Introducing Derek Gibbs
First sailing on Hickling Broad
Of sisters and parents…
Schooldays
Outward Bound School
Fishing - and a dangerous prank
Origins of HBSC
The Trout
Building the racing punt
Jimmy Turner
Building the clubhouse
Coypu and geese
Crystal clear water in the Broad
Skating and coots
Coot shoots
The farm horses
The plane watcher…
VE Night
Derek’s memories - page 2
DEREK’S MEMORIES:
Page 1
The schoolchildren would get their skates ready before the end of term at Christmas. Most years there was enough ice to skate on the Broad.
In those days, the water was black with coots.
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