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Interesting
pictures from Chris' wider
collection
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Chris Boardman's photograph albums cover a lifetime of interests and experiences. Many of the pictures are taken in and around his home in Ludham but there are also pictures covering a wide range of other interesting topics. Here is our selection of interesting stuff. We hope you like it.
We don't know who owns this car but it is clear that it takes 3 people to change a tyre. 1920s.
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The caption on this photograph days that Chris borrowed this Vauxhall for a trip to Newcastle. This shows the car after he "upset her".
A picture taken at The Swan in Horning. It dates from the 1930s but this scene is little changed today.
Boating at Horning 1930s style.
Chris won a gold medal for sailing at
the 1936 Oympic Games. As well as the medal, he was
given an oak sapling which he planted at How Hill. Here
we see Tiny Mitchell (Commodore of the Royal Corinthian
Yacht Club) and Chris planting the oak. It later grew
into a large tree which still stands at How Hill
although it needed substantial pruning in 2013 due to
rot.
By 31st May 1982, the oak looked like this
By 31st May 1982, the oak looked like this
 During the war, Chris served on
HMS Cape Sable, a Q ship. There are lots of
pictures of the crew in action, although it
seems there was also time to relax.
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Q ships were disguised merchant ships
with concealed naval guns. The idea was to encourage
enemy submarines to attack on the surface and then to
sink them. There is no record of Cape Sable sinking
anything. Later in the war, Chris was the commander of
HMS Snowdrop, a flower class corvette. We do not have
any pictures of this at the moment.
In the early 1950s, Michael and Chris toured Spain and Italy in this lovely Allard. Here we see Michael and the Allard near Barcelona.
Chris and Elaine get married.
 During WWII, Stuart Boardman
(above) was a captain in the Royal Norfok
Regiment. The picture on the right is
captioned "Stuart buys a lorry to fetch litter
for his troops to lie on, June 1940." Stuart
was killed during the battle for Singapore on
27th January 1942. He is buried in Kranji War
Cemetary in Singapore.
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In the early 1950s, Michael and Chris toured Spain and Italy in this lovely Allard. Here we see Michael and the Allard near Barcelona.
Chris and Elaine get married.