philmayfield 6,089 Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Well the gate's still there but I've not been along the towpath for some years. I used to mountain bike it twice daily when I was on a health kick and the beach wasn't there then. The Trent is no longer dredged as there is no commercial traffic, so that and flooding, might have had some effect. I well remember the barges and the butty boats. The last commercial traffic were gravel barges from Gunthorpe and before that Whittakers ran petrol barges to Colwick. A friend of mine, who lived by the waterside at Fiskerton, scrounged a ride from Hull to back home on one of these. They moored at the bottom of his garden overnight and had a few pints at the Bromley. He said he was a bit concerned about having a few thousand gallons of petrol outside of his house! The Trent is now a very clean river unlike the old days and salmon have been sighted near Hazleford island. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Not quite the beach, but if you go to Picture the Past and put Fiskerton in the Search box, there are quite a few results. http://www.picturethepast.org.uk/frontend.php 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 I'm sure doing country pubs was called "a bat ' round"..someone in a MK2 Cortina with twin Webber's and Corsair springs would drive us to these places. They were popular with married folk who were up to no good,the old story though.. further you go...someone you know...so I'm told mind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TBI 2,351 Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 #25 Oztalgian Been going down that stretch since early '70s on and off. Last time the other Sunday, walking off lunch at the Bromley, still as I can always remember. Not sure what era you were fishing, but a quick shufty at OS maps show the river was wider by the dyke bend in mid-50s, like a slight basin. It had been narrowed by the mid-60s, so an earthwork, possibly sloped had been made. This may have been your, 'beach' which over the years has been bought up to the level of the footpath. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Thanks to TBI, Cliff Ton and philmayfield, who responded to my query about the "beach" at Fiskerton. I fished there in the early sixties and remember that you paid the fee for a peg at the Bromley Arms. The "beach" was significantly lower than the path but it was only a gentle slope down to the river and no defined bank. The beach was between the end of the wall around to the dyke and the more normal bank began after the dyke. Just looked on Google earth and TBI you are right the river was wider there when I used to fish it. Not given up yet as I would still like to find a picture of that beautiful spot from my youth. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted December 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Following on from comments and suggestions, with a little more persistence I have found this site which allows you to look at OS maps from different eras which might prove useful. You can even overlay them on modern satellite images. Exactly as TBI said the river was wider when viewed on the 1 inch 1955-1961 OS map and that width is where my beach used to be. Isn't t interweb brilliant. For those that are interested this is the link http://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=53.0487&lon=-0.9003&layers=11&b=1 It is set on Fiskerton but you can search all over the UK and compare with modern images going back to the late 1800's Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annesleyred1865 137 Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 I remember doing the Golden Mile around Annesley Annesley Welfare Badger Box Annesley Woodhouse Workingmens Club General Havelock Forest Tavern Winston Cricketers Arms and back to Badger hic if possible pull in the Kingsway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Done that one Red..and pulled in the Staff of Life and the Railway! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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