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Diary Archive April 2003 on

 

2003

April
Monday 7th 


May
Monday 5th  

June
Monday 2nd

July
Monday 7th

August
Monday 4th

September
Monday 1st

October
Saturday  4th, 
2.0 p.m.
Monday 6th

November
Monday 3rd

December
Monday 1st

 

Ray Palmer:   “Miscellany including Stefan Batory voyage"


Member’s Night


Slides from Steve Spouse:  
“Great Lakes and Thames shipping (1970’s)”

Slides from Ken Larwood:  “Ferry Nostalgia”


Slides from Derek Sands (Harwich):   “Haven Ports”


Peter & Christine Ives:  “Western Australian Ports”


The Leslie Sargeant Memorial Quiz

Slide talk by Mike Jackson about his time on tankers.


Branch A.G.M. +


Ray Smith with slides from his recent trip to the Far East with the TSS

 

 

2004

 

January

Monday 5th

February
Monday 2nd

March
Monday 1st

April
Monday 5th

May
Monday 3rd

June
Monday 7th

July
Monday 5th

August
Monday 2nd


September
Monday 6th

October
Monday 4th

 


November
Monday 1st

December
Monday 6th

 

 

Ian Wells & Tony Hogwood - Slides from their collections


Branch Slide Competition for the Colin Viney Trophy


Swansea Branch Slide Show   "Swansea and the Ports of West Wales"

Southampton Branch tape/slide presentation:   "Solent to the South Atlantic"

Member's evening


Dave Salisbury presents:   "Soviet Merchant Ships"


Ron Baker presents:   "Merseyside Shipping"

Alan Chapman presents:   A video/DVD  evening via the LCD projector

 

 


Peter And Christine Ives present:  "Shipping in Chile"

 


A Slide show by Mike Jackson from Dover    "Barton to Beauharnois"  (a voyage from Manchester to the Great Lakes in the 1980s

 


A.G.M.  followed by members slides

 

 

New tape slide show "Port of Vancouver"  --Postponed till April

 

 

2005

January
Monday 3rd

February
Monday 7th

March
Monday 7th

April
Monday 4th

May
Monday 2nd

June
Monday 6th

July
Monday 4th

August
Monday 1st

September
Monday 5th


October
Monday 3rd

November
Monday 7th

December
Monday 5th


Members Evening  Roy Kittle presents  "The New Waterway in the 1970's"   Part 2

Annual Slide Competition for the Colin Viney Trophy


Istanbul Visit  2004 - 
Ray Smith


New slide show
"Port of Vancouver"


Members Evening


Early Railway Steamers to Sealink/Stena Ken Larwood


The Port of Colchester - Derek Sands


Alan Chapman & the LCD projector, displays Roy Kittle's DVD of the London Docks 1957 - 1980

Peter & Christine Ives share their recent trip to
New Zealand


Mike Jackson
"Bulker Voyages"


Andrew Smith "
Italian Warship Construction 1940 - 43"


A.G.M. and Port of Tilbury 1994 - Ian Wells Part 1

 

2006

January
Monday 2rd

February
Monday 6th

March
Monday 6th

April
Monday 3rd

May
Monday 1st

June
Monday 5th

July
Monday 3rd

August
Monday 7th

September
Monday 4th

October
Monday 2nd

November
Monday 6th

 


December
Monday 4th


 

 

January

Monday 1st 

February
Monday 5th

March
Monday 5th

 


Saturday 24th

April
Monday 2nd

 


May
Monday 7th

June
Monday 4th

July
Monday 2nd

August
Monday 6th

September
Monday 3rd

October
Monday 1st

November
Monday 5th

December
Monday 3rd


Members Evening,  Port of Tilbury 1994 - Ian Wells Part 2


Annual Slide Competition for the Colin Viney Trophy


St Lawrence Seaway- Roy Kittle


TSS Trip to Shanghai - Ray Smith


Members Evening  - Bangkok & Singapore Ray Smith + Others


“Ferries of Scandinavia & Croatia, & the QE2” - Bill Mayes


“Merseyside and Manchester Revisited” - Roy Fenton


“DVD Evening, London Docks & Naval Film” - Alan Chapman


“Australian and Indonesia Shipping 2005” - Peter & Christine Ives


“St Lawrence Seaway Part 2” - Roy Kittle


Films from the late John Norton's collection via the LCD projector. 8mm film taken in UK and European ports in the late 1960s  - Mike Jackson

A.G.M & Thames Shipping in 1972 - Ian Wells


2007

Members Evening

 


Annual Slide Competition for the Colin Viney Trophy


Shipping of the Black Sea  & Mediterranean- Ray Smith   From a recent TSS trip

Douglas Ridley Chesterton Slide Competition - 2.00 pm at Ingatestone

Ocean Voyages - Port Line - A Slide Show from the WSS Slide Show Archive
produced by John Gunning

Members Evening


Derek Sands - The Port of Rotterdam


Shanghai 1987  presented by Ken Flack


CLASSIC CARGO SHIPS A presentation by Neil Davidson


Shipping in Brazil - A slide show courtesy the shipping adventures of Peter & Christine Ives

A presentation by Ian Wells


"Ship Shape & Bristol Fashion" Tape slide Presentation


A.G.M & Shipping in the Keil  Canal - Roy Leach

 

 

2008

January
Monday 7th 

February
Monday 4th

March
Monday 3rd


April
Monday 7th

May
Monday 5th

June
Monday 2nd

July
Monday 7th

August
Monday 4th

September
Monday 1st

October
Monday 6th

November
Monday 3rd

December
Monday 1st

 

 

Members Evening, 


Annual Slide Competition for the Colin Viney Trophy


"Ships in Greek Ports"- Roland Whaite



"Brocklebank Line"  - Noel Grayson


An Evening with the Digital Projector. Films of London Docks and Thames Shipping  from the 1930s to the 1960s


"Clan Line" - Andy Skarstein


A Digital Evening


A Thames Summer  with Alan Chapman


A slide show courtesy the shipping adventures of Peter & Christine Ives

"Going Forth"  A tape slide show


DVD slide show "ORIANA"  compiled from a cruise in 2004


A.G.M Plus Members slides

 

2009

January 5th

Members Evening,  Thames & London Docks Video

 February 2nd

 1st Digital Photo Competition

     (Postponed - due to snowy conditions)

 March 2nd

 1st Digital Photo Competition

     (Postponed Technical)

 April 6th

 Ferries of the 1980s

     Ken Larwood

 May 4th 1st Digital Photo Competition
 June 1st

 A Nautical Career (Silver Line & Clan Line)

     Captain Chris Abbott

July 6th
Jadrolinia 1947 to Today
    Jimmy Poole
August 3rd
Sugar Boats, Tankers & Liners
(The view from Erith waterfront)
with Alan Chapman

September 7th

An Evening at the Panama Canal

with Peter & Christine Ives

October 5th

 

 

October 10th (Saturday)

AGM Plus Members

Slides / Photos

 

Leslie Sargent Memorial Quiz hosted by Southend Branch, at St Augustines Church Hall Thorpe Bay

November 2nd
Ferryman's Photos
Presented by Mike Jackson
 
December 7th

Members Evening

 

                                                                      2010

 January 4th

Members Evening, 

 February 1st

Digital Photo Competition for the Colin Viney Trophy     Plus Poland photos with Ray Smith

 March 1st

"Vancouver Harbour During 1990s"

A new (2003) digital show by Cecil Woods of Vancouver Branch.

 April 5th

Members Night        (Bank Holiday)

 May 3rd

"Terneuzen Treats 2009"

a PowerPoint presentation by David Berg

 June 7th

"Barges to Box Boats"

A slide presentation by Ken Larwood

July 5th

"A Thames & Medway Miscellany

A slide presentation by Steve Spouse

August 2nd

 

 

August 7th (Saturday)

"A Load of Rubbish" (Cory Environmental)
with Alan Chapman.
 
Visit to Mersea Island Museum
September 6th

DVDs of Peter & Christine Ives' visit to Gibraltar and the Bosphorous

October 4th

 

October  9th (Saturday)

The Port of Ipswich with Derek Sands

 

Leslie Sargent Memorial Quiz

November 1st

 John Norton Cine Show 
Presented by Mike Jackson
December 6th

AGM  &  Concluding David Berg's Terneuzen Treats 2009 presentation

                   Meeting Cancelled - ICE & SNOW

EVENTS DIARY for 2011

January 3rd 

AGM  &  Concluding David Berg's Terneuzen Treats 2009 presentation 

February 7th

 

Digital Photography Competition

for the Colin Viney Trophy 

March 7th

 
 A Slide Presentation with

Bill Mayes

April 4th

A selection of ships in and around

Gibralta in recent years.

Comentary by David Brown

May 2nd

Members evening

Bring and show your video, DVD or clip

 June 6th

THE ABC of SHIPS 

Presented by

Ken Larwood

 July 4th

The OLYMPIC / Shipyards DVD

& Shipping in the Humber DVD

 August 1st

"ISLAND MEMORIES"

A Digital presentation by Derek Davies of

Shipping in Dominica 1992 -1994

 September 5th

CARRIBEAN CRUISE presented by 

Peter & Christine Ives, including

visits to Aruba, Curaçao, and Santa Marta

 October 3rd

THE PORT of IPSWICH

A slide presentation

with

DEREK SANDS

 November 7th

ISTANBUL 2010

a digital presentation

by

RAY SMITH

December 5th

AGM

Plus, the concluding part of Ray Smith's

 

ISTANBUL 2010