John Luff and John Woodford on Transport

John W: We used to have a ferry between Bembridge and St Helens which was stopped by bureaucrats in Europe because of Health and Safety, but it was run by the Attrills who lived on the Duver over St Helen’s most of the time and that Ferry goes back to … ooh, way back, centuries.

John L: The problem was that that Harbour has gradually silted up over the years and some of it comes from the river Yar, but when we were kids, there was a permanent Dredger in the Harbour called the ‘Ballaster’ and it went all the year round.

I don’t know where it used to dump the stuff, but it had a big grab like this and it used to go all along, picking up all the stuff.