When we produced our page of the listing of yawls and their owners from a contribution published in the Whitstable Times in the 1940's it was hoped that memories would be jogged and we would learn more.
This has started happening, but the first feedback was actually about misspellings or incorrect names. We checked our page against the original and confirmed the accuracy of our transcription so the errors must have either been in the memory of the original author or during the copying to typeface by the newspaper.
Far from being dismayed by this we now know, that with feedback from descendants, the information we produce will eventually provide a more accurate and colourful collection of data for future generations to come.
On this page we have some preliminary pictures of the Thistle, resting at Hollowshore, on Faversham Creek, in 2005. It transpires there may have been two boats of this name, so more research is being carried out.
The Thistle was built in 1908 by the Whitstable Shipping Company. 44ft long, she was refitted at Gillingham, being re-launched in 1997.
Sharing a mooring.
Stern view.
One of the purposes of Oystertown.net is to save and share as much information about Whitstable and its people before it is lost forever.
If you have any identified pictures, information, or passed down stories about these boats or the men who worked them we would like to hear from you.
Linked pages:
The Oyster yawls and their owners. Two listings, one of the boats, one of the owners.
Anderson, Rigden and Perkins boatyard. One of the E.B. articles published in the late 1940's.
