Comments for UK Shore Blog http://uk-shore.com/blog British coastal history and photography Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:04:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on History of the Goodwin Sands by Ted Goodwin http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-16105 Ted Goodwin Fri, 09 Dec 2011 14:04:25 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-16105 Does anyone know how or why the Goodwin Sands got its name? If you know please e-mail tedgoodwin@bellsouth.net. Does anyone know how or why the Goodwin Sands got its name?
If you know please e-mail tedgoodwin@bellsouth.net.

]]> Comment on BBC Nature – video collections website by British Coast Cottages http://uk-shore.com/blog/2011/07/bbc-nature-video-collections-website/comment-page-1#comment-16081 British Coast Cottages Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:38:22 +0000 http://uk-shore.com/blog/?p=283#comment-16081 Really useful page for all the videos of BBCs coast videos. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Really useful page for all the videos of BBCs coast videos. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

]]> Comment on Martello Towers of the East Coast by JANE LOGAN http://uk-shore.com/blog/2009/01/martello-towers-east-coast/comment-page-1#comment-16073 JANE LOGAN Sun, 30 Oct 2011 18:45:20 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=32#comment-16073 I have a watercolour of a martello tower purchased by my mother in a junk shop before the war, and wonder if you might be able to identify it for me. I don't seem to be able to attach a photograph to this message, but obviously would be able to attach it to an e-mail I have a watercolour of a martello tower purchased by my mother in a junk shop before the war, and wonder if you might be able to identify it for me. I don’t seem to be able to attach a photograph to this message, but obviously would be able to attach it to an e-mail

]]> Comment on National Trust Spring bonus by Baby Photography Manchester http://uk-shore.com/blog/2010/02/national-trust-spring-bonus/comment-page-1#comment-16067 Baby Photography Manchester Thu, 20 Oct 2011 19:39:41 +0000 http://uk-shore.com/blog/?p=265#comment-16067 I hope that they will be doing this again in 2012? It was a great success. I hope that they will be doing this again in 2012? It was a great success.

]]> Comment on History of the Goodwin Sands by Alistair Kerr http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-16066 Alistair Kerr Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:54:05 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-16066 I was a Junior Ordinary Seaman in the TSS Fordsdale on a voyage from Auckland new Zealand to London. On Christmas Eve, 1946, we anchored off Dover or thereabouts because of thick fog. I was on duty on the bridge when we saw this Victory ship flying past us at full speed. The Pilot said, "He's heading up to Hamburg and carries no pilot." Next morning, Christmas Day, 1946, we weighed anchor and headed for London. We saw this ship, which turned out to be the North Eastern Victory hard and fast on the Goodwins, broken in two just forrad of the bridge. I was a Junior Ordinary Seaman in the TSS Fordsdale on a voyage from Auckland new Zealand to London. On Christmas Eve, 1946, we anchored off Dover or thereabouts because of thick fog. I was on duty on the bridge when we saw this Victory ship flying past us at full speed. The Pilot said, “He’s heading up to Hamburg and carries no pilot.” Next morning, Christmas Day, 1946, we weighed anchor and headed for London. We saw this ship, which turned out to be the North Eastern Victory hard and fast on the Goodwins, broken in two just forrad of the bridge.

]]> Comment on History of the Goodwin Sands by Alvin Dana http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-16064 Alvin Dana Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:36:58 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-16064 Greetings from Australia! I am researching the family genealogy and am hoping to get more information on an ancestor who was claimed to be in a ship disaster off Goodwin Sands. He was Captain John Magness of the Brig "HOPE" who lost his life on 12 February 1869. Your kind assistance is much appreciated. Warmest regards, Alvin Greetings from Australia!

I am researching the family genealogy and am hoping to get more information on an ancestor who was claimed to be in a ship disaster off Goodwin Sands.

He was Captain John Magness of the Brig “HOPE” who lost his life on 12 February 1869.

Your kind assistance is much appreciated.

Warmest regards,

Alvin

]]> Comment on The Martello Towers of the Kent and Sussex Coast by Mark http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/07/martello-towers-kent-sussex/comment-page-1#comment-16040 Mark Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:54:17 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=11#comment-16040 Mike on 16th June 2010 posted the correct locations for the Martello's in Pevensey Bay. He is correct as to the numbering too. So the map here still leaves out tower 61 which is located in Millward Road, running between Timberlaine Road and Grenville Road. This tower was used by the Canadian Army in WWII and still has its additional two floors dating from 1940, it is now a private and well maintained residence. For the record the myth about an adjacent Tower being destroyed by German fire in WWII is just that, a myth! A combination of 19th century post Napoleonic Bitish navy target practise and costal errosion is what ended its life! Mike on 16th June 2010 posted the correct locations for the Martello’s in Pevensey Bay. He is correct as to the numbering too. So the map here still leaves out tower 61 which is located in Millward Road, running between Timberlaine Road and Grenville Road. This tower was used by the Canadian Army in WWII and still has its additional two floors dating from 1940, it is now a private and well maintained residence.

For the record the myth about an adjacent Tower being destroyed by German fire in WWII is just that, a myth! A combination of 19th century post Napoleonic Bitish navy target practise and costal errosion is what ended its life!

]]> Comment on The Martello Towers of the Kent and Sussex Coast by John Vaughan http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/07/martello-towers-kent-sussex/comment-page-1#comment-13313 John Vaughan Tue, 17 May 2011 18:20:57 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=11#comment-13313 There are some interesting facts / plans / document transcriptions regarding the Sussex towers on the Sussex History Forum (only just started) and the Kent ones on, oddly enough, Kent History Forum (long established!) www.sussexhistoryforum.co.uk www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk There are some interesting facts / plans / document transcriptions regarding the Sussex towers on the Sussex History Forum (only just started) and the Kent ones on, oddly enough, Kent History Forum (long established!)

http://www.sussexhistoryforum.co.uk

http://www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk

]]> Comment on The Martello Towers of the Kent and Sussex Coast by John Owens http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/07/martello-towers-kent-sussex/comment-page-1#comment-12004 John Owens Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:07:27 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=11#comment-12004 AJ Glock, who converted Martello Tower 13, was my grandfather. I note that he did this in 1928, 8 years before his sudden death. I never knew him as I was born in 1946. My mother, Arthur Glock's only remaining child, tells me that the conversion was such an unusual event that it was reported in the national papers. AJ Glock, who converted Martello Tower 13, was my grandfather. I note that he did this in 1928, 8 years before his sudden death. I never knew him as I was born in 1946. My mother, Arthur Glock’s only remaining child, tells me that the conversion was such an unusual event that it was reported in the national papers.

]]> Comment on The Martello Towers of the Kent and Sussex Coast by don mc guinness http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/07/martello-towers-kent-sussex/comment-page-1#comment-11970 don mc guinness Tue, 19 Apr 2011 23:36:11 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=11#comment-11970 HI, I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS FOUND WORKING DRAWINGS OF MARTELLO TOWERS built around 1804. HI, I WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE HAS FOUND WORKING DRAWINGS OF MARTELLO TOWERS built around 1804.

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