Peter Hesketh

My interest in ships, shipping and the water generally, started when I was a boy and London was a port. When ships would anchor off Southend waiting their turn to enter one of the greatest ports in the world, I could be seen most mornings before school cycling down to the seashore at Shoeburyness with my telescope to log the names of the anchored ships. Many a happy Saturday was spent on the jetty at Tilbury Riverside watching as the ships passed in and out as the tide dictated.