Hi Jill   the name of the Shipwrights was Claxtons - they were two brothers who ran it, part of a shipwright family who came from Devon - during WW2 they were under Admiralty Orders and did many varied work on many vessels - they overhauled some of the Little Ships which went over to Dunkirk, France to rescue the  Troops and many were brought back to Ramsgate and Margate   I have a view of the building on the centre wall of the Harbour with Claxtons painted on its roof and quiet a few prints of the Tugs they ran in conjunctions with the famous Thames Tug Masters W Watkins and Co (one of which is the ST Cervia) now laid up in Ramsgate Harbour   I do know a fair bit about this firm and I have an old friend who worked there and trained many of their apprentices in the late 1930's up until the firm closed down, he is well into his nineties now - The firm closed its doors in the late 1960's early 1970's.   Hope this is of interest   If you will like to chat about this feel free to ring me on 01843 230589 evenings   regards  Tim Keenan - Margate - Kent - UK --- On Fri, 17/4/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [Isle-of-Thanet] Caxtons at Ramsgate Harbour To: [email protected] Date: Friday, 17 April, 2009, 11:50 AM I believe that my grandfather, Albert Hector GOODBOURN served an apprenticeship as a Marine Engineer at Caxtons on the cross wall of Ramsgate Harbour in the 1920s.  Does any kind lister know if any records and / or photos might still exist, please? TIA Jill ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message