Maritime Heritage Weekend 2007 at Woodbridge

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2176307319691299135.post-31005408839178732622007-10-25T21:06:00.000+01:002007-11-02T21:59:06.700ZMaritime Heritage Weekend 2007 at Woodbridge<div align="justify"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125355100978613570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Busy Waterfront at Woodbridge Maritime Heritage event. ©2007 Arthur Loosley" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wHNPVzPC_Yg/RyDrTx2RDUI/AAAAAAAAAJA/v9I3h-98HTM/s400/busywaterfront.jpg" border="0" /> Fun for the children at Woodbridge Martitime Heritage event. While some enjoyed testing the craft of the coracle maker, others did what kids do best, 'mucking about' in the mud at low tide. Woodbridge, once a thriving port at the tidal head of the River Deben in Suffolk, now heavily silted and unsuitable for commercial navigation, has become a popular leisure resort but the locals still take their maritime heritage seriously. The old tide mill (top picture) which used the power of the rising and falling tide to grind corn, has been restored as a heritage centre. </div>This article also appears on the <a href="http://uk-heritage.blogspot.com/">nostalgia & heritage</a> blog<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wHNPVzPC_Yg/RyDuEx2RDZI/AAAAAAAAAJo/5tc7udqIg58/s1600-h/mudlarks.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125358141815459218" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="©2007 Arthur Loosley. www.wordsweb.co.uk" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wHNPVzPC_Yg/RyDuEx2RDZI/AAAAAAAAAJo/5tc7udqIg58/s200/mudlarks.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wHNPVzPC_Yg/RyDrtx2RDVI/AAAAAAAAAJI/ue7U0VRLag8/s1600-h/coracles2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125355547655212370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="©2007 Arthur Loosley" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_wHNPVzPC_Yg/RyDrtx2RDVI/AAAAAAAAAJI/ue7U0VRLag8/s200/coracles2.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_wHNPVzPC_Yg/RyDskR2RDXI/AAAAAAAAAJY/4yxsllBc75I/s1600-h/coracles1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5125356483958082930" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="Maritime Heritage. ©2007 Arthur Loosley. wordsweb.co.uk" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_wHNPVzPC_Yg/RyDskR2RDXI/AAAAAAAAAJY/4yxsllBc75I/s400/coracles1.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2176307319691299135-3100540883917873262?l=anglianthoughts.blogspot.com'/></div>ANGLIAN WRITER (aka Wordrover)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00046223125325031323noreply@blogger.com0