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... |