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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: David Pike
Date: 2024 Aug 14, 10:34 -0700
We dropped in at B Cooke & Son yesterday. Within the former Commercial shipping area (now Museums Area) of Kingston upon Hull between The Land of Green Ginger, King Billy’s Statute, and the River Hull in the plainest building with the plainest of shop fronts lies this cornucopia of maritime navigation items (see photographs). Unfortunately, the photo I thought I’d taken of the righthand wall facing the counter where 20 or 30 clocks and chronometers (mainly brass cased) are mounted doesn’t appear to have registered on my phone. We spoke to Priyanka Perera Managing Director who informed us Cooke’s don’t have vintage sextant clips lying in the back of drawers anymore, but she can get the coil spring kind from China. Priyanka also let me handle their very latest beautiful sextant from China (£500GBP + VAT), which they check and certify themselves, and which she says there is still a steady UK market for. Our talk turned to the two or three marine compass swings I’d been privy to in my travels up the East Coast of the UK, and Priyanka was able to name all the compass adjusters remaining up the East Coast. It must be a very small world. Priyanka then gave me this delightful link to the delightful work which continues above the shop. https://www.novastudios.co.uk/films/brian-and-sylvester-compass-makers/ Dave P
