Derek Stephens on Seaside
I mean when we were down there, we used to get to know the Longshoremen. There was Bert Kemp and Tom Loosemore who were avid fishermen and used to run trips as well on the Sunday you know, Beach Inspector, Mr Fry, who was a sprightly fellow.
In those days they used to have a Beach Inspector who used to walk up and down with his walking stick and if anything was wrong or there a bit of rubbish or a bit of mess somewhere I mean he would sort it out, you know. So, those days have gone as well, haven’t they?
Yes, so we used to do that, and they used to winch the boats up onto the beach in those days.
The boat used to come in and they used to have this great big winch that used to wind them in and they used to have boats full of fish and all this sort of thing, all sort of fresh and that sort of thing, and they used to wash the boats out and then the next tide, they were down there taking people up to Luccombe land slip and that sort of thing in the boat.
You know, taking them up for trips and we used to go with them as well sometimes because we never had any money, but I mean they knew us and we sort of messed around with them and that sort of thing you know.