Good Hope. Fylde Coast Dec 11

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Judderman62

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The location is skeeppool creek, Poulton-Le-Fylde

Once a thriving trading point as per this info from t'interweb:

Skippool was once a bustling port where ships from Russia and Barbados would unload their cargoes of wine, rum, sugar and tobacco.
By the mid 1700's the volume of shipping activity at Skippool and Wardleys is believed to have exceeded the Port of Liverpool.
A number of businesses were situated alongside the river, including Silcocks Bone Mill and Tomlinsons Animal Feeds Warehouse. There was also a small shop that sold tea and sugar to the boatmen.
During this time Skippool was a popular site for cock fighting, smuggling and press gangs, and the Ale Houses were infamous for their strong ale, contraband, spirits and drunken mariners.

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and now to the Good Hope herself

Fleetwood Trawler – Good Hope FD354
Official Number: ?
Net Tonnage: 28
Length: ?
Breadth: ?
Draught: ?
Built: 1948 by Alexanders of Wick
Engine: ?
History
1948: Built as Good Hope WK209, Owners Robert A. C. Donn and Others of Latheronwheel, Caithness.
1961: Registered still as Good Hope WK209, Owner G. F. Donn, Port Dunbar, Wick.
197?: Fishing from Fleetwood.
2010: Good Hope has been left to rot on Skippool Creek. She has been there for a long time.

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I feel there is little hope of her being sea worthy again


 
That is some serious decay on them there boats, great pics!
 
That's an interesting write up. There's something about derelict boats and ships that I find appealing and a bit scary!:lol: The evening light in pics 1 & 2 was perfect. Love it. :D
 

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