Probably the best film of Herne Bay pier, and the Medway Queen. I went on the Medway Queen in 1962 to Southend on Sea and to Rochester and 2017 Heritage Open Day at Gillingham. I also went on it when it was at Damhead Creek, Kingsnorth on the Hoo Peninsula it was also on a Heritage Open Day... just waiting for a journey when its under power... memories recalled from the sixties. (not forgetting the Ken Russell film French Dressing.... was at the filming at Herne Bay too)
Whereabouts in Southend did you dock? Paddle steamers stopped docking at the pier around 1953/4 as I can remember being taken to see the last one docking- the pier of course was full length and we were on the lower decks...
@@Kirritoo The Paddle steamer docked at the end of Southend pier and I remember going on the pier railway, also my visit to the kursaal ( think the spelling correct ) original size not the reduced... when it was time to get the train to the boat my mum made sure that there was ample time as I believe it was raining, not exactly the weather to sit on deck and not the weather for the long walk from the landing stage in Rochester to the train to take us home to Herne Bay....
@@Kirritoo We lived at Southend and all the steamer trips in the 1950's and 60's were taken from the pier head, as always. Waverley still does in the season.
Brilliant! Thank you for posting
Glad to see progress on the restoration of the Medway Queen esp the rebuild of her hull. I enjoyed this 1963 footage
Fabulous footage, thank you. I used to sail on her with my parents in the 1950's and 60's.
Probably the best film of Herne Bay pier, and the Medway Queen. I went on the Medway Queen in 1962 to Southend on Sea and to Rochester and 2017 Heritage Open Day at Gillingham. I also went on it when it was at Damhead Creek, Kingsnorth on the Hoo Peninsula it was also on a Heritage Open Day... just waiting for a journey when its under power... memories recalled from the sixties. (not forgetting the Ken Russell film French Dressing.... was at the filming at Herne Bay too)
Whereabouts in Southend did you dock? Paddle steamers stopped docking at the pier around 1953/4 as I can remember being taken to see the last one docking- the pier of course was full length and we were on the lower decks...
@@Kirritoo The Paddle steamer docked at the end of Southend pier and I remember going on the pier railway, also my visit to the kursaal ( think the spelling correct ) original size not the reduced... when it was time to get the train to the boat my mum made sure that there was ample time as I believe it was raining, not exactly the weather to sit on deck and not the weather for the long walk from the landing stage in Rochester to the train to take us home to Herne Bay....
@@Kirritoo We lived at Southend and all the steamer trips in the 1950's and 60's were taken from the pier head, as always. Waverley still does in the season.
This elegant vessel should be restored to steam sailing condition again! Maybe with an environment friendly hydrogen boiler