The show took a chronological path from "Roebuck", which served on the Weymouth to Jersey route in 1925 through to the "Koningen Beatrix" on the Harwich to the Hook service until the late 1990s.
Ken had obviously visited many ports throughout the UK with photos of representatives from many routes. It was good to see some of these older pre ro-ro ferries such as "Falaise" and "Arnhem", and then the early stern loading ferries such as "Lord Warden". Also interesting to see were the various ferries for railway rolling stock, particularly our own "Essex Ferry" from the Harwich route, later layed up in the Blackwater estuary.
Progress was charted by the funnel colours starting with a yellow/buff with a black top through to the opposing arrow (or barbed wire) emblem and then to the �galloping maggot� of Sealink. Also covered were the Sealink partners, the French SNCF, the Belgian RMT, and the Dutch Zeeland Company. The show is accompanied by a very comprehensive history of each ship and their subsequent names and fate. Ken�s visits to the Mediterranean helped with photos of ex British ferries now working there. This show is an invaluable record of railway company ferries and we thank Ken for coming to share his excellent show.