May 2013
Date: Thursday 23rd
Time: 1330
Venue: Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton
Event: Talk by Derek Arnold, 'Convoy Wrecks in Liverpool Bay'
Date: Friday 24th
Time: 1330
Venue: Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton
Event: Talk by Colin Schroder, 'The Aeroplane and the Battle of the Atlantic'
Date: Saturday 25th
Time: 1330
Venue: Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton
Event: Talk by Dave Molyneux - Secretary of the Blue Funnel Line Association & David Oakden - Rtd Clan Line Radio Officer. Talk on the shipping line and their role in the Battle of the Atlantic.
Date: Saturday 25th
Time: 11am - 1700
Venue: Fort Perch Rock, New Brighton
Event: New Brighton Model Boat Club static display of ship models
Entrance to each talk is £3 (includes admission to all Museums). Children are admitted free if accompanied by an adult. For more information call 0797 628 2120 or email d.darroch@ntlworld.com
70th Anniversary commemorating the end of the Battle of the Atlantic
Naval ships will be arriving upto the 24th May.
Date: Saturday 25th
Time: 1930
Venue: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Event: Her Majesty's Royal MArimes Charity Concert. Book direct from Box Office 0151 709 3789. Prices: £10, £12, £15. Prices kept as low as possible so everybody can attend.
Date: Sunday 26th
Time: 1030
Venue: Anglican Cathedral
Event: Commemorative Service. Tickets FREE but have to be applied for by your Association/Club to RNHQ, Sefton Street, Liverpool. Following the service there will be a march past with Veterans at the front. Any Veteran who wishes to fall out should do so at the Cathedral Gates. The parade will march along Hope Street tp be dismissed at the Metropolitan Cathedral.
Date: Monday 27th
Time: 1400 to 1700
Venue: St George's Hall
Event: "40's Themed PArty" with Her Majesty's Royal Marine Band. Food of the time and come dressed of the time if you so wish. Tickets £12 - please send a SAE tp Mrs. P. Brown, 35 Winston Drive, Nocturum, Birkenhead, CH43 9RU for a booking form.
Date: Tuesday 28th
Event: There will be a SAIL OUT of vessels. For activities around the Pier Head and Albert Dock please refer to local newspapers nearer the time. Some of the vessels will be open to the public.
Date for your Diary: M.N Day Sunday 1st September in Liverpool.
I can be contacted at the above address or by Email mailto:ismay@mjfeltham.plus.com
Wishes ( Capt.M.J. Feltham, Hon. Sec., Anchorage Club. )