LAST DAY OF THE SHEERLEGS

Yes I remember this happening as we had a photographic competition at school at the time and the winner of that competition was a lad by the name of Mr ......... Robinson, who won with his pictures, as like these they showed the final moments before the big splash! Apparently it all happened very early morning of that day so it required an early get up to gain this one off event as the dawn came .

Hello John. Remember it well. I was near the Watch House in the middle of the Fairway in Cresta Marine's workboat "Nubia" watching it all. seem to remember it was a cold morning too.

My mother tells how her grandfather, Leonard Hibling, for a bet climbed to the top of the sheerlegs and sat and played his cornet.

This was a sad morning when the "Legs" were felled. My father and I were standing near the corner of the bridge at the time, and got soaked. I was told that he had also climbed these for some reason or other, although he never confirmed or denied it.  I often wondered why.

I always remember my dad (Alf Wiltshire) telling me how he helped with taking the sheerlegs down. He worked at Wheatley's the scrap merchants on the Drove as their crane driver. I wonder if Wheatley's dealt with the scrap metal from the legs?