| Sweden Calling! | |
Teenage pupils from the City of Portsmouth Girls’ School made a trip to Sweden’s premier museum, the Vasa, without stepping outside the classroom with an innovative link-up using the latest web technology - Skype.
The Mary Rose Trust, the custodians of Henry VIII’s famous warship, regularly works with the school. This term they decided ... |
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| 18th December 2009 | FULL STORY  |
| Portsmouth Historic Dockyard to star in BBC2’s Oz and Hugh Drink to Christmas | |
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard’s Victorian Festival of Christmas will be shown on BBC2 this Christmas, as wine aficionado and all round drinks expert Oz Clarke teams up with Hugh Dennis in a seasonal challenge to sample every Christmas tipple past and present.
The boys embrace the festive spirit as they attempt to uncover the true ... |
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| 16th December 2009 | FULL STORY |
| When Greyhound met HMS Warrior 1860… | |
The world’s most famous coach company, Greyhound, and the world’s most famous steam-powered battleship, HMS Warrior 1860, have joined forces to attract more visitors to Portsmouth from London during the Christmas holidays.
Greyhound UK, which operates direct, low cost, luxurious coach travel between Portsmouth and London, will pr... |
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| 15th December 2009 | FULL STORY |
| Wreck the halls… | |
THE FIRST BRICK IS DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR NEW MARY ROSE MUSEUM
The first brick on the site of the Mary Rose Ship Hall was demolished this morning to make way for the construction to begin on the new Mary Rose Museum, which will open in 2012.
At 12pm on Friday 11th December, John Lippiett (Chief Executive of the Mar... |
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| 11th December 2009 | FULL STORY |
| Flash Bang Wallop, What A Picture as British Legend Visits Royal Naval Museum | |
Staff at the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, were thrilled to welcome legendary British entertainer Tommy Steele last week, during a break from appearing at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton.
Tommy Steele who served a brief spell in the Merchant Navy at the age of 15, was keen to see the dockyard once more ... |
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| 9th December 2009 | FULL STORY |
| The ‘Nellies’ Celebrate ‘Their Past, Your Future’ Project at the Royal Naval Museum | |
Children from Stamshaw Junior School, Portsmouth, enjoyed a taste of Hollywood at a special film premiere at the Royal Naval Museum to celebrate the fantastic documentaries they helped to create during Face to Face: Documenting Experiences of Conflict a ‘Their Past, Your Future’ project.
Glitz and glamour were the order of the ... |
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| 8th December 2009 | FULL STORY |
| Henry VIII: Man and Monarch at the Mary Rose Museum | |
British Library Touring Exhibition
Saturday 12th December 2009 – Sunday 17th January 2010
FREE
The British Library’s major exhibition on Henry VIII will be touring to the Mary Rose Museum at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard from 12th December – 17th January, celebrating 500 years since his accession to the throne a... |
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| 4th December 2009 | FULL STORY |
| 10th Anniversary of the Victorian Festival of Christmas – “Best in recent years!” | |
With a final total still waiting in the wings, the preliminary figures for the Victorian Festival of Christmas at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (PHD) show over 28,000 visitors attended over 3 days, some 4,500 more than in 2008.
Robert Bruce, Managing Director of Portsmouth Historic Dockyard commented: “this has certainly bee... |
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| 4th December 2009 | FULL STORY |
