This week the Thames Sailing Barge Reminder moored up in Wivenhoe. In the nineteenth century there were over 2000 of these cargo boats, now Reminder is one of only a few. Built in 1929 in Mistley as a racing barge, she was repurposed as a leisure vessel in 1975. A present glimpse of times past.
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The Reminder is a wonderful monument to the skill of the shipwrights of the past. Thank you for sharing.
Definitely, Allan. My pleasure.
Interesting angle, Jane. I like it.
Thank you, LuAnne