April 2024 The branch is operating on basically a bi-Monthly program for 2024. Our February meeting was via Zoom due to the usual worries about unreliable weather.Steve Thomas showed images from Gibraltar taken in 2023. He presented a well researched showwhich prompted comments and discussion for most images. We were joined by branch memberTony Millat from Mersea who cannot get …
Bedford Branch April 2024
April 2024 The April meeting evening was devoted to members DVD’s. We started with the Snowbow DVD Ships to Manchester. This port was once the nation’s fourth biggest port and in its heyday would have been full of ships. This was made possible by the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal which was completed in 1894 to enable ships from …
Isle of Wight – April 2024
The Branch held its AGM on 25 April last. At this the following Committe members were re-elected: Branch Chairman-Nick Hawkins. Branch Secretary-Richard ‘Dick’ de Kerbrech. Branch Treasurer-Ken Lowe. Visits & Social Sec- Vacant Newsletter Editor-John Cheverton. The AGM business was followed by Past Chairman, Chris Bancroft, showing some of the slides and photos taken be the late Phil Fricker. Chris …
Merseyside Branch April 2024
April 2024 John Hooley travelled from Macclesfield to give us his Western Isles to the land of MacBraynes presentation. It was a wonderful evening when John showed us many quite rare images of very old MacBraynes vessels starting with shots of the very unusual 1880 Linnet at Crinan. Many shots of Paddle Steamers followed and all these came with an …