Kent

For a brief description of this building and its purpose you can go to - www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-171989-former-smack-b...

For a more hand-crafted style across the border in Sussex - try this www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/52616936

This is another view of Sundowner, one of the Dunkirk little ships, skippered by a former officer of the Titanic.

This inscription caught my eye on a very brief visit to Tenterden. If you thought abbreviated messages came with mobile phone texts, think again!

The pumps were used to drain the dry docks in the former Royal Naval Dockyard, where warships were built, maintained and fitted out. Details and further photos may be found at www.historicmedway.co.uk/chatham/chathammaritimepumphouse.htm

Last heard of on a pontoon purchased by The Medway Maritime Trust, with restoration beginning, although this seems likely to be only to preserve it as a static exhibit. The condition was such that a complicated lift with a huge floating crane was needed. The most up-to-date account of the history and current situation I have found is at www.kenthistoryforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=14802.0 Scroll down to the bottom if you want the most recent news. This shot was taken from the PS Kingswear Castle on a cruise down the Medway.

The Tenterden Museum is adjacent to the KESR Tenterden Station, Its website is www.tenterdenmuseum.co.uk This looks to me like a tar boiler, or some kind of stationary steam boiler. It has a tow bar on the front and the wheels don't look as if they are driven. The museum's website doesn't seem to mention it, although I only gave it a fairly quick visit. I only made a very quick excursion down Station Road while the rest of the family were heading elsewhere. So I didn't get to look inside this museum!

Trustingly parked outside the tourist information office, I think. Mind you it would be hard to pinch it and then make off discreetly!

My wife's uncle owned an ironmonger's in Camberwell, 55 miles away in London, and his name was Frederick Webb. A bit of a coincidence, but it's not ironic is it? ouch!