Old is about to be replaced by new! With one

of MV Farringford's lifeboats on view as the vessel puts away from New Holland Pier its replacement in the form of the Humber bridge can be seen in the distance. The bridge was to open seven days from when this photograph was taken replacing the Humber ferry that ceased operations on the same day. From when it opened until 1998 the bridge remained the longest single-span suspension bridge in the world until it was usurped by the Akashi Kaikyo Bridge opened in Japan during 1998.