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Slabline Issue 001

Filesize: 894.25 kB
Downloads: 551
First Issue from 1973
Contents:
Talking Technically (part 1)
Sloops trading on the Humber 1920-1950
Hull Keel Regatta 1875
Working West Country
A Keelman's Song
Building a Keel in the 19th Century

Slabline Issue 002

Filesize: 1.11 MB
Downloads: 353
Second Issue from 1974 (same cover)
Contents:
Comrade purchase nears completion
Keel Guidance on Thames
National Rally of boats, Nottingham
Talking Technically (part 2)
Exeter Maritime Museum
Tom Claxton - A riverman's memories
Humber Paddle Steamer Group

Slabline Issue 003

Filesize: 696.09 kB
Downloads: 456
Spring 1975
Contents:
Sloop sub-committee / The Humber Keel
A Maritime Museum for Hull
Recollections of Barton-on-Humber
Reviving the boat-building industry in Gainsborough
Book Reviews / Days of sail on the Ancholme
Pocklington Canal Amenity Society
Tom Claxton - Autobiography (part 2)

Slabline Issue 004

Filesize: 1.04 MB
Downloads: 291
004_cover_thumbNovember 1975
Contents:
The Masters Log - Aug '74 to Aug '75
Preservation of Britain's Transport Heritage
Queen of the Waterways (poem)
The Hull Maritime Society
S S B R / Thames Barge Sailing Club
A Naval Type Remembers (poem)
Report from the Sloop Committee

Slabline Issue 005

Filesize: 1.4 MB
Downloads: 284
005_cover_thumbJune 1976
Contents:
Chairman's Notes
Recollections by Eric Todd
Amy Howson
Talking Technically (part 3)
Book Review
A Keelman's Year
Beecliffe in Paris

Slabline Issue 006

Filesize: 1.66 MB
Downloads: 371
006_cover_thumbNovember 1976
Contents:
Chairman's Notes
Comrade - Under Sail Again
Town Docks Museum - Phase 2
Talking Technically (part 4)
Cavalcade of Boats
More Recollections by Derek Shelton
Keels on Record - 1928

Slabline Issue 007

Filesize: 667.44 kB
Downloads: 305
007_cover_thumb
June 1977
Contents:
Comrade - sailing programme 1977
Amy Howson - restoration progress
Talking Technically (part 5)
On the River in the early 1900's - Evelyn Holt
Paddle Steamer Preservation
The Loss of the Barton Horse Boat
Humber Yawl Club/United Towing Co

Slabline Issue 008

Filesize: 1.68 MB
Downloads: 201
November 1977
Contents:
Sailing Season 1977
Royal Visit to Humberside
Amy Howson - An Incident in her Life
P S Lincoln Castle/World Ship Society
The Old Friendship Inn (poem)
Keels at Sea
Talking Technically - (part 6) Leeboards

Slabline Issue 009

Filesize: 1.84 MB
Downloads: 203
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June 1978 (same photo)
Contents:
Chairman's Notes
West Riding Cruise Schedule
Talking Technically (part 7)
This and That
Hoisting, Staying & Lowering Sails (Keel)
Gainsborough - History of an Inland Port

Slabline Issue 010

Filesize: 1.31 MB
Downloads: 196
November 1978
Contents:
Chairman's Notes/Society News
Sailing with COMRADE in 1978
With AMY HOWSON into Darkest Lincolnshire
Talking Technically - (part 8) Sloop Gaff
Rase - Ancholme Navigation Trust
'York' Viking Returns Home to Norway
Humber Keel Economics - Why They Lasted As They Did

Slabline Issue 011

Filesize: 1.66 MB
Downloads: 210
011_cover_thumbJune 1979
Contents:
Severn Trow Preservation Society
AMY HOWSON winter work/summer programme
Two Incidents in the Trading Life of COMRADE
Humber Bridge/Shipping Photos at Gainsboro Library
The Chesterfield Canal
Stevedores Down the River
Talking Technically (part 9) Sloop Rig Details

Slabline Issue 012

Filesize: 848.25 kB
Downloads: 144
012_cover_thumbNovember 1979
Contents:
Should COMRADE go to Sea?
Humber Shipping - book review
Ahoy John William!
My first trip on COMRADE
AMY HOWSON season review/Trip to Sheffield Basin
Revival of Gainsborough as an Inland Port
COMRADE in 1979

Slabline Issue 013

Filesize: 1.11 MB
Downloads: 123
013_cover_thumbJune 1980
Contents:
Chairman's Notes
The Cromford Canal Society
Ten Years by the Humber
With the Keels - Regatta 1885
Guidance - For Sale
Railways and the Humber
COMRADE's sailing programme 1980

Slabline Issue 014

Filesize: 1.08 MB
Downloads: 122
014_cover_thumbNovember 1980
Contents:
Chairman's Notes
Comrade in Bridlington/Comrade in 1980
Amy Howson's Log 1980 - A Busy Year
Glimpses of Keadby
World Ship Trust
Weekend Trip to Holland
Sailing programmes 1981

Slabline Issue 015

Filesize: 1.01 MB
Downloads: 123
015_cover_thumbJune 1981
Contents:
Chairman's Notes
Lesley Dunn
William McCann
Humber Bridge Opening
New Exhibitions/Gansey
River, Canal and Railway at Goole
Sailing and Open Days 1981

Slabline Issue 016

Filesize: 911.21 kB
Downloads: 128
016_cover_thumbNovember 1981
Contents:
Chairman's Notes
Royal Recognition 
National Rally of Boats, Leeds 
Notes from Amy Howson's Log 
Cruising with the NTS 
Comrade in 1981 
The Port of Selby 

Slabline Issue 017

Filesize: 1.16 MB
Downloads: 134
017_cover_thumbSummer 1982
Contents
Chairman's Notes 
Bridlington Visit
The Past Afloat
Cog-Boats 
Shipbuilding at Gainsborough 
Hull's Old Town Docks Area
Port Museum at Morwellham 

Slabline Issue 018

Filesize: 911.38 kB
Downloads: 199
018_cover_thumbNovember 1982
Contents:
Chairman's Notes
Sailing & Shipbuilding Words
Amy Howson's Log 1982/Bridlington Visit
The Worfolk Family of Stainforth
The Flixborough Explosion
Early Steamships on the Trent
Reminiscences of Comrade in 1982

Slabline Issue 019

Filesize: 975.73 kB
Downloads: 101
019_cover_thumbJune 1983
Contents:
Chairman's Notes
A Lifetime on Keels...
Loch Ness Explorers Club
Deja Vu
A Humber Ferry Miscellany
World Ship Trust - Falklands
HMS Belfast/Ironbridge

Slabline Issue 020

Filesize: 1.22 MB
Downloads: 176
020_cover_thumbWinter 1983
Contents:
Chairman's Notes
Cedric Lodge/Rodney Clapson
The Humber Dock Marina
Keels on the Sheffield Canal
A Hundred Years Ago
Southern Tasmanian Trading Ketches
Comrade & Amy in 1983

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