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sb Pudge at
Maldon, Essex in 2004.
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sb Ardwina at St.
Katherine, London 2006.
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sb May at Maldon,
Essex in 2006. |
sb Devils Reach
on the River Roach. |
sb Adieu in the
Thames Barge Race 2005.
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sb Thistle
following the Thames Barge Race 2005. |
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The Grapes aka The
Bunch of Grapes, a Thames riverside scene from 2005.
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The Six Jolly
Fellowship Porters Public House aka The Bunch of Grapes, a Thames
riverside scene from 1884.
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sb
Hydrogen undergoing repair at Maldon, Essex in 2004. |
The
Wey barge Reliance at Dapdune Wharf, Guildford in 2004. |
sb
Thursday
Official Number
94557.
Built in 1888 at Aylesford. Registered at Rochester at 44
tons and in 1916 owned by APCM.
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The Kingston Coat
and Badge was a race for Watermen's Apprentices. This
one was won by Frederick Alfred Hammerton (1908 - 1944) on
14th July 1926. View it at the Twickenham
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Jarrold's Crome Photo Series, undated. Is this really a steam
wherry?
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On the Yare at
Whitlingham, near Norwich, from a D.C. Thompson card posted in 1909.
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sb Claude on the
River Thames. Notice the row / bum boat with the name
E.BALLARD. The Ballards were watermen and lightermen between
the 1700's and the early 1900's.
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Frederick Dawson
Waterman, photographed on the Thames in his skiff. Notice his
name painted on the inside on the boat.
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sb Federation and
sb Arrow at Stoke Bridge, Ipswich.
Federation, official number 111381,
was built at Brightlingsea in 1900. Registered in
Colchester at 54 tons. Arrow, official number 108516), was
built at Rochester in 1897 and registered in Rochester at 54
tons.
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sb Jim Wigley
Official Number 81865. Built
at Rochester in 1879. Registered in Rochester at 50 tons and
owned by Cory.
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| Wherries in
Yarmouth Harbour 1892.
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sb Lord Roberts
Official Number 105909. Built
at Maldon in 1900. Registered in Maldon at 63 tons
and owned in 1916 by A.J.Meeson.
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Doggett's Coat
and Badge Race winners
(left to right are Harold Green
(Poplar,1924), Eric Lupton (Northfleet,1940), George Gobbett
(Greenwich,1913), Kenneth Collins (Downham, 1957).
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Unknown Waterman
wearing a race winner's coat and badge.
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Unknown Waterman
wearing a race winner's coat and badge.
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Sparks and Co
Barge Builders
Shadwell
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Tower Bridge in
1904
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Tower Bridge in
2001
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sb Glenway
On the blocks at Maldon, Essex in
2002.
Official Number 127260.
Built at Rochester in 1913. Registered in Rochester
at 82 tons and owned by Little in 1916.
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Iolanthe
Wherry built by George Davey at Bungay
in 1892 for Walleney and sold to Watney, Coombe and Reid in
1920. Passed to GSNC in 1926. Renamed 'Elder' and
still afloat in the 1950's.
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This Shipwright’s
chest is typical of those in use from 1850 onwards.
The chest was 36
ins x 15½ ins x 16 ins and contained around 75 tools.
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Hay and Sons
Barge Builders
Number 135
Rotherhithe Street has been occupied by Charles Hay since 1789.
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Tom
Metcalfe
Winner
of the 296th Doggett's Coat and Badge Race 2009.
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296th
Doggett's Coat and Badge Race 2009
1st Tom Metcalfe (Blue
Jersey)
2nd G. Pettifore (Orange
Jersey)
3rd Jack Devrill (White
Jersey)
4th Thomas Gadd (Yellow
Jersey)
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Doggett's
Coat and Badge Race 2004
Winner - Robert Dwan
(Yellow Jersey) - Poplar & Blackwall Rowing Club.
2nd Mark Towens (White)
3rd Chris Manktelow (Red)
4th Jack Dean (Blue)
Robert
Dwan joins his father, uncle and brother, as a Doggett's champion.
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Twenty Doggett's
Coat and Badge Race winners from 1868 to 1904.
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Doggett's
Coat and Badge Race winners (left to right are) J. J.
Turferry (1900), W. H. Campbell (1850), A. H. Brewer (1901).
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State Opening of Parliament 1947
(left to righ) Harry Hardee,
King's Waterman; A.J. Turk, King's Bargemester; Harold C. Green, King's
Waterman.
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Winner of the Doggett's
Coat and Badge Race 1824
George Fogo
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Christopher Anness
Winner of the Doggett's Coat and Badge Race
2011 |
Rowers
in the Doggett's Coat and Badge Race 2011 1st Christopher Anness London RC - Green Jersey
2nd Merlin Dwan London RC - Yellow
3rd Daniel Alloway Imperial College RC - Red
4th Stuart Coleman Poplar, Blackwall & District RC - Orange
5th Ben McCann Globe RC - Light Blue
6th Jack Clark Poplar, Blackwall & District RC - Dark Blue
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