The Past Glories Of Milton Creek..
Bound in original laminated pictorial boards. Extremities a little worn, but otherwise good condition.
£30.00
Publisher
Meresborough Books.,
Place
Rainham
Date
1985
Synopsis
Tales of slipways, sails and setting booms. compiled by alan cordell and leslie williams.
Item Description
4to. 6.25 x 9.5 inches. 255 pp. (pp. 249-252 blank, pp. 253-55 publisher's advertisements). Half-title.
Illustrations
Illustrated with black and white photographs, including frontispiece, drawings and facsimiles and 10 maps.
Notes
A well-illustrated history of the coastal sailing trade of Milton Creek (Sittingbourne). The barges supplied the transport requirements of the nearby brick, cement, paper making and farming industries: 'Accounts of thriving commerce are woven together with those of wreck and rescue, record-breaking feats, witty personalities and brave deeds. The characteristic local sailing barges are strongly featured.' Both the authors worked in the trade or had strong family connections with it. Five appendices list the Milton Creek barges, and also print a selection of barge lore and poems with ten detailed, annotated maps of the Creek. Includes biographical notes of the compilers. At the end is a photographic miscellany.
We have a second copy, in good condition.
[Stock No. 21122]
Subjects
History • Kent • Maritime • Medway Barges • North Kent • Ships