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Harry Chamberlain

Harry belongs to: The Coble and Keelboat Society

Harry grew up on the Lawe Top in South Shields. He served an apprenticeship on the tugboats and worked on the Titan Crane. Harry is a member of the Coble and Keelboat Society.

Harry was interviewed by Carl Greenwood on 31 January 2006. The interview took place at South Shields Museum and lasted 1 hour, 20 minutes and 15 seconds.

Two men tying a rope onto a steel buoy in the river. One man is a small boat and the other is kneeling on the buoy.
Foy boatmen

Foy boatmen

Photograph of two foy boatmen tying a ship up to a steel buoy on the River Tyne. The man on the left is Harry's father.

Visitor Comments

was life hard doing this job

My father william was a foy boatman on the tyne infact all my ancestors were pilots or foy boatmen unfortunatly my father died when i was a baby i am now in my fiftys

By jethro straits marshall On 16 January 2007

foyboats

Intresting to see.

iam a foyboat men on the tees. been doing it for 17 years now. i will post some of our pics to you see what u thingk

By peter appleton On 20 February 2007

Foy boatmen

My grandad - John Jones was a Foy boatman on the Tyne. I remember back in the 50's and 60's when my grandparents lived in Hedley St. I also remember always being taken on the first night of our visit to 'see the ships' at the high up bit over the yards below St Stephen's Church

By Fiona Hall On 9 May 2007

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The North East | Traditions | Work

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