The W & P Glass Negative Collection
Short Mayo composite aircraft Rochester c1937. The Short Mayo Composite was a piggy-back long-range seaplane/flying boat combination produced by Short Brothers to provide a reliable long-range air transport service to the United States and the far reaches of the British Empire and the Commonwealth
Short Empire flying boat VH-ABC Coogee carrying QANTAS markings. Shorts Rochester c1937.
Lunchtime exodus at the Shorts Bros. Seaplane Works, Willis Avenue (now The Esplanade) Rochester c1937.
Dymchurch Chain Home Radar Tower New Barn Farm East Ridge Road Burmarsh. c1945.
Aboard aircraft carrier HMS Campania . Chatham Dockyard c1950.
HMS Chequers. Chatham Dockyard c1950s.
HMS Savage. Chatham Dockyard c1050s.
HMS Belfast. Chatham Dockyard c1950s.
Launch of HMS Arethusa HM Dockyard Chatham. 6th March 1934.
Orient Lines SS Oronsay at the opening of the new entrance lock to Tilbury Docks September 1929.
FT Everards barge Sara off Greenhithe. Jim Uglow (skipper) on right.
SB Sara, owned by F T Everard & Sons Ltd of Greenhithe, Kent. Built at Conyer in 1902 and very successful in both pre-war and post-war barge matches. Broken up at Greenhithe in 1963.
Derelict barges Furrell's Creek Rochester c1950s.