Eyemouth Maritime Museum

[anteros_lmc]

Over the bank holiday weekend we went to visit Eyemouth, a little fishing port on the south east coast. It's a pretty spot to visit but the main reason we went is that there is a small maritime museum there that bought several props and sets at the Hornblower prop auction in 2007. Sadly there was no sign of the scale models of the Indefatigable

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[aletheiafelinea]

At first glance, I thought the guy with an octant/whatever was a ship's figurehead. Would be nice for a some scientific expedition. :)

[anteros_lmc]

He'd make a lovely figure head :) I've seen one or two of these come up at auction, they're pretty rare and can sell for surprising sums!

[esmerelda_t]

The museum sounds like a delightfully quirky place!

[anteros_lmc]

"Quirky" would be putting it kindly. It really is quite a bizarre place! We loved it :D Toots got to dress up as a pirate and run about with a sword, while I stroked Hornblower's stern windows. What more would you want from a family day out?!

[charliecochrane]

How fabbie. Thanks for posting these.

[anteros_lmc]

Y'r welcome m'dear. It's a delightfully mad place!

[katriona_s]

Ohhhh I envy you! Not only this museum but the town itself seems wonderful place to stroll...(I searched some photos of Eyemouth). Your post really made me want to visit the Borders!!!

[anteros_lmc]

The scottish Borders are lovely. Very different from the North West where I grew up, but very beautiful in their own way. One of the things that we really liked about Eyemouth is that although it's a popular holiday destination, it's also still a working fishing port. And they're very proud of their history as notorious smugglers!

[vespican]

The kind of place I'd like to visit! Seems that the guns on the replica gun deck are rather closely spaced, to my way of thinking.
Dave

[anteros_lmc]

You'd have loved it! It was a veritable nautical treasure trove. Everything was a bit of a jumble though, guns included!