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.
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
Harry has 24 memories in the memorynet:
Harry's memories with a Work theme:
Joining the tug boats- The role of the tug boats
- Cabin boy's routine
- The galley
- The foy boats and skulling
- Progress through the tug boats
- Value of the tug boat apprenticeship
- Routines on the tug boats
- Leaving the tug boats and moving to the Titan Crane
- Working on the Titan Crane
Foy boatmen
- Sculling a foy boat
- The Tynesider
- The Joffre
- The crew of the Tynesider
- The Titan crane
- The Titan crane at work
- Loading coal
- The crew of the Titan crane
- The Titan Crane
Harry's other memories:
This memory has these themes:
The North East | Traditions | Work
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