Comments on: The View Point Café, Harwich Harbour: the ideal base for a day’s photography https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/10/the-view-point-cafe-harwich-harbour-the-ideal-base-for-a-days-photography/ Leica cameras, photography and discussion Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Chris Rodgers https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/10/the-view-point-cafe-harwich-harbour-the-ideal-base-for-a-days-photography/#comment-82020 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:19:43 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=82397#comment-82020 In reply to Kathy Davis.

Kathy
Thank you for your complimentary comments. For others reading this, my headdress refers to my Oman article of January 2021 in which I am shown wearing the Oman Gendarmerie uniform. From my article I quote:
“On New Year’s Day 1978, Oman Gendarmerie ceased to exist and converted into a regular infantry battalion, the Oman Coast Regiment. Out went the grey shirt and distinctive headdress of shemagh and agal and in came a black beret and green shirt. I do not believe any other British officer in the Middle East has worn that Arab headdress as part of their military uniform since that date.”
I attend annual reunions of the Sultan’s Armed Forces Association and we old boys look nothing like we did when we were in our twenties!
Chris

]]> By: Chris Rodgers https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/10/the-view-point-cafe-harwich-harbour-the-ideal-base-for-a-days-photography/#comment-82019 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:07:02 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=82397#comment-82019 In reply to dunk sargent.

Dunk
Thank you for your kind comments. I was pleased to bring back maritime memories for you from the 1960’s.
Chris

]]> By: Kathy Davis https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/10/the-view-point-cafe-harwich-harbour-the-ideal-base-for-a-days-photography/#comment-82004 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:26:49 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=82397#comment-82004 It’s wonderful to read you again; I’ve truly enjoyed your stories and photos (but when are we going to see you ‘current day’ in an agal headdress again?)

Singling out just one of the photos here, the lead-in photo of the massive EVERGREEN against the couple in the beach chairs. The mis-match was a great idea!

]]> By: dunk sargent https://www.macfilos.com/2025/02/10/the-view-point-cafe-harwich-harbour-the-ideal-base-for-a-days-photography/#comment-82003 Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:22:15 +0000 https://www.macfilos.com/?p=82397#comment-82003 Fascinating photo essay Chris, especially for those of us interested in maritime commerce and Trinity House. THV Patricia is THV Patricia 3. I recall THV Patricia 2 and THV Mermaid working from Gt Yarmouth during the 1960s. THVs always look immaculate – no rusty paint. Harwich Harbour certainly is, “the ideal base for a day’s photography”. Thank you for sharing your most interesting article Chris.

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