Spectators and committee members on the starting platform on the Gravesend side of the River Thames opposite Tilbury after the start of a barge match.

Spectators and committee members on the starting platform on the Gravesend side of the River Thames opposite Tilbury after the start of a barge match. The photographer is looking north-north-east across the river showing the heads of three people near the signal mast. An elderly man is looking through binoculars. Negatives numbers PM2548/54CN to PM2549/62CN were taken within minutes of each other.