howardshirley.blogspot.com
Miscellaneous Musings & Other Dry Goods: December 2009
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Miscellaneous Musings and Other Dry Goods. Writer Howard Shirley shares random thoughts, book reviews and occasionally even helpful tips on writing. Good Friends and Good Sites. Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In. I am a professional writer, author, and occasional game designer. For more information, visit my website www.howardshirleywriter.com. View my complete profile. Wednesday, December 23, 2009. I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In.
rsvp-west.org.uk
The Matthew - RSVP West | RSVP West
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The Matthew - RSVP West. One Life Programme and Gentle Activity Project (GAP). Cold Homes (Fuel Poverty). Climate Change and the over-50’s. Visitors are greeted and guided around the ship by RSVP West Volunteers. Volunteers also help to maintain the ship and crew her, both on her evening excursions and her annual trips. The guide crew totals about 30 men and women, members of a regular six-days-a-week watch rota to help visitors enjoy and appreciate the unique qualities of the craft. Volunteers who becom...
barnaclebuoys.co.uk
GIGS — Barnacle Buoys
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The Barnacle Buoys is a non-profit group of acapella sea shanty singers based in North Somerset. We exist to enjoy our craft, entertain our audiences and raise money for our chosen charities. Our principle charities are the Childrens Hospice South West and the RNLI. 10TH YEAR CELEBRATIONS - CHILDRENS HOSPICE SOUTH WEST. Tuesday, March 14, 2017. The Battleaxes, Wraxhall. Fri, May 26, 2017. Sun, May 28, 2017. Click here for more details. EXMOUTH FESTIVAL - west country traditions week. Sat, Jun 3, 2017.
blackbeardsrealm.com
Bristol, England | Bristol UK- Blackbeard's home town
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Bristol UK- Home of Blackbeard. Bristol,UK, his Hometown. Bristol, England was the backdrop for a large portion of Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. America is said to be named for Bristol merchant Richard ap Merryk, who financed John Cabot's expedition to North America in 1497. In this article: Founding. Is Bristol, England. Where Blackbeard was from? Author's note: While it is true that nothing as definite as a birth certificate with Blackbeard's. Another famous voyage from Bristol was Woodes R...
shanty.rendance.org
Shanties and Sea Songs - Tall Ships
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Shanties and Sea Songs. Off Ferryland, August 1995. Printed from shanty.rendance.org. Site contents 1993-2009 Andrew Draskóy excepting product images and lyrics. Tall Ships and Traditional Sail. Tall Ships: A Fleet for the 21st Century 3rd Edition. By Thad Koza. Contains well-composed pictures and descriptions of hundreds of the world's current fleet of tall ships. Simply beautiful. First hand accounts of traditional sail. ASTA - the American Sail Training Association. Mark Rosenstein's sailing page.
bestswim.co.uk
Supporters | BEST (Bristol English Channel Swim Team)
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BEST (Bristol English Channel Swim Team). On September 4th 2010 – 6 children from Bristol became the youngest team ever to swim the English Channel. A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS, COMPANIES AND ORGANISATIONS WHO ARE SUPPORTING THE BEST SWIMMERS:. Dan Snow, Historian and TV presenter. Andrew Morgan, www.morgan-beddoe.co.uk. Adventurer and Atlantic swimmer. Kate Percy, www.gofasterfood.com. Bill Ezekiel, Southbourne Surf Lifesaving. Mark Taylor, Bristol University Swimming Pool.
showofstrength.org.uk
Productions // Show of Strength Theatre Company
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Celebrate the 200th anniversary of. With an atmospheric, theatrical walking tour of Bath. Show Of Strength Theatre Company reveal the city’s forgotten role in shaping. The summer of 1816 was extraordinary for many reasons, not least the sequence of events that unfolded while Mary Shelley completed her first draft of. 16th June – 30th September 7.30 pm. The Walk: Starts and Ends at. Rebecca’s Fountain, Bath Abbey. The Route: About 1 mile (75 mins) all on the flat, with frequent pauses! Tickets: 8 cash only.
bristolfloatingharbour.org.uk
Why Was The Floating Harbour Built? « Bristol Floating Harbour
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Bristol’s Floating Harbour. Why Was The Floating Harbour Built? Why Was The Floating Harbour Built? The town of Bristol grew up around a point on the river Avon six miles inland from where it flows into the Severn Estuary (now called Avonmouth), and from there into the Bristol Channel. Bristol developed at the most downstream point where it was convenient to cross the Avon, and where ships could be carried up to the town’s harbour on the tidal current in the river. By the 1760s, however, Bristol was so p...
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Oral History « Bristol Floating Harbour
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Are a taster. Why not think about generating your own oral histories and collecting those of friends and family? Dockers were also renowned for the colourful language and quick-wit, reflected in some of the nicknames. An excellent documentary on how and why the Floating Harbour was built. View the interactive map. First evidence of Bristol. From a 10th century coin. First evidence of Bristol existing as a named place from a 10th century coin showing King Aethelred 2nd. Dated the year 978 ( close. Fightin...
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