The Radleys of the Lea

130 Years of Boatbuilding and Rowing

Clive Radley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

185 Seiten

2015
Clive Radley (Verlag)
978-0-9931694-0-3 (ISBN)

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The book is the story of Radleys of the Lea who operated boatyards on the river Lea in N.E. London through four generations from the 1840s for 130 years. Racing and pleasure boats were built and hired out and facilities rented to rowing clubs. Included is the history of the boatyard business and the rowing exploits of family members.

The V. Radley and Sons family boatbuilding business flourished by the River Lea in East London from 1840 to 1970 despite facing floods, pollution, two World Wars, a V2 rocket and competition from other boatyards.Over the generations, the Radleys became well known in the rowing and boatbuilding communities through building and renting their boats and boat storage facilities and by rowing their own boats in competition.The Radleys of the Lea tells the story of the family and is one of the few books about rowing and boatbuilding told from the boatbuilder's viewpoint.Containing over 180 illustrations, the book relates the history of the boatyard business and the rowing exploits of family members, who until World War 2 competed professionally. Many anecdotes and stories of boatyard life have been gathered.The book describes the shoestring nature of rowing before the advent of the financial support that clubs and the GB team receive today, an example being oars transported by members of a Lea-based club on the London Underground in the early 1950s.The book concludes with recent Radley boat restoration projects in the USA and the UK and the continued rowing success of Radley family members.
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Foreword by Chris Dodd, Rowing Historian at the River and Rowing Museum, HenleyAuthor's NoteAcknowledgements and SourcesBoat and rowing jargon explained IntroductionContents 1.Summary history of the development of the Radley boatyard business2.The origins of the business in the 1840s - George Terence and Phoebe Radley.3.Vincent Radley, a Victorian entrepreneur - a time of expansion4.Laurie Radley's memories of his grandfather Vincent's era, from the early 1900s to Post-World War 15.Phoebe Edith Radley - one of the pioneers of women's rowing6.Wallis George Radley's tenure and a proliferation of family rowing crews7.Kenneth Radley takes over but his management ends prematurely8.Sid, the last Radley boatbuilder, saves and rebuilds the business9. Laurie Radley's life after leaving the Radley boatyard business in 192810.The end of the business in 1970 but a number of Radley-built boats live on11.Current activity: the restoration in 2013-14 of a Radley-built boat by Roger Bean12.The rowing exploits of the post-boatbuilding generations13.The legacyBibliographyAppendix:The Radley generational connections

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.5.2015
Zusatzinfo	175 illustrations
Verlagsort	Frimley
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schiffe
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Segeln / Tauchen / Wassersport
ISBN-10	0-9931694-0-6 / 0993169406
ISBN-13	978-0-9931694-0-3 / 9780993169403
Zustand	Neuware