Last day of July : Hackney Wicked event of a (Severn-type) coracle regatta at the Eton Mission Rowing Club The coracles are Severn-type and I remember the last Severn Coracle man Eustace Rogers - who's grndad had poachd the river. In my youth the Iron Bridge was still a working toll bridge with vehicle traffic. So getting a coracle across the river for your weekly shop in Ironbridge (town) was very handy. Given the social composition of those taking part in the regatta - and then that of the ETON Mission RC - it amuses me that they use a boat which only survived due to the Rogers family poaching business...
Hackney Wick Coracle Regatta, a set on Flickr.
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