What an amazing piece of film. Thank you for restoring this. Some of the crew would have been Mersea people and we are hoping to come up with some names. Ron Green thinks the man with the braces at 0m 24s is Bill Green who had been a coasting barge master and then went on to crewing yachts. 02m 18s Frebelle II is moored at Victory Dock, West Mersea with Coast Road in the background. 02m 33s Victory Hotel West Mersea 02m 40s taken on board MOLLIETTE which was moored at the end of Victory Dock. She was a concrete coaster which had become a houseboat, Yacht Club and then a social club with an interesting reputation.
What an amazing piece of film. Thank you for restoring this. Some of the crew would have been Mersea people and we are hoping to come up with some names.
Ron Green thinks the man with the braces at 0m 24s is Bill Green who had been a coasting barge master and then went on to crewing yachts.
02m 18s Frebelle II is moored at Victory Dock, West Mersea with Coast Road in the background.
02m 33s Victory Hotel West Mersea
02m 40s taken on board MOLLIETTE which was moored at the end of Victory Dock. She was a concrete coaster which had become a houseboat, Yacht Club and then a social club with an interesting reputation.
Hi, thank you very much for this additional information, which is really interesting.