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SHANKLIN AND DISTRICT HISTORY SOCIETY PROGRAMME OF TALKS AND EVENTS 2009 All lecture meetings are held at Falcon Cross Hall, Shanklin on the first Thursday of the month and commence at 7.30 pm except May and June this year they will be on Friday as the hall will be used for local elections on Thursdays The hall is open to Members at 7 pm and visitors at 7.20 pm 8 May (Friday) "Bembridge Seaplane Base" by Paul Donnellan 16 May (Saturday) "Shanklin Remembered Exhibition" at Falcon Cross Hall from 10 am to 2 pm. Admission free. 20 May (Weds) "19th Century Shanklin" walk led by Andrew Asher starting from Vernon Meadow Car Park at 6 pm 5 June (Friday) "Queen Victoria & Osborne House" by Michael Hunter, curator of Osborne House 3 September AGM followed by presentation on Shanklin by Terry Nigh and Andrew Asher 1 October "Decorative Features of Some IW Properties" by Jill Reilly, Secretary of IW Industrial Archaeological Society 5 November "The Human Side of War Memorials" by Geoff Allen Admission to evening lecture meetings is free to paid up members of the Shanklin & District History Society; please bring along your membership cards. Visitors are welcome to attend meetings where seats are available, on payment of £1 but will not be admitted until 7.20 pm. Information about the meetings and Shanklin & District History Society may be obtained from Mrs Chris Warder Tel: 01983 863293 Email:chris.warder@talk21.com
ISLE OF WIGHT - ARE YOU UP TO THE CHALLENGE?
May 2009 Stuck for something fun to do this summer? Looking for an adventure for all the family without breaking the bank? The Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Royal Benevolent Society (Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society) has set a CHALLENGE for families on the Isle of Wight to go walk about this summer, at the same time as raising money for a good cause. With Shanklin and Sandown both home to one of the Society’s large collecting box mines, the CHALLENGE has been set to walk between both, and back again. Beginning at the mine in Sandown, walkers will follow the promenade for the outward route, and return via the upper coastal walk. The walk, designed to provide summer fun for the whole family, is approximately four miles long and takes in the cliff lift at Shanklin for those who don’t want to climb a lot of steps. "With the school summer break and warm weather just around the corner, the Isle of Wight CHALLENGE is an ideal fun day out for the family," said Chief Executive of the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, Commodore Malcolm Williams, CBE RN. "The CHALLENGE, can be taken at any time during the year and once completed all CHALLENGERS who have raised money for the Society will receive a certificate. "Each mine features a unique reference number which should be recorded by the CHALLENGER as proof it has been visited – and if it has become obscured a photograph will suffice as proof." Now in its 170th anniversary year, the Society has set a series of CHALLENGES to walk, run, cycle or even sail around as many of its decommissioned WWII MK17 collecting box mines as possible along the coast. Each mine has been painted bright red and situated along, or close to the sea front , however finding the exact location of each is part of the CHALLENGE.The more adventurous CHALLENGERS can further test their endurance by visiting all 16 mines along the South West coastline, or even take up the extended CHALLENGE to include Jersey and Alderney in the Channel Islands. "For the past 170 years, the Society has been assisting ex-merchant seafarers, fishermen and their families to enjoy a minimum standard of living, or help deal with a crisis. The CHALLENGE is a fun activity to be doing while fundraising, We rely on the generosity of the UK public and hope this continues for at least another 170 years. " The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society aims to provide relief to the seafaring, and ex-seafaring community. As well as helping in the event of a shipwreck, its main function today is offering financial support to retired or incapacitated seafarers and their widows who are suffering hardship and distress. Last year, the Society made grant payments totalling over £1.7 million to beneficiaries in one off or regular grants. Taking part in the CHALLENGE is free and easy to enter. To request an entry pack, please call 01243 789 329, or for more information please visit www.shipwreckedmariners.org.uk.The Society cannot accept responsibility for any accidents howsoever caused whilst participants are conducting the CHALLENGE, and asks all participants to consider the environment ensuring they close all gates and pick up all litter. - ENDS - For further information please contact Emma Campbell or Bev Dunning at Acceleris Marketing Communications on emmac@acceleris-mc.com or bevd@acceleris-mc.com 0845 4567 251Notes to editors. Founded in 1839 the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners’ Royal Benevolent Society’s main aim is to provide financial help to merchant seafarers, fishermen and their dependants who are in need. Grants are given out to ex- seafarers, or their widows, as either a six monthly grant or special one off grants to meet particular needs
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