@@derrickrandall5766 My family names were Coleman, Stroud, Pearson and Warner , further back I go there are Kemps in 1700 and 1600s Margaret Kemp around 1620s and Then on another line I go back to a John Kemp early late 1500s or so. My family heavily involved with the Oyster smacks. The Gamecock was owned by my uncle Bill, earlier on our Stroud family had it.
@@JillVITA Hi. thats interesting, you have managed to go back further than I have.The furthest I got back to was my great grandfather Mark Kemp, born 1850 and married Annie and had six children and is on the 1891 census living in Fountain street.I wonder if any of our relatives are in that footage?
@@derrickrandall5766 I do a few Kemp marriages on different lines. I think my 1600 Kemp may be wrong. Just knowing all my Whitstable family I know of Kemps too. My dad was a Coleman. My great grandfathers both Coleman and Warner sides were Oysterman . Warners go back far on this as do my Strouds. My 2nd great grandmother was a Stroud. I was told my Warner family are usually in the books about these men and I would believe they are in the film. My other ancestors are the Pearson-Coleman family. Merchant Mariners who travelled the world. An ancestral distant uncle or cousin, I cannot recall which was the family who owned Whitstable Castle once. I love Whitstable so much. Wish I could visit again.
For all the grammar tyrants out there: ‘It’s’ not ‘its’. A contraction of ‘it is’. ‘Oyster-farming’ not ‘oyster - farming’. You might be a grammar tyrant, but you aren’t the grammar tyrant.
Fantastic Action ,What a Gem of our forefathers,Really Grateful For This Wonderful Footage !
Outstanding footage. What a privilege to have this. Thank you.
Excellent historical footage!
i wonder what these men would think of the current oyster farming methods in Whitstable.
Although I was born in Harlow, Essex. I consider Whitstable my home.
my family is Coleman and Warner. probably some relatives of mine here too. I believe Fozad is on my tree too
Correction for above Foad not Fozad. Other 2 names Coleman and Warner and I want to also add Stroud.
Yep, my ancestors and relatives would be here too. Surname KEMP.
Yes I know of Kemp.
@@JillVITA Hi, my great grandfather was mark kemp born 1850, boat builder and oyster dredger and lived in fountain street and had 6 children.
@@derrickrandall5766 My family names were Coleman, Stroud, Pearson and Warner , further back I go there are Kemps in 1700 and 1600s Margaret Kemp around 1620s and Then on another line I go back to a John Kemp early late 1500s or so. My family heavily involved with the Oyster smacks. The Gamecock was owned by my uncle Bill, earlier on our Stroud family had it.
@@JillVITA Hi. thats interesting, you have managed to go back further than I have.The furthest I got back to was my great grandfather Mark Kemp, born 1850 and married Annie and had six children and is on the 1891 census living in Fountain street.I wonder if any of our relatives are in that footage?
@@derrickrandall5766 I do a few Kemp marriages on different lines. I think my 1600 Kemp may be wrong. Just knowing all my Whitstable family I know of Kemps too. My dad was a Coleman. My great grandfathers both Coleman and Warner sides were Oysterman . Warners go back far on this as do my Strouds. My 2nd great grandmother was a Stroud. I was told my Warner family are usually in the books about these men and I would believe they are in the film. My other ancestors are the Pearson-Coleman family. Merchant Mariners who travelled the world. An ancestral distant uncle or cousin, I cannot recall which was the family who owned Whitstable Castle once. I love Whitstable so much. Wish I could visit again.
Wow! So many men making a living of so few oysters ???
In 2021 oysters are a luxury, and quite expensive.
When this film was made oysters were the staple food of the poor.
@@johnstarkie9948 yep true
I hate to be the grammar tyrant, but I believe its oyster - farming.
+David Lewis - Nevertheless I have a poster on my wall from the Seasalter & Ham Oyster Fishery Company (telephone Whitstable 3).
These are wild native oysters, so no farming involved.
Fishing is the correct term.
For all the grammar tyrants out there:
‘It’s’ not ‘its’. A contraction of ‘it is’.
‘Oyster-farming’ not ‘oyster - farming’.
You might be a grammar tyrant, but you aren’t the grammar tyrant.