by creemaster » Thu Sep 13, 2012 8:13 pm
The Black and Whites which have been posted belong to a selection of prints which I first saw in BHC photograph albums 20/23 years ago. My father in law was the then Commercial manager at the harbour and asked me to index their collection on our 1st steam coal fired computer. Needless to say I did the job and a few years later when I wanted the set of HUDSON DEEP doing her loading trials at Blyth in the early 1960s I was told they could not find them. Sounds familiar.
There were two sets, one in photograph albums taken in the 1920/30s which this one belongs to and another taken in the 1950s which started at the round end, berths 1/2, in the South Harbour (actually it started at the dock gate on Wensleydale Terrace) and went up river to Bates, over to the Power Station and back down to the pier, minus the windmills in them days). I think it was for a Government project so that HMG knew what facilities all Britian's ports had in case of national emergencies. Mind you if it came down to WW3 as was feared at that time port facilities would be no use if we were all neuked.
Think I have a set of them somewhere.
Graham