Gordon Boys on the Broads

We took four lads from Gordon Boys School for a sailing holiday on the Broads in 1974. We can't remember exactly when we went but it must have been during a school holiday and the slides were stamped with September 1974. They have been printed as photographs and then scanned.

We were on the yacht Silver Arrow from Ernest Collins & Sons, Wroxham.

First Sailing Holiday

My first holiday on the Norfolk Broads was in 1964 when I went with my parents on a motor cruiser. This was my first ever holiday in a yacht on the Broads and her name was Sally. In 2008 she is in private ownership. The dachshund was called Snoopy and the photographs were taken in 1971 and also in 1972 when Mike and I enjoyed a second holiday on Sally.

A Week on 'Sea Roamer'

Unfortunately I'm unable to enter the correct year for this holiday which was 1965 - obviously in Blog-land nothing existed before 1970!

All I can remember about this holiday was that the cruiser was called Sea Roamer and she was hired from A G Ward of Thorpe. I think we spent the week on the Southern Broads as the only photos I have found are of this area.

Reedham ...

Oulton Broad Regatta ...
Off Breydon Water ...

Off Breydon Water ...

Near Breydon Water ...

Entering Thorpe ...

Thankfully I had written the places on the backs of the photos!