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A moment becalmed, Coronation Regatta, Torbay, 1937

Archive Item Type:

Photograph of crew swimming off Lalage whilst becalmed during a race at the Coronation Regatta at Torbay in 1937.

The original caption for the photograph reads: “Russell’s back & Miles bathing whilst Lalage is becalmed during a race”

Partial results for the regatta can be found here.

Photograph by Christopher Boardman. The image was included in an album containing photographs dating from 1936 and 1937. The images were taken at Burnham Week, Sept 1936; How Hill (Olympic oak), 1936; Gosport & Portsmouth, 1937; Gosport & Bembridge, 1937; Burnham, 1937; Coronation Regatta, Torbay, 1937; Coronation Regatta, Dartmouth, 1937.

Other images from the album can be found here.

 

Archive ID
LCAG.1.6.51
Original ID Number
CAB8 (43)1
Copyright
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Copyright Holder
Boardman Family/Ludham Community Archive Group
Places
Torbay, UK
Events
Coronation Regatta [1937]