If you have any news or items of interest that you would like to share with barge enthusiasts please contact John White by email. john.white6@talk21.com

Next Committee Meeting

19th October 2013 commencing at 11.30am

To be held at

The 3 Daws Inn, West Street, Gravesend, Kent. DA11 0BJ.

 Exhibition

"From Ware to the Sea - A History of the Sailing Barge"

at

Ware Museum, High Street, Ware, Herts. (Next to Priory Entrance)

Opening May 6th 2013 and to run for 9 weeks

Opening times: Tuesday,Thursday, Saturday 11.00-1700.

Sundays & Bank Holidays 14.00-17.00.

Exhibits include : Descriptive & illustrative panels, Model barges & Shipwrights tools.

BARGE LISTS

Tony Millatt of the Mersea Museum, informs us that he has placed a list of barges from the MN list of 1916 compiled by Ron Green on the Museum website www.merseamusum.org.uk under BARGES.

Ron himself says he and his wife Wendy have their own website www.merseaislanders.co.uk

with links to both the SSBR and the Museum websites and they would like as many people as possible to visit them.

Ron also mentions The Dunkirk Wrecks website

www.forum-marinearchiv.de/ablage/artikel/duenkirchen.html

which may be of interest to members.

BARGE LISTS

Ron Carroll reminds members that his lists of "Active Barges", are available, gratis as before, on request and provision of a stamped self addressed envelope to:

Ron Carroll

5, Crossfell Road

Leverstock Green

Hemmel Hempstead.

HP3 8RB

Ron would like if possible to encourage information contributions on the current fleet, particularly about changes of barge owners, locations & identifying details

please email Ron at:

ronf.carroll@talktalk.net

THE EAST ANGLIAN FILM ARCHIVE

The Archive has a range of DVD's available which feature rare and unique footage covering such diverse topics as World War II, Floods, Railways and rural life in the region, as well as titles like:

"Suffolk Past"

"The Broads: a Norfolk and Suffolk Treasure"

"Home Front: East Anglia at War"

All these DVD's are just £9.99 with £1 P&P per item (Free if 4 or more titles are ordered).

The latest titles just released involve London on film: Part 1 of the 1950's set promises the docks shown thriving with shipping.

Order by Phone 01603 251744 [Mentioning SSBR]

or online at www.archivefilmshop.co.uk