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| Events Coming Up |
Tuesday 29th of May 2007 16:39
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With the good weather coming on, we have some events scheduled:
July: a visit by the replica Viking longship Sea Stallion of Glendalough on its way from the Viking Ship Museum at Roskilde in Denmark to Dublin. At 100 feet long, this is one of the biggest such ships afloat.
August: the agricultural shows.
September: a visit by the sail training ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl.
If anyone wants to help with any of these events, contact the Friends’ secretary, Jack Drever.
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| We Bought a Boat! |
Sunday 27th of May 2007 16:38
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The Friends helped the Orkney Islands Council to secure the Otterbank, the bank boat which used to serve the North Isles. She will be housed at the Scapa Flow Visitors Centre at Lyness until the Boat Museum is completed. Come and see her at Lyness this summer. |
| Orkney Homecoming 2007 |
Saturday 26th of May 2007 16:38
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About 50 Canadians came to Orkney in May to make contact with relatives and to trace their Orcadian ancestors. The Friends’ Chairman and Secretary took them to the sites associated with John Rae: the cathedral. The Hall of Clestrain and the Stromness Museum. We also took them to the Orphir Community Centre where they met Orphir folk who helped them to trace relatives and ancestors. |
| A Busy November |
Friday 30th of March 2007 16:37
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We started a busy November with the Charities Christmas Bazaar. This was our first time at this event but it was such a success that we immediately booked our place for the 2007 bazaar. We then had the lecture on exploring Canada by John Rae (alright, an actor pretending to be John Rae). This was very successful and we had the Supper Room of the Kirkwall Town Hall packed out. The room was ‘done up’ as a Victorian lecture hall and the committee were ‘done up’ in Victorian costume. A measure of the success was that a number of people asked if we could do it again. We might well do so at some point. Finally, as a break from all this, some of the committee had a day trip to Lyness to see many of the boats which are to be housed in the museum. |
| The 2006 Summer Season |
Thursday 01st of March 2007 16:35
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The Friends had stalls at the Shapinsay Sea Festival in July and at the Dounby and County Show in August, flying the flag and raising funds. The Friends’ new tent withstood the winds at Dounby thanks in part to our industrial-sized tent pegs and the volunteers helped other stall-holders to rescue their tents. Smug? Who us? |
| Bingo Night |
Thursday 25th of May 2006 13:26
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The Friends held a bingo night at the Orphir Hall on 12th May 2006. The event provided an enjoyable evening for the 93 people who attended and brought us £650 closer to restoring the Hall of Clestrain and building the Orkney Boat Museum. |
| Superb Concert for Friends of Orkney Boat Museum |
Sunday 07th of May 2006 13:23
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The Friends held a truly varied concert on 22nd April 2006 at the Arts Theatre in Kirkwall which raised over £350 for the Boat Museum project. The concert included songs from the musicals, traditional Orcadian music and modern folk music.
Compere Georgie Driver did a great job of introducing the acts:
· Ishbel Fraser, Lorraine MacBrearty and Clive Jameson with songs from the shows;
· next up were the two Marks [Mark Weyms and Mark Weir], pipers with the Stromness Town Band.
· Orkney favourites Hadhirgaan followed with their traditional music. As always, their skill, enthusiasm and sheer joy shone through.
· After the interval to take more money via the raffle, the Kirkwall Town Band filled the stage with players of every age. Their selection covered film themes, Mozart and modern brass band.
· The Westwell Family, Paul Westwell and his highly talented children Emma and Jack, entertained us with a wonderful display of fiddle, harp, whistle and pipe playing. Jack dedicated their final set of Orcadian traditional tunes to music teacher, Jean Leonard, who had taught him traditional fiddle playing.
· Bruce Mainland gave us more modern folk music on the theme of love, love lost and found; love old and new.
· The Wrigley Sisters closed the show in their usual expert manner. Their expert playing is a joy to listen to, and their amusing banter gives them an instant rapport with the audience. |
| New Chair of Friends of Orkney Boat Museum Elected |
Friday 14th of April 2006 13:20
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Anna Elmy will chair the Friends of the Orkney Boat Museum for 2006.
She was elected at the annual general meeting of the Friends in Kirkwall in April. The founding Chair, Mick Bain, will stay on as vice-chairman.
Other committee members elected were: secretary, Jack Drever, treasurer, Christopher Macrae, and Andrew Appleby, George Burgher, Tanya Craigie, Iris Heddle, Ian Macleod and Willie Tulloch. The Friends also presented a cheque for £16,000 to the Boat Museum company. |
| Friends of Orkney Boat Museum Recognised as Scottish Charity |
Sunday 28th of August 2005 13:13
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The Friends of Orkney Boat Museum has been granted the status of a recognised Scottish Charity by the Inland Revenue. We heartily encourage all donors who are UK taxpayers to use the new Gift Aid form which can be found on the membership application. This will increase the value of any donation you may make in future by 28%, at no further cost to yourselves.
Using Gift Aid means that for every pound you give, Friends of Orkney Boat Museum will receive an extra 28p from the Inland Revenue at current rates, helping your donation go further. This means that £10 becomes £12.80 and £15 becomes £19.20. Imagine what a difference that could make to us, and it doesn’t cost you any extra. If you are a UK taxpayer, please Gift Aid your donations by signing and dating the declaration below. You must pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax equal to the tax we reclaim on your donations.
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| Prize Draw Raises £2,293 for Boat Museum |
Sunday 28th of August 2005 13:11
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The Orkney Boat Museum Prize Draw was drawn by Jim Wallace, MSP for Orkney, at the County Show on 13th August 2005 and raised the sum of £2,293. We are very grateful for the generosity of all those who bought tickets.
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| Charity Auction Raises over £8000 |
Friday 26th of August 2005 13:09
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The Charity Auction on 21st May raised the wonderful sum of £8,108. Many thanks to all those who helped out, bought items and contributed to a most enjoyable evening.
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| Celebrity Auction - 7pm Stromness Academy 21st May |
Sunday 01st of May 2005 16:41
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The Friends of Orkney Boat Museum are staging a Celebrity Auction in Stromness Academy at 7pm on the 21st of May 2005 - with food, wine and over 120 items donated by celebrities, including Tony Blair, Sir Steve Redgrave and Griff Rhys Jones.
Tickets for the event cost £6.50 each and are available from the Orkney and Stromness Museums.
Items also include a Gossip Chair made by Eday-based company Sui Generis and a week's luxury holiday for up to 12 people at River Beauly Lodge. There's also a large selection of autographed photographs and books and bottles of whisky - including a bottle of 8 year old House of Commons whisky donated by Alistair Carmichael which has been signed signed by Tony Blair, Michael Howard and Charles Kennedy.
You can download an Adobe Acrobat PDF version of the Auction Catalogue for free from our website (see link below).
The catalogue is also available at a cost of 50 pence plus a SAE from George Burgher, 7 St. Rognvald Street, Kirkwall, Orkney.
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Download Auction Catalogue
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| New Logo |
Tuesday 05th of April 2005 13:12
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 The new logo for the Friends of Orkney Boat Museum. Designed by Colin Keldie from Kirkwall.
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| Membership Update |
Monday 21st of March 2005 12:40
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Membership subscriptions remain at £10 for ordinary membership, £15 for family membership, and £50 for life or overseas membership. If you are not already a member, you might want to join now in case the members decide to increase the rates at the AGM. Again, contact the secretary for details or download the form from this site. |
| Annual General Meeting |
Monday 21st of March 2005 12:39
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The AGM will be held in the Kirkwall Town Hall on Tuesday 5th April at 7.30 pm. It will cover the usual business of any organisation, after which there will be an illustrated talk on an Orkney boat-related or Clestrain-related subject.
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| February Newsletter |
Monday 21st of March 2005 12:38
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The Friends issued their second newsletter in February. This is more professionally produced than the first one and contains a summary of activities last year and a description of a couple of events this year: the Annual General Meeting and a celebrity auction in Stromness to be held on 21st May. The newsletter also contains articles on ‘John Rae and the Hall of Clestrain’ and ‘Orkney Boats in Publication’.
The newsletter was sent to all members of the Friends. If you want a copy, email the secretary, Jack Drever, at jdreverboat@aol.com or download it from this site.
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Membership of the Friends of Orkney
Boat Museum costs £10 pa (£15 for a family) and gives
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If you wish a membership form to be posted to you, please telephone the Secretary of the Friends, Jack Drever, on 01856 771889 - (+44 1856 771889 from outside the UK) or email friends@orkneyboatmuseum.org.uk |
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