Burt's the Shipbuilders at the bottom pf the Abbey slip now Harbour Court see M. 0276.. man with beard and hat. Note the umbrella, with two boys sitting on mast. Shop name: Burt's ship & Block & General Mast Maker.
Datetree was a brand new British steam collier/cargo ship owned by the Tree Steamship Company. It was only three months old, having been built in early 1914 by the Antwerp Engineering Company.
On June 25, 1914, while carrying a cargo of coal from…
Peace Day was a commemoration held on 19 July 1919 throughout the United Kingdom and the British Empire, to mark the signing of the Treaty of Versailles that finally ended the First World War.