Ship Spotters Club

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

204

Date Released

24 Nov 1958

Date recorded

17 Oct 1958

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Ship Spotters Club
2. 2HAC Pikemen
3. 3Modern Hair Ornamentation

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Among the well-known hobbies of many small boys are aircraft-spotting, train-spotting and even car-spotting. Rather more unusual is the hobby of a group of lads at Margate, Kent, who have formed a ship-spotting club. With the aid of binoculars, and a powerful telescope, they identify ships and run the appropriate flag up over their HQ - the flags having been donated by various fan-conscious shipping companies.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Entertainment and leisure

Locations

Kent; England; Margate

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

217

Story extras:

Film clip

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