Adventures of the Blackgang

British Railways Continental and Channel Islands Ferry Services, May 1955

Guernesy; Channel Islands (postage stamp)

Found Photo: Guernsey seafront in the 1960’s St. Peter Port sea front in the late 1960’s, Bucktrouts and Marquand Bros. (wine merchants since 1830) can be seen along with a Herm (smallest of the Channel Islands) boat, next to the crown pier.

*Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey (French: Bailliage de Guernesey, is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.

above: Guernsey coast

Channel Islands travel brochure

The Channel Islands (French: Îles Anglo-Normandes or Îles de la Manche) are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey.

Winner of the ‘classic view’ category is a photograph of Rocquaine Bay during a winter storm in Guernsey, Channel Islands by Tim Harvey

fishy:

Um, I want to share all of these photos and go to all of these places.

(via Landscape Photographer of the Year competition)

(via coldisthesea)

Yacht ‘Marjorie’. St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

I see that she’s still going strong: sharpnessshipping.fotopic.net/p60094333.html
She even has her own website: www.yacht-marjorie.co.uk/

www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/ships_register.php?actio…

Builder: David Munroe & Sons, Blairmore
Build date: 1913

“On Wednesday, 12th June 1957 we visited Weymouth. Taken at about 3 pm, the S.S. St Patrick manoeuvres towards the quay at the end of a crossing from the Channel Islands, having left Jersey at 8.15 and Guernsey at 10.30.”

• A Nostalgic Selection of Colour Photographs from 1959