February 2025 Our 27 February meeting was changed with former Chairman, Chris Bancroft, stepping into the breech. Chris gave a presentation the like we haven’t seen before with a cornucopia of images from the late Phill Fricker’s collection. Chris had spent the previous 3-4 months scanning some 400+ photos to show the Branch. None of these photos had ever been …
Isle of Wight Branch January 2025
January 2025 The first meeting held on 23 January this year heralded the Annual Branch Photographic Competition, judged by Ian Pratt LRPS. In this Ken Lowe won the first prize, the Phil Fricker Shield, with a photo of the hopper barge, the Wyre River. Ken also swept up the second prize, the Eric Brett Memorial Cup, with an image of …
Isle of Wight – November
November Our speaker for 28 November was Dr Dominic Fontana, FRGS, FRA who gave a thoroughly researched and comprehensive presentation, ‘The Battle of The Solent-19 July 1545 & The Mary Rose’. Having spent some 30 years in the research of the Mary Rose and academia, he unravelled the threat from the French who were in The Solent and gave us …
Isle of Wight – October
October The 24 October Meeting welcomed back the grand old gentleman and Arctic Convoy Veteran, Alec Penstone. Alec joined up as a 20 year old in 1943 and drafted to a WW1 submarine which was past its best. He survived 10 and a half Arctic convoys on the sub and later HMS Campania. A bad scene he witnessed at Murmansk …
Isle of Wight – September
September For the meeting held on 26 September last we were pleased to welcome Jeremy Thomas who presented his well illustrated and thoroughly researched talk on the WW1 German cruiser SMS Emden. A little know campaign of a maverick cruiser that wreaked havoc among allied shipping from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean. Her quick getaway from a kill relied …
Isle of Wight – August 2024
August 2024 The Branch meeting for 22 August was a presentation by Dr Noel Stimson about the Bembridge Royal Naval Air Station. With rare and unseen photographs takes from glass negatives by a pilot serving there, Noel gave a thoroughly researched narrative on the Air station which was sited there from 1914 to 1918. He featured some of the float …
Isle Of Wight – June 2024
June 2024 The Branch welcomed Glyn Evans for its meeting on 27 June to give us his presentation on ‘The maritime art of Kenneth Shoesmith.’ A highly illustrated talk which the speaker had trawled from many sources. We learned that Shoesmith had started his sea-going career as a cadet at HMS Conway before joining Royal Mail Lines as a deck …
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 …
Isle of Wight – February 2024
February 2024 Our 22 February Meeting was held at our new venue, Arreton Village Hall in Arreton. The Branch’s Annual Photographic Competition was postponed from January was held and judged by Ian Pratt LRPS. The winner of the Phil Fricker cup [for the second year in succession] was Andrew Collins with his photo of a starboard quarter of the PS …
Isle of Wight January – Branch Report
January 2024 The Branch was looking forward to the Annual Photographic Competition on 25 January last. Sadly, the Judge became indisposed. The Branch Chairman brought along a DVD on the Branch’s laptop called ‘The Battle of Jutland’ presented by Dan Snow. This proved an interesting alternative to the scheduled programme. The Photographic competition was postponed until the February meeting. Branch …
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