 Fel cyfnodd, David. Mae'n ffordd bod yn ymgyrch yn gweithio'r cwestiwn. Felly, mae'n gweithio'r fferymenau y Fforson George, Walter Pauli, a'r bydd yn ymgylched 40 ymlaen. Mae'n gweithio'r fferymenau, ond rydyn ni'n gweithio'r fferymenau wedi'u gweithio'r fferymenau ar y cam. Felly, mae'n gweithio'r fferymenau, ac mae'n gweithio'r gweithio'r gweithio. Felly, rydyn ni'n gweithio'r fferymenau y mynd i wedi'u gweithio'r fferymenau. Felly, mae'n gychwyn mynd i honno y fferymenau sy'n bwysig comment ymlaen. Mae'n gweithio'r fferymenau yw yw'r gweithio, a'r fferymenau yn ymwyno, mae'n gweithio'r fferymenau yw'r ddim yw'r bwysig, yn fwy o'r gweithio'r fferymenau, oherwydd y fferymenau, awd donc. ac rhaid yn 1905. A ddim yn gweithio'r hwnnw ddim yn arddangos y roi'r eich roi, yr eich fferri ddim yn ymwinellio o'r bydd hynny, bydd hynny'n gweithio'r banydd Cestarton yma yw'r pubau lleol. Yr eich fferri gweithio'r banydd, probably by two three feet, and two students wanted to get on to the ferry. Students being young and capable of the long jump, they jumped on to the ferry, but their extra weight and their landing on it caused the ferry to capsize. Presumably most of the people could look after themselves in water, but there were three young women who drowned. So that was sad. Interestingly, also I've been looking at some of the reports in papers, the Cambridge papers of the time. And I found a report again in 1904, I think, and this was to do with the Cusser ferry. And the report is of an inquest when a man was found drowned in the river at the Cusser ferry. He got tied up with the chains in the ferry. Report doesn't explain how that happened, probably because nobody was there at night to witness him. But interestingly, the report in the paper goes on saying that some of the jury were saying to the paper, the Fort and George ferry has a gas street lamp on both banks. Well, surely we can find the resources to put a gas lamp at the Cusser ferry. And as you saw in the picture there, I pointed that out. So that's interesting to see that that was a real problem. Bear in mind that in 1900, that's well before the time of electric lights. So dark then would be dark. OK, thank you very much, David. There's a number of questions that have actually just come in on the chat. May or may not be possible to answer them now. I'll fire one over to David and we're doing a socially distanced Q&A here. Were ferries owned or subsidised by the pubs? Were ferries owned or subsidised by the pub? A good question and I think there may be several answers. I don't have definite answers of who owned what when and perhaps the situation changed over the centuries. As I mentioned, I think for the Fort St George, the ferry was created to get the drinkers to their drink. Now, as the place became more urbanised and there were more travellers for work, I don't know if the ferries became more of a commercial setup. What I've not managed to find out is presumably the cost of manufacturing a ferry, actually building it would be perhaps £100 in the currency of the time. Who put up that money? I've not found that out yet. Are any of the ferries preserved anywhere in museums? Are any of the ferries preserved in museums? Not as far as I know. Now, it may be further downstream somewhere that there's a replica still in use. It wouldn't surprise me. Now, there are still ferries of some sort in some places. Recently, I was on holiday in the Isle of Wight and at the top of the Isle of Wight, there is the Cows. Cows is on both sides of the river and there is a chain ferry. It keeps chugging backwards and forwards. Today, that is a metal boat, or nearly a ship, where you can load 20, 30 cars on it. So it's a full-size power-driven ferry. Is there a wooden ferry preserved anywhere? Not as far as I know. Thank you, David. I covered the stretch of the river from Fenditon through to what became Victoria Bridge, and you talked about the influence of the medieval fares. Is there any evidence of ferries operating to the west of Mordland Bridge? Perhaps in earlier times before some of the collegiate bridges were built. Okay, so we're talking about upstream from Mordland Bridge. What I'm thinking is that the river would have been, well, narrower and a bit shallower. When did the colleges start taking over the riverbanks? 1300, 1400, and presumably they would have kept quite a close eye on the bridge. Whoever was on the river. I've not heard of any public payment ferries anywhere up there. Now, I'm also thinking that there was the King's Mill and Bishop's Mill. On Coffin to the Mill pub and Mill Lane just above Silver Street, the oldyworldy bridge there. There is a picture available where that was the King's Mill as in a Water Mill and the Bishop's Water Mill for grinding grain into flour. A big brick built building. So I'm thinking that there was a bridge basically across the river there. So I'm thinking that there wasn't really the need for any sort of ferry between Mordland Bridge and the King's Mill. But I'm also thinking that at that time Newnham Village was very small. So perhaps there wasn't much need to cross the river at that point. A lot of questions about pubs. Do we know if the pubs saw an uplift in trade after the bridges were opened as they became more accessible? How would you even be able to find out all that question? Did the pubs see an uplift in trade after the bridges were constructed? I don't have any data on their sales figures. An interesting piece of research perhaps. Do we know what happens to all the ferrymen when their work was replaced? What happened to the ferrymen when they were no longer needed? Questions in one. Did the ferries get compensated when the bridges were built to replace them? And did the ferries get compensated when the bridges were built? I don't know, but I'm putting two and two together. Walter Paulie was saying that he'd served on the ferry for 40 years. So it sounds like he was rather at retirement age. Now the question arises in 1930 shall we call it. What did they do for a pension? Were the ferry owners or somebody compensated? I don't know. If any one has knowledge of council masses. Were the council even harder up on money then than they are today? It might be an avenue for trying to find an answer. And then a further forward question about I think the interest in the map that showed the Fortson George as an island. More information about the Fortson George being on an island. The Cambridge Collection I would guess will have maps going back to many years. This is something I want to research myself. I'd like to put together a talk on the cam. So if anybody has pictures, information, please get in touch with just as in the local history group at yahoo.co.uk. That's just as in the local history group or one word. And that's something I'd like to find out more about. As far as I know, the island would have all the waterway that made the island on what we know as the common side. Presumably that would have been filled in or disused when they rearranged the lock system. OK. Thanks very much for all the questions that have been submitted. I don't know if there are any other topics David that you wanted to just cover now. Otherwise we'll ensure that all the question answer is posted on the Museum of Technology's website together with the replay. I've got one question here, which I think raises an interesting point. What are the benefits of the construction of the bridges versus the ferries? And what I'm thinking is that they were in a similar situation back in 1920 to the situation we are in today. Today, to cross the cam, we have lots of choices. And I'm thinking, although we have lots of choices, we are choosing to spend millions of pounds and build a new bridge as in the Chisholm Trail, which I think will be a very pleasant cycle route. And that will give us benefits, a new route, shall we say, between the two railway stations through some pleasant green land. And that will speed up life a bit, which will make it a bit safer. And I think probably in the 1920s they were thinking, yes, we've got lots more people commuting across the river. And how can we speed that up? And as we've seen, there were some problems, safety with the ferries. So if you go to the expense of building the bridge, you get a safer crossing of the river and a more pleasant one. Thank you very much, David. Well, on that note, I'd like to thank David once again for his webinar and Q&A. Give him a virtual round of applause, it will only be one for him. But I'm sure you'll enjoy it online. And thanks very much. Look out for more information about forthcoming webinars from Cambridge Museum of Technology. Thank you.