Poole tug Sheila pulls the old Cowes ferry into Poole in March 1952. The Cowes ferry was being used as relief for the Sandbanks ferry which was undergoing an overhaul. Sheila had already towed a new floating bridge ferry from J. Bolson & Sons from Poole to Cowes.
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