nick Hough asks - "Would anyone have any information about the old Norfolk Broads boats with the names of Toreador Trojan Tuscan or Talisman please. We own Toreador and would very much like to know any history of ours or the other 3." If you have any information, please sign the Guestbook and leave a valid e-mail address. Note:- Your e-mail address won't be posted on the Guestbook page. I'll then contact Nick on your behalf. | More pictures from the 1950s | |
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