HARBOUR PHOTOS FROM JOHN HENDY - 1
Shipping scenes from a famous photographer
By Andy Gilbert and John Hendy
I have recently been in touch with John Hendy, who is well known as a marine photographer. He is also the author of many excellent books on ferries and shipping and a contributor to many of the shipping magazines.
He's a local man, born in Lewes, and Newhaven was his 'home port' in its heyday. He's very kindly allowed me to publish some of his work on Our Newhaven and we will see photos from the 1960's almost to the present day.
I'll start with a trio of photos from the early 1960's.
Brighton (VI), at the East Quay, having just arrived from Dieppe. Decks still full of passangers about to disembark.
Kind permission of John Hendy
Londres at the Railway Quay in the Autumn of 1963. Withdrawn from service at the end of the season, she awaits sale to Greek owners at the end of the year. The dredger AA Raymond is undergoing conversion up at the Marine Workshops, and I wonder what our lifeboat Kathleen Mary is doing so far upriver.
Kind permission of John Hendy
The Portsmouth-based paddler Ryde, up at the Marine Workshops for her annual refit.
Kind permission of John Hendy