Our 2022-23 PROGRAMME is online as well as in person
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September 10th 2022 ~ Ocean Liner Extraordinaire: The Fabulous Normandie ~ with Bill Miller ~
She was "floating Ginger Rogers" ... pure Art Deco, top heavy with glamour & the finest Atlantic liner ever ... she was triumph, innovation, notation, but the victim of a far too short life at sea.
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October 8th 2022 ~ Thirty Days of September ~ with Krispen Atkinson ~
Images and commentary recalling Krispen's busiest ship spotting month ever, travelling through Europe and a visit to Singapore.
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November 12th 2022 ~ ss Rotterdam of 1959 - My favourite ship of all time ~ with David Trevor-Jones ~
Recalling the heyday of Holland America’s Rotterdam (V) and her ongoing life as cruise ship, hotel and city attraction.
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December 10th 2022 ~ Port of Rotterdam 2018 Panorama ~ with Neil Davidson ~
A private cruise around Europe's largest port - and a look at a vibrant city.
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January 14th 2023 ~ Favourite ferry trips from the Golden Era in Scandinavia 1985-1999 ~ with Bill Mayes ~
Our much-travelled WSS & OLS director shares more scanned images of ferry journeys in Norway, Sweden & Denmark.
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February 11th 2023 ~ Firth of Forth Shipping ~ with Iain McGeachy ~
A whistle-stop tour of the firth’s harbours and the wide variety of shipping visiting in recent years.
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March 11th 2023 ~ Broadening my Horizons ~ with Ann Haynes ~
Travel memories and ships spotted on Ann’s 2012 OLS cruise departing from Marseilles in the south of France.
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April 8th 2023 ~ Doctor at Sea ~ with William Cremin ~
Stories of the ships and medical challenges encountered whilst serving as the medical practitioner onboard.
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May 13th 2023 ~ Visions of the Nineties ~ with Steve Pink ~
A class of six RCCL cruise ships delivered 1995-98 … if 1988 saw their first “megaship” – what came next?
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IF YOU WOULD LIKE A 2022/23 PROGRAMME TO KEEP OR SHARE WITH OTHERS PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND PRINT THE PDF BELOW
To join our programme of online events via Zoom please contact ~SHIPS~DORSET~ via info@shipsdorset.org
We are pleased to offer you a guest invitation to initial events without obligation
We encourage ongoing participants to become WSS branch members
We look forward to you joining us
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Talks & Meetings on Ocean Liners, Cargo Ships, Ferries, Mariner's Memoirs, Paddle Steamers, Cruise Ships, Naval History, Ship Design, Maritime Memories and much more ~ enjoyed by ships & shipping enthusiasts ~ a community with common interests
