Pleasure Steamers on the Trent

Photo:sailing on the trent

sailing on the trent

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Photo:on the trent

on the trent

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Photo:at moorings by trent bridge

at moorings by trent bridge

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Photo:pride of the yare on breydon water

pride of the yare on breydon water

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Photo:ss gorleston town hall quay great yarmouth

ss gorleston town hall quay great yarmouth

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Photo:ss gorleston at her winter mooring gunthorpe

ss gorleston at her winter mooring gunthorpe

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Photo:crew of pride of the yare

crew of pride of the yare

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Photo:sailing through the lock on to lowestoft

sailing through the lock on to lowestoft

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Photo:bramerton woods norfolk pride of the yare in the background

bramerton woods norfolk pride of the yare in the background

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Photo:pride of the yare news paper cutting

pride of the yare news paper cutting

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Pride of the Yare and SS Gorleston

By Neil Cox

I thought of all the people interested in the Pride of the Yare and SS Gorleston when in service taking holiday makers and local people on the river Trent in Nottingham. Although I have been up to Nottingham and found some photographs and newspaper cutting any further news paper cutting or photographs would be most welcome .

As you will see I have added some photographs of them sailing on the Norfolk Broads 

There is also a news paper cutting which says that the Pride of the Yare caught fire
in Lowestoft.

It is belived that the two vessels spent two years taking passenger on trips to the Southern Broads from Lowestoft before sailing up to Nottingham

I belive this was in the very early 50s or perhaps late 40s.


This page was added by Neil Cox on 12/04/2010.
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Neil, my father, Eric Jackson, owned both the Pride of the Yare and the Gorleston and took them up the coast from Yarmouth to Hull to Nottingham in the early 1950s. (I see that he is mentioned briefly in the last of your scanned articles.) I remember both of these pleasure steamers fairly well, although I was quite young, and they were certainly popular with Nottinghamians for a while. Thanks for posting these photos!

By Peter Jackson
On 17/02/2011
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