The harbour entrance with an ocean-going tug heading back to base.


Looking east into the inner harbour. We used to swim across here to the other side & back. Not sure we quite appreciated the danger. Sometimes I wonder how we survived.


This is Shoreham Harbour proper taken from the lock gates. The inner harbour is actually in Southwick & Portslade. Confusing around here ain't it.
The big chimney is the new Portslade power station. The old one was twice the size with 2 chimneys & was a prominent landmark for many years.


A tug coming into dry dock for maintenance. It's a tight fit.


Now I know why they call it a rust-bucket.

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Thanks Fido. I take that as a compliment.
I know I'm a boring old gasbag & posting these photos is self-indulgence more than anything else. I'm not a particularly good photographer but my digital camera has given me the new interest I've been searching for. I now look at familiar things from a new perspective, seeing them as a stranger would. I've lived in this part of the country all my life, love it here & know more about it than most. Maybe I would make a good travel agent.

PS. My new hobby is getting me out in the real world again & I feel fitter now than I have done for years.

I hope you continue to get fitter, because the fitter you are, the more pics you take.  The more pics you take, the more you can post. The more pic you post, the more I  see. The more I see, the happier I get.  D-mn, never would have thought I would be so glad to see an Englisman get fit.  Who'da thunk it?

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Thanks Fido. That's all the encouragement I need. If I can make just a few people like you happy, make Pippin want to visit my country & poor old Ozzy just plain homesick I feel my humble efforts are worthwhile.

I often drive past places like the harbour without giving it a second glance. I realised today that it must be something like 30 years since I last strolled over those lock gates.

I reckon I can just squeeze this one in. It's the old Brighton 'B' power station (first commissioned in the early '50s) that stood on the site of the new one in my photos.

It might have been less efficient than the modern one but was an ideal landmark for Shoreham Airport as the white smoke belching from the chimneys also told you the wind direction. http://www.yeoldesussexpages.co.uk/misc/power/swickps1.htm
It was also a fine piece of architecture.

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As usual the powers-that-be completely misjudged the situation. We were told that nuclear energy would provide all our needs so they demolished that fine building. I watched the first chimney that I had seen being built come down from the end of Worthing Pier with a tear in my eye. One second it was there & the next it was gone as though it had never existed. The old place never seemed quite the same after that.

They recently realised their mistake & replaced it with a huge gas boiler. It's obviously more efficient but I can't see it lasting as long as the old one. Such is the price of "progress".

Wonderful shots Hagar.

The photos section has quickly become one of my favorite places to check out at Simviation because of people sharing their surroundings with the www