Last revised 24 June 2009
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, 15 JULY 2009
Up the Tees - Edward Bunting
WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPTEMBER 2009
Presentation by Tees Diving Club
WEDNESDAY, 21 OCTOBER 2009
Powerpoint presentation prepared by George Robinson
NOVEMBER AGM - see HARTLEPOOL dates
WEDNESDAY, 9 DECEMBER 2009
To be arranged (NOTE: 2ND WEDNESDAY)
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HARTLEPOOL
Indoor Bowling Club, Raby Road, HARTLEPOOL commencing at 7.00pm
WEDNESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2009
Peripatetic Coffins and the Curate's Egg - Capt. Prof. Iain Moffat
WEDNESDAY, 18 NOVEMBER 2009
Branch 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 £10.00 inclusive of postage (see details
below).
SUBSCRIBE NOW FOR 2009.
Issue No. 178, May 2009. Contents: 2009 cruise ship visits to the Tyne. More on the MUREX. Packet Mail, (Letters to Tees Packet). The First British Motor Vessel? Help - The Rudders Gone! Loss of the LOVELY NELLY. The Results of an Enquiry. Whaler Wrecks. Some useful Maritime Web-sites. Reardon Smith 1905 - 1985. The Loss of the FORT MUMFORD. Another 'Oldie' - the trawler ELEAZAR. Plus dates, Branch news, Around the Ports.
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ISSUE NO. 177 - FEBRUARY 2009
CONTENTS:
Obituary - John Henderson Proud
Sailed 2008, arrived 2009
More on the MANITOU and her sisters
It was an "EMPRESS"
The tankers BAKUIN and MUREX
Remembering the Fishing Boats
s.s. DOVER
More on the "Egg" Trade
St. Lawrence Seaway Cruise
The Journey Home
Another oldie, the tug CLARENCE
plus dates, Branch news, around the ports
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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 2009 (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 - £37.00 plus £5.50 TSS Subscription per annum;
Teesside Ship Society Associate Member
- £9.00 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 - £10.00 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 £42.50] 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.
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 enquiries and details about membership - email to
newmembershipenquiries@worldshipsociety.org
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