FULL HOUSE!
A very busy North Quay
By Andy Gilbert
Here's something you probably won't see again. A Full House at the North Quay, with five ships loading or discharging. I've mislaid my notes for this picture and therefore can't tell you the date, but I think it's mid 90's. The details are down at the Museum and also in the Sussex Express archives, as I sent the photo in to them.
From right to left, then. Rosita (roadstone), Arco Dart and Sand Swan (aggregate dredgers), ?? (can't recall the name, but it's the sister ship of Rosita, also with roadstone), and right up in the distance, Hoo Robin (roadstone again).
Does anyone have a Railway Quay or East Quay 'full house'? There are some at the Museum (somewhere) but I'm sure there must be more that show our port when it was buzzing.