'Protect them so they remain active and functional for future generations':
They all played at the Eel Pie Island Hotel before it burnt down in 1971.
Speaking to BBC London, he added: "What everyone loves about the island is that is it a working community and now it is under threat."The guy that owns the biggest boat yard is retiring," he said, adding no-one wanted to take over the business so it had been put up "for sale as a development opportunity".
Helen Montgomery-Smith has owned one of the smaller yards since 1996 and lives on a Dutch barge moored on the island. As well as being a source of community, the dock currently employs about 12 people, provides apprenticeships and regularly has specialist contractors on site to carry out work on boats in its covered slipway, Mr Cassini said.While only one yard is up for sale, the campaign wants the protection to apply to all of the island's boatyards.
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