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Going To Plan

The ‘Trawling Through Time’ project secures the permanent preservation of its digitised trawler plans.

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Remembering grovehill

Doing it Howard’s Way I think it was way back in early 2019 when myself and colleagues in the Archives and Museums Services were approached by Howard Tomlinson in his capacity with the Grovehill Area Action Group about a proposal he had for a permanent memorial to the shipbuilding industry that once thrived at the […]

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Netcasting The Story

TV Documentary Goes Online! Following the success of its preview screening ( see The Story On Screen), its tv broadcast and publication on DVD (see TV Times) we’re delighted to announce the tv documentary of ‘Trawling Through Time: The Story Of Cook, Welton & Gemmell’ is now online! In these unprecedented times affected by COVID-19 […]

Ships Log

The Catalogue Is Online One of the main goals of the Trawling Through Time project since the very beginning, way back in April 2018, was to produce an online finding aid for the Cook, Welton & Gemmell archive, that would allow researchers to discover what we hold in the collection and request to see items […]

TV Times

On That’s TV Humber The moment has arrived! Following its Big Screen Preview back in August 2019, ‘Trawling Through Time: The Story Of Cook, Welton & Gemmell’ will be broadcast on That’s TV Humber at 9pm this Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th November. That’s TV Humber is available on Freeview Channel 7, and Virgin Channel […]

From Beverley To Bristol

At Brunel’s SS.Great Britain The ‘Trawling Through Time’ project is all about the story of Cook, Welton & Gemmell, Beverley shipbuilders, and bringing that story to as wide an audience as possible. That is why we were delighted to be hosted by Nick Booth and his team at the SS.Great Britain in Bristol on Thursday […]

The Legacy Begins

Exhibition and Stage From the outset, one of the central goals of the ‘Trawling Through Time’ project was to create a legacy that educates mainstream audiences about the story of Cook, Welton & Gemmell, so that its heritage is allowed to continue and thrive beyond the lifespan of our own project. It’s always difficult to […]

All Aboard The Arctic Corsair

Putting the Plans into Perspective The incredible progress being made by our volunteers towards meeting the output targets of our project, meant that during December 2018 we could afford to give them a well-earned rest from cataloguing & digitisation, and reward their efforts with a pre-Christmas treat. Thanks to our friends at the ‘Hull: […]

‘Talking Through Time’

The Project’s Walking Oral History Interview Back in August, myself and ex-shipyard workers Ken Barley and Keith Pearson, along with several of our volunteers, gathered on the riverside at Grovehill, Beverley to take part in the ‘Trawling Through Time’ project‘s ‘s walking oral history interview. Our location was the former site of the town’s main shipyard, occupied by Cook, Welton […]

Calling all creatives!

Contribute to our digital fleet and try your hand at decorating your own ship. As part of this year’s Big Draw event, the Trawling Through Time project is seeking to create an online fleet of ships based on the Cook, Welton and Gemmell Shipbuilder’s plans. Digitally paint your ship or print it out and decorate by […]