Heswall, the Slipway 1955

A mixture of near-derelict and beached
craft gives this working slipway an untidy
appearance that will certainly have been
at odds with the fact that the majority
of the boats represented someone's

livelihood. The growth in leisure sailing,
the decline in fishing as an industry, and
improved access have all contributed to
radical physical changes on the present
use of the slipway.

I would say by these comments, someone knew nothing about the boats here at this time..in fact it sounds like a bloody know-all from behind a desk !!