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A selection from our collection of photographs of old Sittingbourne

Barges and Barge-making (photos from Don Sattin and Martin Woodall)
shipwrights, blacksmiths, sawyers; the launch of the Ashingdon 1913 

workforce of shipwrights
Sawyers at White's Barge yard, Conyer 1910

l to r. F. Inwood,

N. Harris, Fred Austin, and Les Cheesman

sailing barge locked in ice, 1881

left: sailing barge "Mermaid"

right: "Waveney"

break for the shipyard workers

New owner, Group Capt A.B.Woodhall
on "The Swiftsure", Conyer, 1946
registration of bill of sale for the above
   
   
   
   
 
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