News: WA website Bulletin 2010/10 Tuesday 25th May 2010

WA website Bulletin 2010/10 Tuesday 25th May 2010

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What's new

'59ers 50th Anniversary Reunion at Warsash Maritime Academy - Thursday 13th May

Nine ex-cadets who were at the School of Navigation in 1959 visited the Academy for lunch and a guided tour of the WMA. They were Trevor Judd, Bill Wood-Roe, Tony Griffiths, Mark Elliott, Bruce Pollard, Peter Davy, Rod Burnett, John Wood-Roe and Chris Clarke. The visit was organised by Mark Eliott through Sue Bowles, PA to the Director John Millican (one our members) and Vanessa Mole of the Publicity Department.

The visit was an enormous success and we are indebted to Mark and Sue for their efforts. Sue would like it to be known that any other groups of ex-cadets and students, whether members of the WA or not, wishing to arrange a similar visit will be most welcome. We were certainly made to feel very welcome and were impressed by the warm hospitality shown by all WMA staff we met. You can of course email Sue from her Profile on the website as she is one of our Honorary Members.

For some the visit to Southampton extended over two or three days; four played golf near Botley on the 11th and three of us sailed over to Cowes and back on the 14th. You can read about all three days in the attachment below which includes some photos. At 3 MB in size it may take a little while to download depending on your Broadband connection speed at the time.

Attachment

» Download: 59ers Reunion WMA 130510.pdf (3 Mb, 462 downloads so far)

Also visit Gallery > Warsash Association > UK Events > '59ers Reunion May 2010 for more photos.

New photos uploaded

• Two very interesting photos from Martin Scott here >> ScottE60
• Ex-Bank Line ship photo from Al Hamilton here >> Ship scenes
• 59ers Reunion photos from Rod Burnet and Chris Clarke here >> '59ers Reunion May 2010

All Hands Spring 2010 colour edition now online

A full colour edition All Hands Spring 2010 has replaced the previous b/w version and can be downloaded via this link >> All Hands Spring 2010. Unfortunately the website doesn't let me place items in publishing date sequence which I hope to change during the website review currently under way.

All Hands Spring 2010 has also been uploaded retrospectively here >> All Hands Spring 2009. It contains very intersting articles on Maersk Line, Port Line, a Vintage Port reunion and the graduation photo taken at the end of Summer Term 1959. Well worth reading again.

All Hands download times

The time taken to download All Hands from the website depends on size and the speed of your Broadband connection at the time. You may need to wait patiently sometimes especially as Broadband speeds vary so much. I usually indicate download times based on 5 Mb Broadband speed at which speed journals with few exceptions, download within 1 1/2 minutes and most under 40 seconds. There are a couple of exceptions but even so its well worth the wait.

Branch News

New Zealand Branch News:

• Congratulations to Darrell Daish 1957, Tony Peacock 1960 and Larry Robbins 1960 on their recruitment programme ably assisted by Jim MacIntyre and others.
• The NZ branch now has 20 members with another 50 names of potential new members on our database.

Australian Branch News:

• In about 12 months since it's inauguration the Australian Branch has recruited 76 members, a phenomenal achievement for Neil Martin in particular, Peter Isherwood, AlanKnott, John Marshall, Derek Sim and others, again supported by Jim in the US.
• In addition we also have listed 69 non-members believed living in Australia including addresses for 30 of them.
• This download document is a short report by Branch Chairman Alan Knott on a reunion lunch held in Melbourne on 19th May 2010.

Attachment

» Download: Report on WA Australian Branch Reunion 19 May 2010.pdf (13 Kb, 473 downloads so far)

Put more in - get more out of the website!

Try your hand in the Forum. It's not difficult and you'll find plenty of guidance here >> Forum.

We have a number of Forums where you can raise and discuss a host of issues for anyone to read and respond to. You can ask questions, start discussions or try to track down out of touch colleagues. See an excellent example here >> Warsash legends. Further examples:

• To help trace long lost colleagues visit one of these e.g. Ex-School of Navigation, Ex-College of Maritime Studies or Ex-Warsash Maritime Academy.

• To relate your experiences with a particular shipping company visit here >> Shipping companies. If your company name is not shown let me know and I'll create a new sub-forum.
• In need of a laugh? Then visit here >> Have you heard the one about? for the latest humorous entries. Try this one for size >> Navy Recruiting Office! Better still create your own entries.
• What do you get up to in your spare time? Tell all in this forum >> Pastimes and hobbies. It might be golf, reading, sailing, dancing, climbing - even train-spotting (once had a friend who read old train timetables before going to sleep)!
  http://www.warsashassociation.net/forum/forumview/misc/27.htm?keep_forum_root=27

Warsash Momentos

One of our new members who joined this year, Anthony Ireland 1960, is interested in Warsash mementos. He has located websites offering various items including cuff-links, key rings, calendars and Christmas cards. Also a website able to copy cap badges. Living in Spain with little else to do (just kidding Anthony) he suggests he could do any necessary artwork. The WA crest of course is an ideal subject. If you are interested in pursuing this matter with Anthony or think his idea has potential please let him know via this email link Anthony Ireland copy to me at Chris Clarke.

Fancy a challenge?

• Go to Gallery Home > Where in the world is this? for a picture quiz. Five photos, only two solved so far, both by John Marshall 1959. Clues added. See if you can identify any of them.
• Upload your own photos to this gallery for others to identify. But don't give any clues in the name of the file uploaded which could give the game away!

Website usage

• The number of unique visitors to the website in May has averaged 41 per day (48 throughout April).
• There are 1,856 posts in the Forum and 1,081 photos in the Gallery.

Kind regards,

Chris Clarke 1959

REMINDERS FROM EARLIER BULLETINS

WA Event 2010 15th - 18th July 2010 (Botleigh Grange dinner and Arcadia cruise)

Members interested in attending this event (assuming vacant cabins remain) or who are already booked will find an information update in the Events calendar here >> Event 15th July 2010. Ron Caine (organiser) has pointed out that members wishing to attend the informal dinner to be held at the Botleigh Grange hotel on Thursday 15^th July 2010, who will not be resident at the hotel, are now required to make a reservation for this meal. Read further information via the above link.

Online All Hands Editions

If you don't need a printed All Hands you could set an indicator in your website Profile denoting this, which will save us printing and postage costs. Unless you decide to change the default setting you will of course continue to receive printed copies.

• To read how to set the indicator go to sub-forum >> Member's Profile then load the Topic Profile - opt for online or printed All Hands.
• Anyone belonging to our Australian or New Zealand Branches choosing to rely on a downloaded copy only should also let Neil Martin know.

All Hands Journal: If you have any articles for the Summer 2010 edition please email John Downs or Ron Caine.

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