News in November 2011
| Christmas Cards - Unique Views of HMS Victory and HMS Warrior 1860 | |
With the heavy snowfalls of last winter, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard was once again transformed into a photographer’s dream, allowing the maritime attraction to produce yet another stunning Christmas card. Plus, this time there are 2 designs per pack of 10 cards!
Last year’s photo of HMS Victory looking even more picturesqu... |
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| 30th November 2011 | FULL STORY  |
| Visitor numbers exceeded at A Victorian Festival Of Christmas! | |
With a final total still waiting in the wings, the preliminary figures for A Victorian Festival of Christmas at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (PHD) show around 26,500 visitors attended over 3 days, over 5% up on expected numbers, with fantastic feedback and photos flooding in!
Robert Bruce, Managing Director of Portsmouth Histo... |
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| 29th November 2011 | FULL STORY |
| Enjoy a day out at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard with your Library Card! | |
Last winter Portsmouth Historic Dockyard welcomed many local residents through the gates as part of joint scheme with Portsmouth City Council, to offer a discount on site tickets to all Portsmouth library card holders.
Following the previous success, Portsmouth library card holders can once again receive 50% off an adult, senior,... |
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| 28th November 2011 | FULL STORY |
| Heritage Lottery Fund grant will help to tell Navy’s story | |
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded just over £1.4m to the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to create new exhibitions on the Navy in the 20th and 21st Centuries, it was announced today.
The confirmed grant will help tell the story of the Royal Navy since 1900, a largely unt... |
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| 22nd November 2011 | FULL STORY |
| From Baby Reindeer To The World’s Oldest Christmas Pudding – It Will Be An Event To Remember! | |
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard’s Victorian Festival of Christmas Returns
Friday 25th – Sunday 27th November 2011
With just a week to go until the 12th ‘Victorian Festival of Christmas’ at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, the programme of entertainment has been announced and guarantees that visitors to the popular annual event will ha... |
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| 17th November 2011 | FULL STORY |
| Tea Company Reclaims World Record for the UK | |
A Tea Company based in the south coast city of Portsmouth has smashed the world record for the ‘Largest Tea Bag’ in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2011.
‘All About Tea’ has made history aboard HMS Warrior 1860 in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard as it unveiled its most challenging creation to date – a 2.4m x 2.4m tea bag which had... |
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| 17th November 2011 | FULL STORY |
| The Hairy Bikers Prepare For War On Board HMS Victory In Their Latest BBC Series | |
The Hairy Bikers are back and they're on a mission to prove that British food is the best in the world in their new BBC2 series, The Hairy Bikers' Best Of British, which will be on screens from Monday 14th November at 3.45pm every weekday afternoon for six weeks. Episode 6 on Monday 21st November explores the theme of ‘War’ and will featu... |
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| 14th November 2011 | FULL STORY |
| Young recruits to lead Remembrance activities at the National Museum of the Royal Navy | |
| On Saturday 12th November 2011, Portsmouth children will be taking over the National Museum of the Royal Navy’s learning department for the afternoon. The activities are being organised as part of Children’s Commissioner’s Takeover Day 2011 (Friday 11th November), a national event led by the Children’s Commissioner for England, which give... | |
| 9th November 2011 | FULL STORY |
| Female Crew Members for the Mary Rose as Brownies and Guides Earn Their Badges | |
Brownies and Guides have been earning new badges during action packed evenings at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Brownie packs have had the opportunity to work for their Disability Awareness Badge at an exclusive twilight evening. Activities include ‘Mobility Awareness’ – the chance to find out what it is ... |
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| 7th November 2011 | FULL STORY |
| The world’s oldest Christmas pudding? | |
A Christmas pudding dated 1900 and sent to the Naval Brigade during the Boer War has been given to The National Museum of the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, after having been left in the back of a food cupboard for years!
Collections Manager, Victoria Ingles explains: “We received a call from a lady wanting to know i... |
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| 1st November 2011 | FULL STORY |
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