

All pictures by Michael Alford.
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![]() | 9 Blue Boulders | by Michael Alford |
With a PDF account by Michael Alford.... |
![]() | 10 Boulder Boat | by Michael Alford |
The audio file is the voice of Doris Cutting and Bert Pope recalling the collection of the... |
![]() | 60 Dredging Shingle from Castle Water | by Michael Alford |
Next to the jetty is the small tugboat and behind is the shingle sorting plant that was cl... |
![]() | 59 Dredging Shingle from Castle Water | by Michael Alford |
The extraction of shingle was carried out at Castle Water from 1930 to 1970.... |
![]() | 58 Dredging Shingle from Castle Water | by Michael Alford |
Shingle was sucked up by big pumps and loaded into barges and taken to the sorting plant a... |
![]() | 104 H B W Churton | by Michael Alford |
Vicar of Icklesham, who built Rye Harbour church in 1849... |
![]() | 98 Shingle grading plant | by Michael Alford |
Date guessed!... |
![]() | 127 Tram Road Concrete Block Works - Lee & Son | by Michael Alford |
This yard was founded in 1859 by Lee & Son to manufacture concrete blocks up to 8 tons for... |
![]() | 244 William Drew Lucas-Shadwell | by Michael Alford |
When it was decided to construct the Admiralty pier at Dover of concrete blocks, the contr... |