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THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1955.
SHEAFFERS
ADMIRAL SNORKEL PEN
CHELSEA'S 'VILLAGE' ON THE THAMES
Miss Lin Potter, on telephone, is a secretary, Miss Deidre Earle, with book, is student at Royal Academy of Music. They are in the saloon of their converted landing craft Periwinkles.
Actress Dorothy Tutin, who lives a little way from the houseboat colony, paints her landing-craft herself.
SIDE GLANCES
By Galbraith
WIZARD
"Who puts up the money for that book, dad-soap,
beer or cigarettes?
Printed and published by WILLIAM ALICKI GRINHAM for and on behalf of South China Morning Post Limited at 1-3 Wyndha Street. City of Victoria, in the Calony of Hongkong
Viscount St. David
calls in-and brings his home along as well
By DENISE RICHARDS
Delivering milk is such a hazardous business for 24-year-old Clifford Davies that when he bought a new watch recently he, made sure it was shock-proof and water- proof.
For his "round" A$ the today. Many people, of course, colony of 50 houseboats which live there because of the hous- buddies I sheller against the ing shortage: ethers are drawn wall of Chelsea Embankment by the atmosphere, novelty or
cheapness. opposite Cheyne Walk,
it
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Most of the duck-boards join-- Dorothy Tutin, the actress, is ing the boats are flimsy: all are also 2 recruit to. river life. slippery when rains. But She
into her beat, moved Clifford is proud of the service moored a little way up-stream he gives, and takes the milk to from the colony. the front door whatever the weather.
He reckons he is lucky, too,
cocause he has only fallen into the river once in six years.
Splash! After the party
It was high tide and I was very worried because I'm, a bad swimmer," he says. Some men pulled me out, though, and, apart from ruining my clothes, I was none the worse."
"It is the very first home of my own and love it." she said.
ต
She painted the walls
"I have
completely redecor- ated it myself, painting all the walls different colour to give an illusion of space, and I have furnished it, with solid old cak."
Twenty-two-year-old Miss
beat has Tuin's
1 galley, modern
cabin and bathroom, salcon. She plans to cycle to and from the theatre i sne can find somewhere to "stable" her bicycle.
Clifford's fate has been shared by a policeman, a coalman and many of the people who live in the gaily painted boats. One man who was fond of parties, fell into the river so often returning home late at night smaller are 40ft.converted that he sold his boat and took aña: on dry land.
The houseboats can be divid- ed into two main classes. The
Mr Clifford Davies--with waterproof watch on his wrist--delivers the milk to Miss
Two
more newcomers
Bernadette Sorel,
landing craft, like Miss Tutin's; the larger, 70ft to 80t, con This year the colony had its verted barges. There are no first tragedy when the four rates, but mooring fees cos
are said 25-year-old Deirdre, who is year-old son of one of the boat-, about £1 a week for the smaller owners was drowned.
craft and £2 for the larger. An Deirdre Earle and Lin Potter, training to be a speech and a drama teacher at the Royal extra 5s, a week pays for who bought, Periwinkles, having the water tanks alled converted landing craft for Academy of Music. and the dust-bins emptied daily. £625.
The girls
It's novel and cheap
Life on the
-
think their ̈ new.
Cost of the boats varies from "My grandmother left me home is "heavenly" and, every a few pounds for a hull to some, mtney and I decided to night, as they climb the wooden Thames is so
£2,000 for "a fully-furnished invest in a boat because we step-ladders to their 4-ft-high popular that there are no home with every modern con- were tired of paying exorbitant beds (deliberately high to pro- vacant moorings at Chelsea venience.
rents to live in furnished fints," vide extra storage space) they bless the day they decided to leave irate landiadles behind.
The children of the houseboats use the decks as their playground, the mothers use them to hang out the washing. Mrs Patricia Sherwood, ex-model, wife of a night club entertainer, holds six-month-old Hilary-Anne on the deck of their converted barge, Fable, Susan (five) swings Amanda (two).
Periwinkles, like most of the landing craft, is divided into three cabins or rooms, plus a minute kitchen and bathroom. It has constant hot water and a telephone.
"Living. here is like being in a village everyone is so friend. ly and helpful," says 23-year- old secretary Lin..
"My only complaint is that Cooking is rather difficult, The food is apt to land on the floor jolts when the boat suddenly with the tide."
agers include archi tects, schoolteachers, engineers City bustness men, stage people
The
villag
and artists
One of the most unconven- tional boats is Slak, another converted landing craft.
"I, too, was sick of living in furnished rooms, so I borrowed some money and bought this
a year ago." boat
says owner Reginald Selous, a 24-year-old actor.
Artist and musician
Miss Pieta Selous, aged 22, sketches on the river from the stern of Slak.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Hongkong Goods On Display
Sir-Practically, all the com ments emanating from abroad seen in the papers recently" on Hongkong manufactured goods, elther that the goods are not made here at all, or that they
are not of.
t of good quality. There- fore, it was particularly pleasant to see a splash heading in last night's China Mall,
Fashions Hit-New York M
The Sricle was, commenting on display of goods manufac tured in Hongkong and showing in the windows of Lord & Tay- lor in New York's famous Filth Avenue. It may interest readers
know
that Life and Vogue both
were suficiently interested in the display which Lord & Taylor gave these goods to give them several full page spreads in their famous magazines.
The first real products of
Mandy of the Textiles was at the Seattle Trade Fair of 1952 and the publicity rain- ed there helped materially to make them known. It will be remembered that Hongkong was well represented at that Fair and even more so at the 1954 Fair when the speeches at the opening by Mr Harry Owen Hughes, Mr Kinghora
and
others from Hongkong were broadcast, (and picked up here).
It is by such excellent publicity as these overseas fairs give that the manufactured goods from Hongkong em be made known overseas. All Hongkong manu- facturers of really good-class wares should be assisted and encouraged to exhibit in trade fairs abroad.
"PUBLICITY”,
Radio Hongkong
Summary:
H.X.TA 12.30pm. Programme 12:32, Netning but muzle „1-TaDe Signal: 1.15, News, Weather Report and Special Announcements; 1.30, Master of Melody. Sidney Tapes and his Concert Orch. The
of Harry Parr. Davien (BBCTS); Z Ted Heath's London Palladickz Sunday Concert: 230,: Vierna. Phalle, harmonic Orch; 3, "Á Garland-for "the"Queen". (BBCTS); Madrigals dedicated by gratitam, permission to Her Majesty Queen Eizabeth -- II the boat ed the boat after he bought it and sung by the Golden Age Sto with his sisters, Pleta, a 22 for £850 in 1950. Now it is gers, The Cambridge: Madrigal Sor valued at bettween £1,500 and clety: 3.30. "Wodsor Castle' year-old artist, Diana, 20,
a £1,800,
(BBC7S); A visit to the State musician, and Bernadette Sorel,
Apartments ¦ under the guidance of 24-year-old actress.
'Mr Selous shares
A regular visitor to Chelsea is 36-year-old
old Viscount S. Davids, in his barge-yacht Tortoise,
Tortoise is my London fat, and was built to my own design four years ago," Lord St Davids says an
The 26.15ft lounge is Richard Dimbleby Audrey Bamol decorated in white and grey and and Henry Riddel; Buddigans has windows on every side. Gibert & Sulivan) by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company" cond. Fitted cupboards, and shelves by addons Godker; 520, SPRIOK, cut down the need for furniture, Camaria and has Orctantra: 5.30, which is modern and bright. In Evergreens in Variety readingka the summer the spacious deck-6. pan, Time Signal and Programme Staminaos: 600,- Jazz Half-Hour kotse, is used as a dining room presented by Robert
Achours One of the two double bed Hour (Studio) P1, LarAdler Talks
630; - Portugaene d-Studio): rooms is now being converted with Joon: Wallace, Kato. Lizo, and into a nursery for the baby the Jack Tinton CRecorded);
*ktuale. For You" - Imoqueline: Dolman, to travel round and visit friends; Bakers" expect next year.
Anthony Oliver Wels- Robinson, and Chelsea
one of my favourite
his Concert Orch. (BUCTS); FM6, Weather Report; «#lilinge. Bigoal and World "News (London: Beley); 6,40, Corsementary (Londo Special Anmocnomosekata; Modem, Monda, › Peter the Piano{BA[50); : 8.30, Tailors" {BBC+3):"Adapted. Couper from the perval
My permanent mooring is in the Paddington basin of the Grand Union Canal, but I like
6 Lord St, Davids runs three
passenger packet boats between Paddington and Greenford.
A young couple, Mr and Mrs
river
Ostrich egg
is a guide
At first we used to feel
The Ian B although they
had a :2 bridge flat. Our flat was on Now I can't tell whether the thir
Baker, moved toyints little sea-sick," said Mrs Baker. In: Bayers Pict "The
Coureca
the · Opera.
8.10,
"Hide
the fifth hoor; there was no lift tide is in or out unless I look at Sports Harris (Boixdio) and the fat was
was very hard to our salch egg. It is suspended Ferics:1:"Art X" (Elzet); Blasgers - wikis beat," says Mrs. Patricia Baker, from the celling and sways at Orchestre Des
The 78t converted. Medway high water
barge,
10.
Ode:
Wouldham Court, is one Speaking as an
aking as an architect Mär 10 Bully of the most attractive, and most Baker ways there is one big sung Bee Packs comfortable homes on the river to boat life, They must be 200
Mr Bakerywa Westminster painted every year if they are to come may God architect, completely, reconvert be kept rain-proof."
Beet