Hi Jason,
There is a section of the Sandwich Guildhall Museum that has photographs of the river and Quays with a date range from the 1870s to the 1930s. In the Archive we have many postcards of the river and photographs showing Port Richborough near the mouth of the Stour. We have the Harbour Master's Log Book which covers the ships and cargoes from the 1900s to the 1960s. There is a copy of the Foord map of the Quays from the Napoleonic Period when Sandwich built 300 ton ships for the Navy Board and we have a model of HMS Otter which was one of them. There are also documents relating to court cases one against a Wharf owner who encroached on the river width and another where doctor's fees were claimed by a barge captain when a mooring post broke causing injury to one of the crew. A book by Margaret Simmons about Feltons the barge builders can be purchased if required.
Regards
Ray Harlow
Hon Curator, Sandwich Guildhall Museum and Archive
Hi Jason
Yes, Museum during opening hours: http://www.sandwichtowncouncil.gov.uk/guildhall/museum.htm
The items held in the Archive may be seen on Monday or Wednesday afternoons 2.30pm-4.30pm (NB the Archive is on the 2nd Floor of the Guildhall not adjacent to the Museum - report to the Town Council Office who will show you where we are.)
Regards
Ray
There is a section of the Sandwich Guildhall Museum that has photographs of the river and Quays with a date range from the 1870s to the 1930s. In the Archive we have many postcards of the river and photographs showing Port Richborough near the mouth of the Stour. We have the Harbour Master's Log Book which covers the ships and cargoes from the 1900s to the 1960s. There is a copy of the Foord map of the Quays from the Napoleonic Period when Sandwich built 300 ton ships for the Navy Board and we have a model of HMS Otter which was one of them. There are also documents relating to court cases one against a Wharf owner who encroached on the river width and another where doctor's fees were claimed by a barge captain when a mooring post broke causing injury to one of the crew. A book by Margaret Simmons about Feltons the barge builders can be purchased if required.
Regards
Ray Harlow
Hon Curator, Sandwich Guildhall Museum and Archive
Hi Jason
Yes, Museum during opening hours: http://www.sandwichtowncouncil.gov.uk/guildhall/museum.htm
The items held in the Archive may be seen on Monday or Wednesday afternoons 2.30pm-4.30pm (NB the Archive is on the 2nd Floor of the Guildhall not adjacent to the Museum - report to the Town Council Office who will show you where we are.)
Regards
Ray