Well you could see Morton’s jetty, which is not there now, we had a good view of Morton’s jetty.
How (else) was the jetty made use of?
Oh, for a starting platform for yacht races and for yachts waiting for a race, but not wanting to sail up and down, they‘d tie up in a row. Depending on which way the wind was blowing they would be on one side or the other. There would be a whole row of yachts at times, oh you know perhaps ten, or more even, all tied up there, waiting for the race for the start. And then they would all get out and get sailing, a short time before the first siren, or whatever the particular noise was going to be that started. It was generally a sort of a hooter thing.
And did people fish off there?
Yes, I did. Oh you’d catch herrings, um; I don’t know whether I caught anything other than herrings.
I haven’t been able to find when (the jetty) was dismantled [c. 1970] but I believe it was dismantled because it needed maintenance, and a decision was made to take it down.
Which was very sad, really.
Why do you say that?
Oh well so many people use to walk out on it, breathe in a bit of fresh out there, and have a look around and walk back again, it was a pleasant thing to do.
And from what you said it had advantages because you did not have to deal with the tidal, the mud flats quite the same, it meant you could get out to the (main) channel.
It reached the channel and you had very definite deep water at the end you could dive from it.
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