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Walmer Lifeboat

Started by Eyebee · 12 months ago

Walmer is situated on the east Kent coast a few miles north of Dover, England.

At one time the area had 3 lifeboats, but these days Walmer is an inshore lifeboat station with semi-rigid inflatable craft. Dover and Ramsgate lifeboat stations take care of the treacherous Goodwin Sands.
The photograph shows the Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No [...] ... Continue reading »

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  • Paul @ English Coast

    1 year ago

    That's a wonderful image. Did it feel like a special image at the time? Or is it just the atmosphere that 40 years of time passing brings?
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  • Eyebee

    1 year ago

    I was excited at the time I took it, as it was some of the first photographs I ever got to take with my own camera - a Brownie Box. I've managed to keep the original photographs down the years - which wasn't bad going as I was only ten when I took that. Now, of course, looking back, it does invoke memories of times past.
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  • Eyebee

    11 months ago

    It did feel like a special photograph at the time, in as much as I was excited to be able to take my own photos. Back then I got one film for a whole week - 8 black and white shots - so I had to be careful what I took!
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