Harbour Master Captain Stainton taken
during the 1950’s when Harbour Masters
looked like sailors not Managers.
J&J Denholm’s MV Crinan. A regular visitor to Barrow in the 1960s bringing Iron Ore from Norway for the Iron & Steel Works.
Dad relaxes with a pipe on a bollard and admires the reflection of the AB Transmarins, ‘INGA’ a wood pulp carrier in 1966. Info: Mike Helm
Ellerman Lines ship. Its aft derricks are deployed abeam -
A Clan Line boat. A lovely looking ship of the old style passenger / cargo type. Probably carrying wood pulp.
Quote: “For many people, the golden age of shipping was the period following World War II, the 1950s and 1960s, when the British Merchant Navy went on a massive rebuilding spree to replace tonnage lost during the conflict.”
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http://iancoombe.tripod.com/id34.html
An unusual view view of a dredger/hopper taken about 1976 in the Anchor Line Basin.
I took this picture with a “fisheye” lens made from one of those things with which the paranoid look through their front doors at visitors!
Many thanks to Mike Helm formerly of Barrow now living in Nova Scotia for the use of some of his 1950’s & 60’s photos & the wealth of information & help he has provided. Visit his site at www.chesterahoy.com/SHIPS/bd.htm