Wawne and Stoneferry
Wawne
This magic lantern slide of the ferry at Wawne on the River Hull was taken at some point in the late 1890s. By the time I came across it, it had gathered about 125 years’ worth of dirt and dust. However, after a few days of careful restoration this remarkable image emerged.
The rowing boat is coming in a not too distant second as the first can just be seen heading up the landing on the east bank – with the coxswain throwing a derisory glance back at the photographer, much to the amusement of the rowers who seem more than happy to be the subject of the latest technological craze.
Further up river a Humber Keel heads north towards Beverley. Between them the ferry punt carries a couple and their bicycles across the river from Ferry Lane to Wawne. To the right of the frame a farmer has whistled his dog, the terrier is bounding so fast it’s taken to the air.
Stoneferry
These images are of the ferry at Stoneferry on the River Hull. I’ve restored the first image from an original glass plate. The photograph was taken some time before the first bridge was built there and opened in 1905. The photographer’s looking south down the river from Newland Clough on the west bank towards Stoneferry oil and cake mill on the east.
The map below the image is reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland and dates from a survey of 1899 and shows the ferry and surrounding area. Below the map is a reproduced photograph included to illustrate the buildings on the map – the pub, Ferry House – and looking along Ferry Lane between the pub and Stoneferry Mill to the terraces on Ferry Avenue behind the chimney of Whiting Mill.
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