My love of the Broads was kindled in 1963 when my Father took us on a weeks holiday on a boat from the now extinct Cobholm Boatyard located on the edge of Breydon Water. The boat was a 4 berth named 'Breydon Lady II' and was powered by a 2 cylinder Stuart Turner diesel engine, you can imagine what the vibration was like when it was opened up!

My Father 'the Captain' at Stalham Staithe, River Ant.

A week didn't seem long enough so we vowed to return the next year which we did in May 1964 and in colour!

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' Breydon Lady II ' at Summercraft Boatyard, Wroxham, River Bure. June 1963.

"The Crew" my Mother, my sister Sue & me plus Tim the Jack Russell.