Demolition of our 100-year-old boathouse started in earnest during the week commencing Monday, 5th August, once the asbestos tiles had been removed from the roof. By Wednesday, 14th August half the boathouse, changing rooms and flat had disappeared. By Sunday, 25th August there was not much more to be done and by Monday, 2nd September demolition was complete.
Take a look at the photos! (https://quintinboatclub.org/gallery/index.php?ref=3482).
Quintin Boat Club member Ken Creighton continues to grow the Complete Rowing podcast, a show dedicated to sharing the stories, knowledge and personalities that make rowing such a unique sport. What began as a conversation-based rowing podcast has quickly developed...
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As well as Saturday being the occasion of Chiswick Amateur Regatta it was also the eightieth birthday of the club's president, John Peters, and to mark this significant milestone John invited club members and a number of his rowing and skiffing contemporaries to a...