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showing Sunderland in the I780s
Greetings from everyone at Sunderland Maritime Heritage H.Q. which could be
either our first premises at the South Dock or our second premises, Unit 2 Church
Street East, depending on your point of view!
The South Dock is still our official address, we still have an office there, also our library artifacts and photo displays. Board meetings still take place there on Monday evenings.
Unit 2 Church Street East is now our main workshop and boat-building area; it became obvious last year that the organisation had outgrown the available workshop space at the South Docks. The Council offered to lease us Unit 2 Church Street East at a nominal rent and we are in the process of consulting our solicitor and sorting out the terms of the contract.
Church Street East is the road which runs from the old Sunderland Parish Church to the bottom of High Street. These premises are therefore considerably more accessible than those at the South Dock. Stricter port regulations make access to the South Dock even more difficult at the moment.
Why not visit us at Church Street East? Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, hours as before. There is a special Open Afternoon on Friday June 10th between 14.00— 17.00 (or 2.00—5.00 for those who are less nautically inclined). Further details in the list of forthcoming events.
Put the date in your diary!
The study which is costing £40,000 is being carried out by LORD Cultural Resources Planning & Management Inc., who are involved with cultural resource planning worldwide. In Europe some of the projects they have been involved with include the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain; Louvre, Paris; EXPO 2000, Hannover, Germany and The Lowry, Salford, England.
We understand that the study is due for completion in March 2006.
Tony was born in Burnley, Lancashire in 1946 and joined the British Army (Royal Corp Signals) in 1965. He served for 22 years in which time he travelled all over the world including the Far East, Middle East and Continental Europe and was attached on many occasions to both the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force.
He trained as a Radio Telegraphist and Cryptographic Operator and was awarded the OSM Dhofar in 1976 for service with 22 SAS in the Oman.
On leaving the services in 1987, Tony joined Tyne & Wear Chamber of Commerce as Training Coordinator. He has held Senior posts in the last eighteen years in various training establishments, including six years with South West Durham Training in Newton Aycliffe as Senior Engineering Officer.
Educated to degree level he holds D32 and D34 assessment and internal verifier qualifications and received two National Training awards in 1994 from Banking and Financial Training sponsored by the City of Inner London Training and Enterprise Council, including the overall individual training award.
The Editor adds:
Tony was appointed to the post of Education Awareness and Development Officer
on a two year contract. He seems to be enjoying the job!
As you will be aware, 2005 has been designated as the Year of the Sea. It is also Trafalgar 200. Self— explanatory! Also, May/June is the time of the Sunderland Heritage Festival. I have therefore compiled a list of activities which are due to take place locally between now and the end of July — the time of the Tall Ships Race. I hope you will be able to find something of interest.
Almost all of the activities are the result of a great deal of time and effort put in by the members of the voluntary groups of the city so your support at any (or all) of these events would be greatly appreciated.
Friday 20th May 2:00 — 3:30
“Admiral Lord Nelson” — talk by Robert Moon
The Barnes Institute, East Street, Whitburn.
Admission £1
Saturday 21st May 2:00
“Aspects of Shipbuilding”
Talk, photographs and film footage of the Doxford Engine
High Southwick Methodist Chapel, Thompson Road, Southwick
Admission £1 (SHAPS members free)
Saturday 21st May 2:15
“Hail the Conquering Hero Comes”
Concert to celebrate Trafalgar 200.
Sunderland Old Parish Church, Church Street East, Sunderland.
Refreshments. Admission free
Saturday 4th June, 10:30
“SD I 4” — Talk by John Lingwood
City Library and Arts Centre, Fawcett Street, Sunderland.
Refreshments. Admission free
Saturday 4th June, 1:30 — 3:00
“Life and Death at Sea” — talk by George Patterson
City Library and Arts Centre, Fawcett Street, Sunderland.
Refreshments. Admission free
Saturday 4th June, 1:30 — 4:00
“Shipyard Sights” — commentary from the Brokaela cruise boat.
For information telephone 0191 5672438
Friday 10th June 2:00 — 5:00
Sunderland Maritime Heritage Open Afternoon
Unit 2, Church Street East, Sunderland.
Admission free.
Thursday 16th .June 7:00 — 9:01)
“Nelson’s Navy in Song and
Story
Talk with music — Keith Gregson
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens, Burdon Road, Sunderland.
Admission £1 (FOSUMS free)
Tuesday 21st June 7:00
“Mutiny on the Bounty” talk by Maurice Chadwick
Queen Street Masonic Temple Queen Street, Sunderland.
Refreshments. Admission £1 (SOTHS members free)
24th June — l8th September
“Working the Waves: the story of our fishing
communities”
Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens. Admission free.
Friday 1st July
Saturday 2nd July 11:00 — 5:00) Open to everyone
Sunday 3rd July 12:00 — 5.00 ) Open to everyone
Maritime Flower Festival
Sunderland Old Parish Church, Church Street East
Saturday Cream teas, 2:30 — 4:30
Durham County Police Band 6:30
Sunday Refreshments available
Saturday 9th July Sunday 10th July
Mouth of the Tyne Festival
Approx 10:00 / 7:00 each day
SMH will be taking part in this.
Details to be formalised but it will include boat repairing to take place next
to the Customs House at South Shields
Further details on 5102055 nearer to the actual date.
Sunday 17th July 11:00 — 4:00
South Tyneside Family Fun Day
Foghorn Field (next to Souter Point Lighthouse)
SMH will be taking part
Displays, + the model of the City of Adelaide.
Admission free
More dates!
Saturday July 2nd
12:00 onwards
Open Day at Trafalgar Square Maritime Almshouses. Refreshments available.
* Why not tie this in with a visit to the Maritime Flower Festival at the
Old Parish Church (details elsewhere in the newsletter).
(It depends how much excitement you can stand in one day Ed)
Advance notice
During the past year it became obvious that we
were outgrowing our premises at the South Docks,
space for the workshops and for boat building was extremely restricted. It was
therefore necessary to look for additional or alternative accommodation. Sunderland
Council was approached: we were offered the lease of a unit in Church Street
East — which would provide us with a great deal of workshop space —
at a nominal rent (an important factor) We have taken up the offer. The accompanying
pictures show the Unit as it was a week or two after SMI-1 moved in. A great
deal of work had already been done — by the same reliable group of directors
and volunteers. The building (one of a row of five) is large, virtually empty,
and weatherproof and has a great deal of potential. A platform area has already
been installed and a great deal of bench / working area has been created. Lights
have been installed at working level, much painting has taken place, a new alarm
system and a new telephone system have now been installed.
The offices - you can see why I don't want to move from the South Dock! (Ed)
There is to be an Open Afternoon on June 10th from 14:00 — 17:00 (or 2:00 — 5:00 if you prefer that ) — see the Heritage Festival list of activities. Please take advantage of this opportunity to see what is going on — it is your organisation and your support would be most welcome.
You can of course visit us at the usual times — Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, between 10:00 and 4:00.
We have no further news regarding the subject close to our hearts — the future of the City of Adelaide. She is still in exile in Scotland: we have heard nothing from Mike Edwards. You may remember that some of the directors visited her last autumn. It was suggested then that other members might like to pay their respects to her. Is there any interest in that idea? Would any members like a visit to be arranged? Perhaps you would like to travel to Irvine for one day, stay overnight and return the following day. I understand that the directors who went last autumn found it rather too much to do in one go. i.e. driving there, visiting the Scottish Maritime Museum and driving back all in the course of a few hours. If you would like such a trip to be arranged please let us know. Tel HQ 510 2055
January 2005Pallion Engineering Ltd have won another order to refit a Seacat ferry, the SeaCat Diamant at their facility, the former Doxfords shipyard at Pallion
SeaCat Diamant heading upriver past Sunderland University on 27th January, 2005. (Picture courtesy of Neil Mearns) |
February 2005
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Admiral Duncan's flagship the "Venerable"As 2005 is the "Year of the Sea" and also the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar we have decided to make a large model of Admiral Duncan's flagship the "Venerable" at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797. Although the Venerable was not at Trafalgar, it does have a local connection to Sunderland in Jack Crawford. During the battle, the Admiral's colours were shot down. To the rest of the fleet the absence of the Admiral's colours would have appeared that the colours had been lowered to signify that the Admiral had surrendered. As this was not the case, Jack Crawford climbed the mast and nailed the colours back in place. |
April 2005
Seacat pictures Neil has a regular weekly column " On the Waterfront" in the Sunderland Echo and is the author of "Sentinels of the Wear: River Wear Watch", a history of Sunderland's River Police and Fireboats. |
Previously we have held members meetings on the second Monday of the month at Sunderland Yacht Club. This venue has proved to be inaccessible for some of our members. ft has therefore been decided to hold the meetings upstairs at the Hearts of Oak pub which is directly opposite our premises in Church Street East. We intend to have speakers at these meetings, although they are intended primarily as social occasions and as a means of passing on information about our activities. We hope that the change of venue may encourage more members to attend.
Venue Hearts of Oak, Church Street East
Time 7:00pm (1900 hours)
Date 2nd Monday of the Month
Sunderland
Maritime Heritage
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