Issue 24 Dec 2012

Newsletter Dec 2012

Newsletter No. 24

Ten Years of IMT Talks.

10 years ago the IMT decided to open its doors to the public (since its inception in 1982, one joined the Trust by invitation only). Our remit had always been to promote knowledge of, and interest in, our local maritime heritage and this has been very effectively achieved by various means including exhibitions, festivals, etc., and supporting worthwhile maritime causes.

In opening our doors we had invited the public “Into our Hall”. Thus it seemed natural to take the next step, put in chairs, sit them down and talk to them . . . . so began our series of talks on maritime and mostly local subjects. Our very first talk attracted 5 members and was held at the Waterfront Centre beneath the Old Custom House. Within a very short space of time, the popularity of the talks was such that we outgrew the Waterfront’s seating capacity of 45.

So where next? Ipswich Library’s Lecture Theatre. Space, good lecture facilities, central, it seemed to tick all the boxes other than that for parking – also a problem the Old Custom House where both sites were severely restricted and somewhat unnerving on dark winter’s nights.

Numbers continued to grow however but we noticed that people arrived, listened to the lecture and left. Despite a common interest in matters maritime, there was little socialising.

The answer to both parking and socialising lay in the Royal Harwich Yacht Club at Woolverstone which generously opened its doors to us, offering adjacent parking, a bar and even an optional pre-talk supper. Almost immediately the evenings became an “evening out” rather than just a talk and numbers continued to grow. On several occasions

recently it has been a touch and go situation on numbers, with over 100 attending!

All was going well until the RHYC decided to knock down their clubhouse and build a new one over this winter! So where next?

Fortunately, over recent years the IMT has established a close relationship with the UCS (University Campus Suffolk) through our shared interest in local maritime matters. The Campus is situated at the very heart of our “raison d’etre” – The Port of Ipswich – and offers superb facilities including adjacent (free) parking, a bar and food as well as a capacious and very comfortable lecture theatre with all one would expect from a modern, high tech, university campus – we even have masts and lights reflecting on the water outside the windows!

Further, the price of our 2 course (with choice) supper including tea or coffee has come DOWN £1-50 to £11-00. If you missed the first 3 talks at UCS, do come and, whilst you are at it, join us for supper! On the next page the menu for the January talk supper.

Mark Grimwade

Supper Menu – January 9th 2013

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Beef & Ale Pie with puff pastry, seasonal vegetables and creamy mash potato.

Fish Pie topped with seasonable vegetables and creamy mash potato.

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Lemon tart with raspberry coulis and creme fraiche.

Cheese & Biscuits.

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Special dietary requirements can be

accommodated, please advise when making your choice

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IMT and ‘Sea Change Trust’

“Cambria” Returns!

On Saturday 11th August, the Ipswich Maritime Trust held a reception on Orwell Quay aboard the Cambria, which was visiting the port for the first time since she carried the last cargo under sail in British waters in October 1970.

Rebuilt by the Cambria Trust with help from the Heritage Lottery Fund and others, her visit was during a charter to the Sea-Change Sailing Trust of Maldon, which works afloat with young trainees and has spent much of the summer carrying token cargo with Cambria to provide objectives for them. In July the barge delivered beer brewed by the Mighty Oak Brewery of Maldon to four waterside pubs in Essex and Kent. The final delivery at Gravesend was followed by the Thames Barge Match with Cambria under skipper Richard Titchener and a Sea-Change crew. Not only did they win the Coasting Class but were also overall Match Champions, presented with no less than seven trophies by Suffolk sailor and TV personality Griff Rhys-Jones.

Cambria’s visit was a recreation of the last cargo, which was 100 tons of ground nuts for cattle feed from Tilbury Dock to Eastern County Farmers in Ipswich. Orwell Quay is as close to the original point of delivery as possible as the old ECF site is now part of Neptune Marina. Berthed beside the new Students’ Union building, the barge’s gear made an impressive reflection in the plate glass of the new waterfront, while the crew did their best to answer the many questions from passers-by. They also visited the port control tower and were shown round by Clive who made the skipper’s heart flutter when he played Red Sails in the Sunset over the lock tannoy as the barge came through. Equally enjoyable, IMT’s Des Pawson treated the crew to a lesson in knot tying which was gratefully received and the production of bracelets has grown dramatically aboard the barge since.

It was wonderful to see the barge reunite so many people with their shared memories. As well as Gill and Anne Roberts there were many people who had sailed either as crew or volunteers with their father.

The voyage had started with the barge entering Tilbury Dock on Monday 6th and passing 32 berth where she had loaded from SS Falaba the previous time. Dick Durham, the Mate on that voyage, was aboard and had researched the fate of that ship. She was broken up at Chittagong in 1984. What he could not know was that this was not before Peter Cockayne, IMT member and long-time stalwart of barges in operation on the Orwell, sailed aboard her during his apprenticeship. It was Peter’s current boss, Gerry Coleman, the Harbourmaster at Ipswich, who made the northern end of the exercise possible, just as at Tilbury, his opposite number was equally helpful.

Cambria left the wet dock on Monday after the reception. As when she arrived, the wind was south-easterly, now a less helpful direction, the ebb well away and Cambria was given a helpful tow as far as Ostrich Creek but was then on her own. She demonstrated what a fine specimen she is by executing countless tacks, many with the foresail being dropped and reset to turn short between the many moorings that were not there on her last visit, and she then anchored at Wrabness that evening.

We understand from Anne Roberts that “Ginger” Latham, who was Cambria’s mate for some time, is planning to charter the barge

next summer for another “re-enactment sail”, this time to Gt. Yarmouth. Details including dates are yet to be finalised but the IMT plans to be involved with a stopover at Ipswich and the possibility of joining the ship. More later!

Des Pawson

Sea-Change Sailing Trust can be contacted at Unit 1 Blackwater Marina, Mayland, Essex CM3 6AL. Phone 01621 744196 and by email at info@seachangesailingtrust.org.uk

You can keep up with them at

www.seachangesailingtrust.org.uk

Olympic flame

The Waterfront features so regularly in the international media nowadays, we perhaps forget how fortunate we are to have secured a strong presence for IMT in the midst of this asset. It was only natural therefore that the Olympic flame should be brought to Ipswich by way of the dock, and here is my photo of it arriving on the foredeck of the new ‘Gunfleet 43’ class yacht as she berthed in Neptune Marina earlier in the summer, to be welcomed by huge crowds.

Stuart Grimwade

Museum News

The 7th Window Museum display - Ipswich Dock Through the age of Photography. Incredible as it may seem the 7th Window Museum is now installed. This is something totally different to previous displays in that there are no physical objects whatsoever. The display features 17 photographs dating from 1850s to the more recent past, all linked by ribbon to their location on the plan of the dock that fills the centre of the display. We hope that this display will bring home to passers-by just what an active place the port was in the past.

Ben Bendall did a simple count over a three hour period on a recent Saturday and counted 44 people stopping and looking at the window, which was almost 10% of those walking past. If you multiply this up over the 6 month life of the display, you can see that many thousands of people will gain an insight into just what Ipswich dock’s historic waterfront really was like. Make sure you get to see it.

Des Pawson

Future Events

IMT Symposium

12-13th October 2013

“Philip Broke and the battle between HMS SHANNON and USS CHESAPEAKE 1813”, a bicentenary celebration.

Plans are rapidly coming together for the celebration of Philip Broke of Broke Hall, Nacton, and the important naval engagement between his frigate HMS SHANNON and the USS CHESAPEAKE in 1813.

The plans include:

- a dedicated Window Museum Display. - a book: “Broke of the Shannon and the Naval War of 1812”

- a one-day Symposium which will be held in the UCS Waterfront building on Saturday 12th October 2013 to herald the launch of the book.

The symposium on the 12th October will feature guest speakers including 3 leading naval historians from Britain, Canada, and the USA, giving their country’s view of this important battle, and of the man from Nacton who was the hero of the day.

A Celebratory Concert will follow on Sunday 13thafternoon at St. Martins Church, Nacton.

Please put these dates in your diary now and be prepared to book as soon as details are sent out in early 2013, as spaces will be limited.

Des Pawson

Spring 2013 talks

There will be 4 talks this spring (instead of the usual 3), starting on the 9th January giving you a week to get over the annual festivities. We have managed to arrange yet another interesting and varied programme of talks booked for the Spring 2013 talks series.

Full details are below and an abridged version as a reminder of all the talks can be found at the end of the newsletter. Please remember these will be at the UCS, Ipswich at the usual time of 8pm.

New arrangements have been made for the IMT suppers and menu details will be sent out prior to the talks. (See page 2 for the January 9th menu).

Wednesday January 9th ‘Creating a Living Landscape for Suffolk’ by - Michael Strand, Suffolk Wildlife Trust

For five decades the Trust has been leading conservation efforts in Suffolk and has saved some of the county’s most important wildlife sites by protecting them as nature reserves. They work to create an environment richer in wildlife for everyone and care for more than 50 nature reserves throughout the county. The talk by Michael Strand, Community Fundraising Manager, highlights the specific ways Suffolk Wildlife Trust and the national Wildlife Trust movement are putting in place

their vision for the future of people and wildlife.

Wednesday February 6th ‘Pilotage on the Orwell and other associated tales’ by Capt David Ingham

In the past few years, IMT’s talks have covered just about every aspect of our local waters – except one vital ingredient . . . Pilotage! Capt. David Ingham has agreed to correct this, and who better?

A local man, he served his apprenticeship at sea, worldwide and achieved his first command at 24. In 1967 he became a Trinity House Pilot for Ipswich and, after a spell piloting in Jeddah, returned to our waters including Harwich Harbour and the Thames, becoming a Harwich Haven Pilot in 1987.

David has a wealth of local and maritime experience. His talk will cover an area where most of us have some experience but from a very different perspective (generally, he was higher up, going faster and potentially much more dangerous than us!) Add to this his accounts of various tales and happenings along the way and we are assured of a fascinating and highly entertaining evening on Wednesday, February 6th.

Wednesday March 6th

‘How I brought MS Amuda (Il Punto/Mariners Restaurant Ship) to Ipswich’ by Peter Cockayne, IMT Member.

This is the story of the search, acquisition and delivery voyage of M.S. AMUDA - now known as "MARINERS", formerly "IL PUNTO", the floating restaurant moored in Ipswich Dock.

In the mid 1980’s, Contship Containerlines purchased Home Warehouse and Chapman’s Warehouse in Ipswich Wet Dock to convert into their Worldwide Headquarters, which they moved into in 1987.

Being a major shipping company, Contship always recognised the potential value of the quay space alongside these buildings, though not actually suitable for their operated tonnage, they felt they should have a “ship” alongside their Headquarters.

Later, as a result of a chance conversation, Peter Cockayne, who at the time was employed by Contship, said to the Directors, I can find you a suitable “ship” and was promptly told to get on with it, much like other tasks he was asked to do, in this fast expanding shipping company.

The search was carried out in the UK and on the Continent, with many “craft” being considered and several inspected, with M.S. Amuda finally being identified as a strong possibility in March 1990. Negotiations, Survey, Purchase and Delivery arrangements then continued throughout the year, culminating in the final purchase and delivery to Ipswich, arriving on Thursday 8th November,

where it was moored alongside Contship House and still remains to this day, as the popular and successful Restaurant “Mariners”.

Peter will recall, with photographs and film, all that was involved with this local project, explaining some of the difficulties encountered, a few harrowing and taxing moments, some interesting and amusing problems to overcome and his final relief on delivering M.S. Amuda in Ipswich Dock.

Wednesday 3rd April

IMT AGM followed by the third of the successful ‘IMT DIY nights’

After the very popular series of 15 minute talks by IMT members at the previous AGMs, we are repeating the format this year with three more very varied maritime themed talks. More details will be available closer to the event.

“Put the (sea)boot on the other foot!”

April 3rd. 2013. This could be YOUR evening! You joined the IMT as you have an interest in matters local, maritime and/or historic . . . . this is an invitation to YOU to come and talk about it!

Our DIY evenings are now well established and we have enjoyed an amazingly wide variety of subjects from members. All we ask is for 10 to 15 minutes on a subject of your choice. If pictures are required, our experts can sort this side out for you if needed.

P L E A S E ask yourself what you can offer and then call Mark Grimwade on 01473 787210 or email markgrimwade@yahoo.co.uk for a chat about it.

Past Events

Thursday 30th August

Visit to “Royal River: Power, Pageantry and the Thames”, Greenwich.

On 30 August the second IMT trip of the year took us to Greenwich, for the Royal River exhibition and Cutty Sark. Forty members and friends, and mixed weather; mainly dry, but with a cloudburst on the way in to London.

Cutty Sark is one of the UK’s iconic ships. Best known as a tea clipper, she spent only some eight years in that trade, and had many years in foreign ownership. Brought back home, she was used as a training ship before being acquired by a trust for restoration. The disastrous fire is still a vivid memory, and contributed hugely to the eventual cost of some £12 000 000.

The finished job looks worth every penny. The reinforced hull is supported hydraulically some ten feet above the floor of a dry dock, showing the full sweep and beauty of her lines. She is fully rigged, and from deck level the masts are

majestic. Below decks, the new steel is quite unobtrusive; a surprising amount of the original wrought iron frame remains. A number of exhibits show the ship’s history. All fascinating, and well worth the journey. But there was more.

The Royal River Exhibition at Greenwich comprised a unique collection of some four hundred pictures, artifacts and memorabilia showing the close connection over the years between the river and royalty. Perhaps the highlight was the three Canalettos, but there were plates, manuscripts, uniforms, ceramics and mementoes by the dozen. Not only royalty was featured. There were Bazelgette’s plans for the greatest clean-up the capital has ever seen, and plans of the first tunnel beneath the river, big enough for a horse and cart. Doggett’s coat and badge were there, raced for over a five mile course. Two oars (or sweeps) from a royal barge were proof that this was not a job for the faint-hearted.

After the exhibition, only time for a look at a small part of the main museum. A trip for another day.

There was airport-level security for the exhibition, as Greenwich Park was then still a Paralympics venue, which cheerfully and efficiently carried out by young soldiers. The travelling, thanks to Forget-me Knot Travel, was entirely painless and trouble free. Planning is now in hand for next year.

Geoffrey Dyball

Barge Trips

June 14th and 9th August

For the second year running the IMT organised two successful barge trips on the Centaur.

On June 14th, the sky was clear with a good stiff breeze and the passengers enjoyed assisting in a fast sail to the Stone Banks buoy.

The weather for the second trip on Thursday, 9th August was overcast but again it was an extremely interesting sail tacking against the wind and for a time against the tide down to Harwich Harbour. All the passengers enjoyed the food and wine and the convivial company.

Shown are two of the many paintings and sketches that Peter Caller made on the trip on Centaur on 9 August.

If any member of the Trust would like a print of either of the sketches, or see more of the folio, then please contact Peter Caller directly on 01986 798214. Bob Pawsey

Water Sports Event

9th September

The Water Sports Event organized by the Ipswich Sea Cadets and 13th Ipswich Sea Scouts for the third year in succession was held on Sunday, 9th September and clashed not only with the Sky Ride Bicycle Day and closed roads, but also the Open Heritage Weekend. Despite these factors it was judged to have been very successful with numerous members of the public both young and old participating in the taster sessions of rowing, sailing, canoeing and motor boating around the Wet Dock. Perhaps one of these may be one of our future Olympic champions! The IMT assisted this event by applying for and receiving a grant from the Community Games in Suffolk.

A reception was held in the evening at the Old Custom House to celebrate the event and the wine and finger buffet were enjoyed by some 80+ guests and organizers. A mention should be made that the reception was also attended by Emma White and her supporters. Emma is one of the team sailing in the Cadet Class of sailing dinghies at the World Cadet Class races to be held in Hobart at the end of this month, and we now have heard that Emma has been

made team Captain. At the reception our Chairman, Geoff Hartgrove, presented Emma White with a cheque for £500 from the IMT as a donation to her estimated costs of over £10,000. We wish Emma success in the World Cadet Class races.

An additional feature at the reception was the display of four working ship models consisting of a Type 21 Frigate, a British U Class Submarine based on Upholder, Sir Lancelot, a Round Table Class of Mine Sweeper and a Solent Class Lifeboat. These were all built and presented by Dave King.

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Museum displays in Ipswich

13th– 26th of August

Following the Olympic games this summer, Ipswich Central, the organisation in charge of town centre management for Ipswich, decided to celebrate “All about Ipswich” for the 2 weeks, the middle weekend of which was to be Ipswich Maritime Festival. One idea they came up with was to fill empty shops with displays celebrating Ipswich’s maritime heritage. Ipswich Maritime Trust agreed to create displays in 3 empty shops and Ipswich Central agreed to pay for printing 10 large mounted photographs from the IMT’s Image Archive to fill other empty shops. With so many apparently to choose from, this sounded like a very easy thing to accomplish. Ipswich Borough Council agreed to consider that such short displays would not be counted as occupancy of premises for rates purposes. However, getting permission for the use of empty shops was not quite so easy, as this meant having to deal with estate agents, landlords and their agents, people who were concerned as to what would go in the shops and not wanting to block possible rentals. At last three empty shops in the Tower Ramparts

shopping centre and one in The Walk were found. At the last minute an extra one in the Walk became available. So IMT pulled together the items we had used in previous Window Museum displays at The Mill. We planned to make one display on Sailmaking, one on Boatbuilding, in particularly caulking, and one on Barges. These were to be backed by large photographs from our existing collection of historic photographs, mounted on easels. This was fine until we found that one of the Tower Ramparts shops was no longer available and we had to move next door, reducing the window space available. However all worked out in the end, with the Ipswich Central funded photographs being included in part of one of the larger units and one of the units in the Walk. Meanwhile Stuart Grimwade had arranged with Hughes TV shop to display a selection from our Image Archive, and his coverage of the Thames Pageant, on big screens in their Upper Brook St. premises, which produced a good public response.

The impact of our windows was splendid, many people stopped to look, indeed we were interrupted numerous times when putting the displays up (which took us about 2 ½ hours each). Someone at Ipswich Central mis-typed the date and place of one of the photos they had installed, and we had 3 emails and a phone call within a day pointing this out! Needless to say this was soon corrected, but confirms that people not only looked at the window, but studied what was there!

What we have learnt from doing these displays is to be very flexible, be ready for surprises, and that you do not need a great deal of objects to make an impact. Big photos (ours are 1170mm wide) standing on easels give a backdrop, although sometimes it is useful to create other backdrops that don’t ‘kill the light’. Hessian hung on a frame worked in one window, but not in another. Although they were only up for about 3 weeks in total, we feel it was well worth the effort. We hope to repeat this sort of thing, perhaps next year. Sadly it was all over so quickly that we failed to get any photos. We will next time….

Des Pawson

UCS Oral History Project – Barge Masters Exhibition

11th August – 6th Sept

Our collaboration with Suffolk’s new university has borne fruit in many ways, not least their recognition of the need to gather the recorded memories of our local sailing bargemasters. With our Chairman Geoff Hartgrove’s help, and of course his oral contribution to the project, bargemen from around the Suffolk and Essex coats were successfully gathered together and their recollections put on tape, forming the basis for an exhibition last summer in the UCS building as part of the Ipswich Maritime Festival. To give added spice, the UCS photographic department teamed up with IMT to use our Image Archive to produce a series of ‘then’ and ‘now’ comparison photographs of the Wet Dock all of which were displayed in OCH as part of the Heritage Open week-end in September.

We look forward to future collaborations with UCS’s head of history, Dr. Hervey Osborne.

Stuart Grimwade

Heritage Weekend 8th- 9th September

The quay level rooms of the Old Custom House were open for Heritage Weekend and manned by IMT volunteers.

The Trust put on a display of some of the exhibits from the UCS Oral History project, and augmented them with additional photographs from the IMT Image Archive, donated ships models, and various barge artefacts.

In excess of 600 people visited the Old Custom House over the weekend.

Winter 2012 talks.

‘The Story of Sutton Hoo’ by Angus Wainwright.

October 3rd

It is surprising that, with Sutton Hoo being local, maritime and historic, we haven’t had this talk before. Well, we have now! This was our first, and very successful, evening at our new venue at UCS in Ipswich Dock.

The National Trust’s Archaeologist, Angus Wainwright, gave the large number present a fascinating insight into the story of Sutton Hoo.

It all started just before WWII when Mrs. Pretty, who lived in a large house overlooking the Deben opposite Woodbridge, noticed some large tumuli in her garden (as one supposes she would!).

Unusually, she commissioned a self-taught archaeologist and local smallholder to investigate. After uncovering several previously-grave-robbed tumuli, the largest one was opened and found to be undisturbed. This proved to be what we now know as the Anglo Saxon burial ship dated as from the 7th. Century which we now know as Sutton Hoo and to be “the most magnificent ever found in England in both size and completeness”.

The burial chamber within the ship contained the most magnificent range of jewellery, ceremonial armaments and clothing – all of which was painstakingly restored and is now in the British Museum as donated by Mrs Pretty.

Angus Wainwright gave us an extremely well informed, fascinating and entertaining evening. Doubtless many members will be encouraged to visit the site – perhaps it could be the subject of a future IMT group visit.

Mark Grimwade

November 7th

‘To Cape Horn,

Antarctica and back in an evening’ by Moira Usher.

Moira Usher, a member of the IMT, took us on a superb trip with her talk, "To Cape Horn & Antarctica and back in an evening" which is exactly what it “says on the tin”!

I would guess that very few, if any, of us present have ventured this far in our travels!

It was a small group which flew out to Ushuaia, a small town on the Magellan Channel and boarded an equally small specialist vessel to make the 500 mile crossing to Antarctica. From Moira’s excellent photographs, the stunning colours and massive icebergs showed that the Antarctic landscape was far from black and white!

The video at the end, with the penguins as the obvious stars, just completed an excellent evening.

Very many thanks Moira.

Peter Norton

December 5th

‘Casualties at Sea – the Role of English Law’ by Guy Main

A large (over 100) and attentive audience braved a snowy, freezing evening at UCS on 5th December to hear Guy Main talk about ‘Casualties at Sea – the role of English Law’. Guy introduced himself as a ‘ship lover’ more than he was a ‘ship lawyer’, and quickly proved it with a plethora of photographs of ships in various states of distress, describing in awful detail the nature and cause of their various disasters.

He began at the beginning with the birth of the Admiralty Courts in medieval times, and the gradual emergence of English law and practice as the internationally preferred means of dealing with maritime incidents. While this may have been born of our supremacy of the seas, and the sheer extent of our empire in Victorian days, it was interesting to learn that the real benefits of a truly independent judiciary and its methods of developing case law based on the experience of each judgement, is widely seen as a superior approach to the regulatory regimes still practised in mainland Europe and elsewhere. Alongside of this, of course, was (and remains to this day) the colourful issue of piracy. But this too, he emphasised, is also an area of law

(or lack of it) with which he regularly deals. His parting comment on this issue was to mention his concern for the crews of the modern ships involved today who are most in need of international support.

In lighter vein, a hilarious video showed what only gradually emerged as a spoof interview with the Australian Prime Minister who seemed content to accept that “the front fell off” was all that was needed to explain away the cause of the latest shipping disaster for which his shipping minister was responsible.

It soon became clear that Guy himself had been actively involved in dealing with the aftermath of a great many of the more famous disasters of recent times. These inevitably involved claims of mind-boggling complexity, duplicity and cost, and we were fortunate to hear his first-hand insights into the outcome of the 'Sea Empress’ incident at Milford Haven, which revealed the need for a permanent single individual to act on behalf of all parties, including HMG, to deal with the emergency ‘as it happens’, including such decisions as to where to beach the unfortunate ship if he deems that to be the most practical action. The role is known as SoSRep and is now common best practice.

It was good to know that we have been, and continue today, to be recognised worldwide as the preferred location for the application and development of maritime law. Guy concluded, in answer to many questions from us, with the comment that although this means that ship design and handling practices are gradually improving, people will always continue to try to get away with shoddy practice, we still often have no clear idea of what can cause ships to founder, and accidents at sea will always happen. The only certainty seems to be that it’s only the maritime lawyers’ jobs that

(www.merchantnavyunsungheroes.co.uk) has been created so that anyone who knows of MN veterans with a story to tell can help capture their memories, letters or photographs before it's too late. Geoff also asks for our active support for his wish to have a permanent memorial established in the vicinity of the Old Custom House to preserve the memory of the countless brave seamen who died in wartime and who have no known grave. The memorial in the centre of this historic port would serve as a focus for appropriate ceremonies.

Stuart Grimwade

Membership News

The membership has increased steadily throughout the year and now totals 275. Next year we hope to make the 300 mark.

2013 Subscriptions

Subscriptions will be due in January next year and a big ‘thank-you’ to those members who renew by Standing Order.

Subscription reminders will be sent out after the January talk.

New members

A warm welcome to the new members who have joined since the beginning of June this year (with apologies for missing off names of some of the joint memberships where it has not been supplied) -

Geoffrey Pawsey A & R Grayston Mrs Nicky Taylor John Clayton Peter & Yvonne Hesketh Angela Skinner Ruth Lincoln John Cutmore Rodney Hubbard Richard Titchener David & Anne

will always be secure!

R & J Pye

Wright

Before Guy began his talk, Geoff Hartgrove had introduced us to the HLF-supported project to capture the personal experiences of merchant seamen in WWII. A website

Robin Townley George Nicholson Gary Butler

Fraser Yates

Winter/Spring 2013 Talks

Wednesday 9th January, 8pm

‘Creating a Living Landscape for Suffolk’ by Michael Strand, Community Fundraising Manager, Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

For five decades the Trust has been leading conservation efforts in Suffolkand has saved some of the county’s most important wildlife sites by protecting them as nature reserves. The SWT work to create an environment richer in wildlife for everyone and care for more than 50 nature reserves throughout the county. The talk highlights the specific ways Suffolk Wildlife Trust and the national Wildlife Trust movement are putting in place their vision for the future of people and wildlife.

Wednesday 6th February, 8pm

‘Pilotage on the Orwell, and other associated tales’ by Capt David Ingham.

David Ingham has a wealth of local and maritime experience. His talk

will cover an area where most of us have some experience but from a

very different perspective (generally, he was higher up, going faster

and potentially much more dangerous than us!). Add to this his

accounts of various tales and happenings along the way and we are

assured of a fascinating and highly entertaining evening.

Wednesday 6th March, 8pm

‘Bringing the MS Amuda (Il Punto/Mariners Restaurant ship) to Ipswich’ by Peter Cockayne, IMT Member.

Peter will recall, with photographs and film, all that was involved with this local project, for Contship, of finding, negotiations, survey, purchase, and eventual delivery of a suitable ship, explaining some of the difficulties encountered, a few harrowing and taxing moments, some interesting and amusing problems to overcome, and his final relief on delivering M.S. Amuda in Ipswich Dock in 1990.

Wednesday 3rd April, 8pm

IMT AGM followed by the third of the successful ‘IMT DIY nights’

Three more interesting talks of about 15 minutes each from IMT members on maritime themed topics.

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All are welcome to our lectures at the where there is a

University College Suffolk, Waterfront Building, Ipswich

warm welcome, bar, and free adjacent parking. The cost of a talk is £3.50 for members and £4.50 for guests. For more information please see www.ipswichmaritimetrust.org.uk or call Mark on 01473 787210

Wednesday January 9th

‘Creating a Living Landscape for Suffolk’

Reservations for supper must be received by Thursday 3rd January.

Please reserve . . . . . place/s for supper at £11.00 per head. £ ___________ I require . . . . members’ seat/s at £3.50 per head £ ___________ I require . . . . non-members’ seat/s at £4.50 per head £ ___________ Total enclosed £___________

Name (printed please) …………………………………………..

Any special dietary requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(PLEASE WRITE YOUR MENU CHOICE ON THE BACK OF THIS FORM, OR INCLUDE IT IN THE EMAIL –see page 2 for menu)

Cheques made payable to ‘IMT’ and sent to: IMT, 309 Norwich Road, Ipswich IP1 4BW

or you can email your reservation to bookings@ipswichmaritimetrust.org.uk and pay on the night or call Mark Grimwade on 01473 787210 and pay on the night, (email bookings will be acknowledged).

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Wednesday February 6th

‘Pilotage on the Orwell, and other associated tales’

Reservations for supper must be received by Thursday 31st January.

Name (printed please) ………………………………… ………..

Any special dietary requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cheques made payable to ‘IMT’ and sent to: IMT, 309 Norwich Road, Ipswich, IP1 4BW

or you can email your reservation to bookings@ipswichmaritimetrust.org.uk and pay on the night or call Mark Grimwade on 01473 787210 and pay on the night, (email bookings will be acknowledged).

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If you book a meal and find later that you have to cancel the booking, please let us know by the Monday preceeding the talk or we may have to ask you to pay for the cancelled meal.

Wednesday March 6th

‘Bringing the MS Amuda (Il Punto/Mariners Restaurant ship) to Ipswich’ Reservations for supper must be received by Thursday 28th February.

Name (printed please) …………………………………………..

Any special dietary requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

cheques made payable to ‘IMT’ and sent to: IMT, 309 Norwich Road, Ipswich, IP1 4BW

or you can email your reservation to bookings@ipswichmaritimetrust.org.uk and pay on the night or call Fraser on 07531 083576 and pay on the night, (email bookings will be acknowledged).

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Wednesday April 3rd

IMT AGM followed by the third of the successful ‘IMT DIY nights’

Reservations for supper must be received by Thursday 28th March.

Name (printed please) …………………………………………..

Any special dietary requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Cheques made payable to ‘IMT’ and sent to: IMT, 309 Norwich Road, Ipswich IP1 4BW

or you can email your reservation to bookings@ipswichmaritimetrust.org.uk and pay on the night or call Mark Grimwade on 01473 787210 and pay on the night, (email bookings will be acknowledged).

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If you book a meal and find later that you have to cancel the booking, please let us know by the Monday preceding the talk or we may have to ask you to pay for the cancelled meal.