From the 1960s to 2010, a photo collage of life on Deal and Walmer beach.
• Deal and Walmer's Pisc...
After four years of marriage, and ten years being a boatman for other people, I realized that I needed to provide a steady income from my efforts. By 1974 I had decided to have a boat built to my specifications; nevertheless, it took over a year for this to happen. In those days diesel engines were an established item to have in a boat as they were more reliable. The boat and engine cost under £3000 and my first 45 gallon drum of red diesel £3.15s (£3.75). The 27 foot Morning Haze (named after my wife Hazel) was pushed on to my beach plot at Walmer in October 1975. At the time of launching my wife was six months pregnant, so I knew I had to make a go of my new venture. My price for a day’s fishing with 6 anglers was £15.
Initially she had some teething problems (the boat, not the wife) which needed sorting out. Tongue-in-cheek, this would take thirty years and I now realized why I got paid such a low wage as a jobbing skipper in the past. To own a boat is an expense that is never ending. Maintaining a boat is essential, as not only my life was dependent on it but also my passengers’ lives as well. Fortunately, I and my clients survived without any mishaps and the boat served me well for 30 years and her working life.
• Deal and Walmer's Pisc...
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