Deal History Part 75; Deal Boatmen, Pictures from the past

This Video Contains many original pictures of the Deal Boatmen that worked on the beach in the old days, Pictures were donated by William Horwood and were part of the late Les Cousins collection.
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[@fastonthedraw]

Once again David...transported back to my childhood...thank you

[@davidskardon4204]

Thank you my friend, when are we going to meet up for a chin wag, be great to see you, I have a contact on the main page of my website where you can contact me, I'll give you my contact details then. regards Dave

[@davidskardon4204]

I thank everyone for the emails I have recieved commenting on the film, its really appreciated and encouraging, please forward the film link to as many people as you can that might be interested in the History of Deal; . Please note I get NO money from RUclips or anyone else for the films I make, they are not set to moneytise and never will be. but thanks for watching. history as it was kept alive for the generations to come

[@brucelee-wo5ge]

Have you read the autobiographical book titled "John Nicol; Life and Adventures"?
In one chapter he describes an incident in the late eighteenth century when his ship becomes grounded on The Nore where the "Dealmen" attempted to board the vessel and rob the ship stores, or worse.
A fascinating accout!

[@davidskardon4204]

I havnt heard of this book but am certainly going to try and find a copy to buy . thank you for telling me

[@brucelee-wo5ge]

Mate, you won't be able to put the book down. A Scotsman, Cooper, who travelled all over the seas and recorded his exploits.

[@vickiankerson7598]

7:42 Interested to see that my great grandfather Frank Adams was known as Shakespeare. I wonder why?

[@davidskardon4204]

What can I say, most of the boatmen had nicknames, I was know as "Titty".. Johny "Nutty" Revell started calling me this when I was 13 years old, I found out why a couple of years later, but it makes you wonder how the old boatmen of years before obtained their nickname, good ole days though