News in September 2007

Podium finish for Victory in TV vote
Podium finish for Victory in TV vote HMS Victory can justifiably feel proud after being proclaimed the second best historical tourist attraction in the United Kingdom. The competition, run over the last six months by the UKTV History Channel asked both viewers of the programme and visitors to the sites to vote for their favourites. Voting was either by written voting slips, ...
18th September 2007 FULL STORY View Full Story 
800 year history of the people who lived and worked in the Dockyard brought to life at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
800 year history of the people who lived and worked in the Dockyard brought to life at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard A cast of hundreds will recreate the 800 year history of the people who lived and worked in the Historic Dockyard at a new event Dockyard 800 on September 15th – 16th 2007. Since Richard 1st granted the town called Portsmouth its first charter and ordered a dock to be built in 1194, the Dockyard has been associated with defence. Durin...
7th September 2007 FULL STORY View Full Story