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.
Loading coal
Loading coal
Photograph of Harry loading coal into the boiler of the Titan Crane, the last coal burner on the River Tyne.
Harry has 24 memories in the memorynet:
Harry's memories with a Environment theme:
Loading coal
Harry's other memories:
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
- Cobles
- Coble smells – black varnish
- Foy boatmen
- Sculling a foy boat
- The Tynesider
- The Joffre
- The crew of the Tynesider
- The Titan crane
- The Titan crane at work
- The crew of the Titan crane
- The Titan Crane
- The Mary Young
- The Royal Diadem II
This memory has these themes:
Environment | Work
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