[1]12 boats, 10 canoes, 100 members or so, at the Pirate Club on Rosedale at Gilbeys Wharf
[2]Way before elven safety was invented, you didn't have to have a lifejacket as long as you could swim ok in your clothes, or something like that
[3]Voluntary work on the canal means you also get out of it what other people put in
[4]Before the towpath had road access to Oval Road
[5]Before the flats were built opposite us
[6]A Skipper aboard Pirate Queen
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[24]The Lord Mayor let us lock him in our dungeon and his ransom helped pay for the Pirate Castle
[25]As Charles will be our king one day, they didn't let us ransom him, even just for fun
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Links
[1] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/oldclub.jpg
[2] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/rosedale.jpg
[3] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/rubbish.jpg
[4] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/rowing.jpg
[5] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/preflats.jpg
[6] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/pqskipper.jpg
[7] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/sixrow.jpg
[8] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/pqcastle.jpg
[9] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/pqueen.jpg
[10] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/oldpirates.jpg
[11] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/plundering.jpg
[12] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/oldwharf.jpg
[13] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/canoes.jpg
[14] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/horseramp.jpg
[15] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/lockraid.jpg
[16] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/vstd.jpg
[17] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/buildcastle.jpg
[18] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/opencast.jpg
[19] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/opening.jpg
[20] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/openpq.jpg
[21] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/pqcrowded.jpg
[22] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/pqflag.jpg
[23] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/pqtrip.jpg
[24] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/mayor.jpg
[25] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/hrh.jpg
[26] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/sinking.jpg
[27] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/sortie.jpg
[28] https://thepiratescastle.org/pics/gallery2/pirates.jpg