Under the cabin lamp. by Alker Tripp

[Rabbie]

I've just found this 1950 (1st ed) gem. Very similar to Maurice Griffiths and his Magic of the Swatchways. The boats may be different today, but the stories could have been written last week. I loved his description of his first foray onto the Norfolk Broads, and wakening in the middle of the night in shock as he could see grass outside the window. He jumped up, thinking she had dragged, then remembered, that as a sailor used to anchoring, he had forgotten he was tied to the riverbank! Try and find a copy.

 

[ianc1200]

If you bought for 50p (re lower post) you did very well. Mine also 1950 edition, slightly smaller than A4 size, with loads of pen drawings and water colours (or oil paintings?). Many short stories (about 54). Try "One Snowy Night" pages 133-137, sailing from Heybridge in the snow in an open boat. I also have "Suffolk Sea Borders", "The Solent and Southern Waters", and I think "Shoalwater & Fairway", although couldn't locate this one just now.

I Think M Griffiths said in one of his books that A Tripp was Chief Commissioner of Police at Scotland Yard, and his boat "Growler" was a barge yacht. There are lots of his short stories in YM and book collections of short stories.

IanC

 

[Rabbie]

Ian. I think we have the same volume as I have the looseleaf 'drawings' of his oil sketches. I read 'One Snowy Night' only yesterday and laughed out loud! He had guts for sure!
During the war Tripp was an Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police (although not a police officer strangely) with special responsibility for road traffic. He was also a distinguished artist and designed many posters for the rail companies and holiday resorts.

 

[Roach1948]

I have an old copy, but all the plates are missing . How talented is he as an artist? If they are good, I would be interested in borrowing a copy just to photocopy the plates and stick them back in my copy to make in complete.

 

[ianc1200]

I'll see if I can post up a sample later.

IanC

 

[ianc1200]

Here goes

 

[KristiferColumbus]

I've just found this 1950 (1st ed) gem. Very similar to Maurice Griffiths and his Magic of the Swatchways. The boats may be different today, but the stories could have been written last week. I loved his description of his first foray onto the Norfolk Broads, and wakening in the middle of the night in shock as he could see grass outside the window. He jumped up, thinking she had dragged, then remembered, that as a sailor used to anchoring, he had forgotten he was tied to the riverbank! Try and find a copy.

Have got it ordered via the British Library.Thanks for the tip,did'nt know it existed.
Have read the three books mentioned by others but the British Library filing system is so fragmented now it is almost as if they don't want you to find books........
He is a superb author & I love the way he recounts history in the places he visits....you can almost feel the Vikings & others in our remote & lonely creeks & anchorages.Fantastic.
(It would seem that all four of his books are available from the British Library).

 

[KristiferColumbus]

Update;got the book from my local Library yesterday.£1.50p reservation fee.Not bad for a three week lone?

 

[BOATERS]

under the cabin lamp

I have an original picked up from an old bookshop years ago .So old the pictures are thin photos pasted in .Always remember the bit about the broads as that is where we have our boat.