The Wherry Yacht Olive 1906:
and at Great Yarmouth yacht station
Great Yarmouth yacht station and old tower.Olive is still around today and references to it can be found in several places including the National Historic Ships UK site. That site states the construction date as 1909. The Collins Legacy page (part of Broadland Memories) also states construction date as 1909:-
“He [Ernest Collins] must have been very pleased with her because when he designed “Olive”, his first wherry yacht in 1909..”
But the page goes on
“In 1906, six Londoners from a London tennis club applied to the railway company for a list of boatyards and eventually hired a wherry yacht from Ernest Collins. “
The link Broadland Memories Blog describes the start of Blakes with the sentence:-
“In 1906, Harry Blake was so enamoured with the area after holidaying on the Norfolk Broads that he approached Ernest Collins at Wroxham, promising to increase his holiday bookings if Collins would allow Blake to become his agent in London.”
Two undated photos from the same album show the party and crew from the yacht Olive in 1906
Thanks to Carol Gingell at Broadland Memories for assisting with their identification
Perhaps it is just wishful thinking to imagine that Harry Blake was with Stanley Appleyard on board Olive in 1906. Stanley Appleyard was a keen tennis player – he belonged to Headstone Lawn Tennis Club for many years. However that club did not exist before 1910. No room for wishful thinking here.