Sou Wester Collection

Lifeboat Coxswain Jonas Oxley, Walton, Essex
Portrait of Jonas Oxley, lifeboat coxswain of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, from 1947 to 1964. Seen here standing outside the boat house. circa 1963

Lifeboat man - England
The wise, weather-beaten face (in profile) of an English Lifeboat man from Bognor Regis

Fisherman in oilskins 1911

Two lifeboat coxswains, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Retiring lifeboat coxswain John Byford (left) and new coxswain Thomas Bloom, pictured at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. John Byford had been cox from 1929 and Thomas Bloom, known locally as Puggy

True to the Core lifeboat crew, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
The crew of the True to the Core lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, seen here wearing their cork lifebelts and souwesters. circa 1895

Wartime Lifeboat Crew after a dramatic rescue, Walton
Eight members of the lifeboat crew at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, pictured on the day they rescued three men from the barge Martha

Stormy Weather by Muriel Dawson
Two children dressed for rainy weather in raincoats, wellies and sou westers shelter together under a huge orange umbrella

Fishermen pushing off from the shore. The caption reads: " Good Fortune Guide Thee". A scene from the coast of Scotand on the West coast, close to Fort William

Seaman at the Ships Wheel, Atlantic, 1870
Illustration showing a sailor, dressed in souwester and waterproof, steering his ship through bad weather on the Atlantic crossing, c.1870

th Huxley / Sambourne 1881
THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY A satire on the English scientists role as Inspector of Fisheries

Boy in Rainwear 1930
A small boy is well protected against inclement weather in a long double-breasted waterproof coat, a hat with upturned brim & a pair of Wellington boots

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