Please select from the following news stories: All articles originally published in the ELY STANDARD and reproduced here with the kind permission of John Ison.

Strangest Boatrace of Them All
All things considered, I suppose the weekend Varsity boat race, in which Oxford beat Cambridge by three quarters of a length in 8 minutes 6 seconds, will go down in rowing history as about the 'strangest'...(read more)

Elbows Flew in Scrap for Sausages
First thing on a Saturday morning in the 1940s, I was sent out to queue for sausages...(read more)

All Aboard the Riverboat Georgina
I did enjoy my trip on the river down to Queen Adelaide and the Lark Bank with the Diamond 44 outing the other Saturday on the Riverboat Georgina...(read more)

Nostalgic Trip Nearly Blown Off Course
Saturday's nostalgic river trip was almost blown off course by the great storm...(read more)

Official Launch of Diamond44
More than 60 people gathered on Saturday for the official launch of Diamond44...(read more)

My awesome memories of the boat race
Among those watching the finish of the 1944 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race rowed on the Ouse from the Lark to Queen Adelaide bridge was a very young Mike Rouse...(read more)

Cycle made for four that set the pace
Among the spectators at the 1944 Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race rowed on the Ouse from the Lark to Queen Adelaide bridge was Ken Howard...(read more)

Boat race? I was on coke duty
I HOPE you are all wracking your brains to see if you can remember the 1944 Boat Race and what you were doing at the time...(read more)

The day the boat race invaded Ely
DO you remember the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race rowed on the Great Ouse on February 26, 1944?...(read more)