Most of the photographs in these collections were found in a leather suitcase that had been under four feet of water for several days when my parent’s house was flooded in 1993. They were dried out but, needless to say, they are in not in their original state. I have put them together in small galleries for those who are interested in the history of the Westcountry trading ketches and also the history of Bude.

Bude Canal in the 1960s

Bude Breakwater in the 1960s

Shipping inside Bude breakwater, low tide

I will add more photographs as time goes on. You can find out more about Ceres here and here.

Ceres entering Bude

Ceres inside the breakwater, Bude

Ceres in Bude Canal

Ceres leaving Bude

Aboard Ceres

Ceres in dry dock

Miscellaneous of Ceres