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Picture of Dog and Duck Ferry

The Dog and Duck Ferry crossed the Severn from the West Side to pitchcroft. The ferry was accessed down a steep path from Henwick Road.
The path is still there, between the two white houses. I seem to think the ferry was last used in the fifties.
An old friend of mine remembers his father crossing on the ferry, when walking to work in Worcester. He had to walk a distance of four and a half miles each way, from his home in Lower Broadheath.
The building on the right is a Toolmakers Workshop. When working at a Garage in Henwick Road, we took parts to be machined here; carrying them precariously down the hill, sometimes ending up in the river.

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References to the Dog and Duck Ferry

TUCKS "OILETTE":THE DOG & DUCK FERRY WORCS - postcard - no pic though

Dog and Duck Ferry (early 20th century)
Anonymous - photo

The riverside by Pitchcroft in the early 20th century, with passengers alighting from the Dog and Duck ferry. The trees to the left flank the racecourse.

Severn Fords and Ferries in Worcestershire
by H W Gwilliam 1982
Says the ferry takes its name from the old waterman’s inn of that name