Last revised 11 June 2007
TEESSHIPS

TEESSIDE SHIP SOCIETY/
TEESSIDE BRANCH OF THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY
(Society formed 1956, WSS Branch from 1971)

FORTHCOMING MEETINGS

MIDDLESBROUGH

Newport Settlement Youth and Community Centre, Union Street, MIDDLESBROUGH, commencing at 7.00pm 

WEDNESDAY, 20 JUNE 2007

Maritime Archaeology in the North East - Gary Green

WEDNESDAY, 18 JULY 2007

Illustrated talk by Paul Hood (WSS Tyne Branch)

AUGUST 2007

Outside visit - to be arranged

WEDNESDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2007

Best of RIVERSEA INTERNATIONAL 2007 - George Robinson

WEDNESDAY, 17 OCTOBER 2007

Presentation by Dick Midhage (to be confirmed)

NOVEMBER 2007

Note our AGM will be held at Hartlepool (see below)

WEDNESDAY, 19 DECEMBER 2007

To be arranged

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HARTLEPOOL

Indoor Bowling Club, Raby Road, HARTLEPOOL commencing at 7.00pm

WEDNESDAY, 3 OCTOBER 2007

Hartlepool Memories (ship slides) - Michael Green

WEDNESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2007

Teesside Branch WSS Annual General Meeting

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EVERYONE WELCOME AT ALL MEETINGS

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Our Branch Journal "TEES PACKET"
GREAT VALUE! normally 20 pages of good reading - four issues a year available to subscribers for £9.00 inclusive of postage (see details below). SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR 2007.

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TEESSIDE SHIP SOCIETY MEETINGS:

Visitors and prospective members always welcome.
All meetings commence at 7.00 pm unless stated otherwise in the Society programme.

Newport Settlement Youth & Community Centre, St Pauls Road (entrance from Union Street), MIDDLESBROUGH; on the third Wednesday of most months.

Indoor Bowling Club, Raby Road, HARTLEPOOL; occasional meetings as announced in the Society programme.

SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2007 (for the full year): {including four issues of TSS Journal Tees Packet each year} {World Ship Society members also receive the WSS monthly journal 'Marine News'.}

World Ship Society/Teesside Ship Society - £35.00 plus £5.50 TSS Subscription per annum;

Teesside Ship Society Associate Member - £8.00 Subscription per annum;
(Associate joint membership for two people requiring only one copy of Tees Packet - £12.00)

Company Corporate Member - £12.00 Subscription per annum;

'Tees Packet' Subscriber - £9.00 per annum

All subscriptions to be made payable to TEESSIDE BRANCH OF THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY and sent only to the Treasurer; address below. (Please do not send direct to WSS)

If you wish to join the World Ship Society and live within the Teesside Branch area - roughly from Scarborough in the south; the Richmond and Darlington areas, to just beyond Hartlepool to the north, there is a benefit to the Branch if you join/renew through them. Therefore, such subscriptions to be made payable to TEESSIDE BRANCH OF THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY [ideally, also including the local Branch subscription, so a total of £40.50] and sent only to the Treasurer; address below. (Please do not send direct to WSS)

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The Teesside Ship Society was formed in 1956; became a Branch of the World Ship Society in 1971, and currently has just over 70 members in the Branch area - roughly from Scarborough in the south; the Richmond and Darlington areas, to just beyond Hartlepool to the north. In addition, there are about 20 subscribers to TEES PACKET from elsewhere in the U.K. and overseas.

Yours truly (with a somewhat quizzical look!) presents a Teesside Branch shield to Dave Howe, owner of the ELLA, following our 50th anniversary celebration on board at Hartlepool on Wednesday, 18 October 2006.

ELLA, ex ZEELAND, at Grimsby in 2001, before purchased by Dave and converted to restaurant ship.

Further details from:

Ron Mapplebeck, 8 St Margarets Grove, Acklam, MIDDLESBROUGH TS5 7SB

E-mail at: ron.mapplebeck1@virgin.net

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The World Ship Society

Link to the extensive and very interesting World Ship Society website: http://worldshipsociety.org

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE WORLD SHIP SOCIETY:

For a free copy of the colourful magazine “Marine News” and details about membership - just send your name and address to:

World Ship Society; 101 The Everglades, Hempstead, Gillingham, ME7 3PZ, United Kingdom.

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And, once you do begin collecting Marine News there is the value resource, privately compiled, of an annual index.

The Ship Index 

The Ship Index for 'Marine News' 2006 is  available at the price of £3.25 or 5 Euros (banknotes accepted), send your order to G.Robinson, Southwood Cottage, 79 Southwood Road, Cottingham, East Yorkshire HU16 5AJ, U.K. Cheques payable to G.Robinson please. George can also supply indexes for earlier years.

The Index converts your 'Marine News' into an essential reference source for future years!