Four daughters by peadar

Four daughters

Another shot from Aldeburgh. I don't know the back-story here, but this just intrigued me!

Subsequent edit: After further research I found this piece which explains these are restored fishing boats - "clinker boats" - and are placed on the beach in a museum setting to acknowledge Aldeburgh's history: "These wooden clinker boats have such a proud heritage. For centuries all along the coast villages have fished in these boats from the beach. If you came to Aldeburgh 200 years ago that’s what they would have been doing. These boats left on the beach are the last. When they go the whole tradition of that kind of fishing on the Suffolk coast will be gone. There are still a few people fishing from the beach - but not in those wooden boats."
A nice shot - it would be interesting to know the back story.

Ian
May 25th, 2021  
@fishers Ian, I dug a bit and found the above.
May 25th, 2021  
great find and capture. Its history would be interesting
May 25th, 2021  
Fascinating photo and back story! Fav
May 25th, 2021  
Excellent...
May 25th, 2021  
Wonderful!
May 25th, 2021  
Lovely shot and interesting history.
May 26th, 2021  
Excellent shot! There is definitely a story that goes along with that boat.
May 26th, 2021  
Nice photo. There must be a story behind this!
May 26th, 2021  
@peadar

Sorry Peter, I wasn't intending to push you into doing research, it was something I thought I would research when I had a bit more spare time.

It seems clinker built boats have a long history, dating back some 1800 years. Perhaps the best known examples are Viking longships, and the designs of traditional fishing boats on the Yorkshire coast are derived from them.

Ian
May 26th, 2021  
@fishers Ian, no need to apologise, I was glad to be encouraged! 😁
May 26th, 2021  
@peadar

It sometimes takes me ages to do my commenting, since I often find things to investigate and explore!

Ian
May 26th, 2021  
Interesting story and nice POV you used to capture the image
May 29th, 2021  
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