TODAY'S old picture was reprinted in a February 1967 edition of the paper, but dates back to about 1911, when river steamers operated form South Quay in Worcester. The boat in the foreground could be the Belle, which was still in commission in 1967, and the one in the background could be the Duchess Doreen.
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