D-Day LCT wreck in Poole
Discussion
Given it’s 76 years on this weekend; apparently there is another D-Day landing craft survivor in addition to the one currently being restored to display in Portsmouth.
Located in Poole Harbour, in a very sorry state is LCT728. Google maps shows she could still be there, but given the developments in Poole that may no longer be the case.
Need very deep pockets and a lot of ambition for this one.
Very nice write up here and 3D model From Nick Mason.
Located in Poole Harbour, in a very sorry state is LCT728. Google maps shows she could still be there, but given the developments in Poole that may no longer be the case.
Need very deep pockets and a lot of ambition for this one.
Very nice write up here and 3D model From Nick Mason.
That's the old breakwater isn't it. I think you're going to have to let that one go. They were just a big pile of rust when I used sail around there in the '70s, I'm surprised there's anything left at all.
More interesting to me were the big NATO landing barges moored off Arne, which we used to paddle around. Never went aboard despite the temptation – anyone that did was turfed off quickly by RM bods in their rigid raiders.
More interesting to me were the big NATO landing barges moored off Arne, which we used to paddle around. Never went aboard despite the temptation – anyone that did was turfed off quickly by RM bods in their rigid raiders.
aeropilot said:
So, there's actually 3 there, two large ones, the rearmost one almost completely gone now, and the remains of a smaller type (troop only?) alongside the two large ones?
Yes. All that concrete stuff below the landing craft is new (well, it wasn't there when I used to go by them 40 years ago). They were a right old mess. There was a lot of WW2 stuff still lying around then and a fair bit of infrastructure is still there I guess. Lake jetty and fuel tanks for example.This is bizarre. Yesterday I was sorting through hundreds of old family photos looking for ‘70’s & 80’s F1 car stuff to scan. I found this, from a holiday back in about 1984. My dad’s written “WWII REMAINS OF LCT” on the back:
One of the few I paused at before moving on. Hasn’t seen the light of day for about 36 years. A few hours later it’s on Pistonheads. At least I think it’s the same one?
I think we also had a trip to Calshot to see if there was any Schneider Trophy related stuff. All we found was an S6B mural on a wall IIRC. Looking back, I guess my mum had to put up with a lot on her summer holidays...
One of the few I paused at before moving on. Hasn’t seen the light of day for about 36 years. A few hours later it’s on Pistonheads. At least I think it’s the same one?
I think we also had a trip to Calshot to see if there was any Schneider Trophy related stuff. All we found was an S6B mural on a wall IIRC. Looking back, I guess my mum had to put up with a lot on her summer holidays...
We used to go to around Swanage/Poole/Christchurch in the early
80’s for summer holidays. IIRC apart from Swanage it was a really nice area. Was thinking about going again with the family - has it all gone downhill round there then? I noticed the idiots at Durdle Door on the news and it looked like chav central.
80’s for summer holidays. IIRC apart from Swanage it was a really nice area. Was thinking about going again with the family - has it all gone downhill round there then? I noticed the idiots at Durdle Door on the news and it looked like chav central.
Well the DD incident was exceptional and I think mainly due to the usual Balaeric-type destinations being off limits. Nevertheless it's not a nice beach, long walk to get there, it's stoney, and then it rains.
The Purbecks are otherwise still very nice. Thinking dr–gn, you've got the Tank Museum of course, which is superb. I like Swanage, the Swanage Railway is an excellent preserved line and the trip to Corfe Castle is worth a ride. Monkeyworld, if you like monkeys, is worth a visit.
I'd rather forget the rest of Poole, but Poole Quay is still good if you like looking at big motor yachts. Setchfields Toy Shop at the top of the High Street near the Quay is actually a proper old-school model shop and has hardly changed since the 1960s. I always make a point of buying something just to help the place along.
The Purbecks are otherwise still very nice. Thinking dr–gn, you've got the Tank Museum of course, which is superb. I like Swanage, the Swanage Railway is an excellent preserved line and the trip to Corfe Castle is worth a ride. Monkeyworld, if you like monkeys, is worth a visit.
I'd rather forget the rest of Poole, but Poole Quay is still good if you like looking at big motor yachts. Setchfields Toy Shop at the top of the High Street near the Quay is actually a proper old-school model shop and has hardly changed since the 1960s. I always make a point of buying something just to help the place along.
I'm amazed (but pleased!) that Setchfields is still there. As you say, lovely little shop.
As a very proud native of Poole, who only moved away in the early 2000s, it's sad to see a decline. The surrounding countryside and coast is still lovely though.
As a very proud native of Poole, who only moved away in the early 2000s, it's sad to see a decline. The surrounding countryside and coast is still lovely though.
Edited by StephenP on Tuesday 9th June 11:39
Poole did used to have a special sort of atmosphere, I think when the docks and pubs and pottery were all still properly busy. I've been researching my family history and have so far got as far back as the early 1700s, when the first of my lineage was recorded in Poole, a Master Mariner and one of the first Trinity House pilots in the harbour. Then it's direct lineage right up to me. My Grandad was born in Scaplens Court. Researching my great grandmothers line next, she was a Musselwhite and they go back to antiquity in the town. I moved away in '84, but keep tabs on the place. I would never move back, although Wimborne and Wareham are still nice places to live.
Hmmm. Might stick to Pembrokeshire then. They say you shouldn't go back to childhood haunts, so that you keep good memories. I went to another old holiday destination - Llandudno - earlier this year on a work trip. My god...the place itself isn't that bad, but some of the crapholes either side are just dire.
Slightly back on-topic, I think there was some kind of navel gunnery range on the Great Orme, and there were some rustly iron and concrete structures still left (1970's that was).
Slightly back on-topic, I think there was some kind of navel gunnery range on the Great Orme, and there were some rustly iron and concrete structures still left (1970's that was).
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