Sailing with the Queen – Life onboard the QE2 before and during the Falklands Campaign

Sailing with the Queen – Life onboard the QE2 before and during the Falklands Campaign

When

Thursday, April 4, 2024    
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

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Where

Melton Mowbray RAF Association Tornado Club
24 Asfordby Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0HR

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For the April HistoryFare monthly talk, we welcome guest speaker Stephen Hallam, who many of you will know as ‘Mr Pork Pie’ from his days as managing director of Dickinson and Morris and overseeing the operations at the town’s iconic Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe.

Stephen will talk to us about his experiences serving for 2.5 years as a Pâtissier on the QE2 and in that time sailed around the world 3 times.

The illustrated talk will show examples of his craft whilst taking us on the World Cruise of 1982, from departing New York and 3 months later arriving in Southampton. The QE2 was requisitioned by the MOD and we see the conversation of the ship to enable the troops of 5th Brigade to be transported to the conflict zone. 

We see the troops and their ordinance embark, the journey south to South Georgia, disembarkation, taking aboard the unfortunate wounded from HMS Ardent and Coventry, the journey home and the welcome received when approaching Southampton.
 
To reserve your seat, please select the “book now” label above or email meltonhistoryfare@gmail.com
 
Admission cost £3 per person, payable on arrival.

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