BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7@historyfare.co.uk DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240404T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240404T220000 DTSTAMP:20241022T075223Z URL:https://historyfare.co.uk/events/sailing-with-the-queen-life-onboard-t he-qe2-before-and-during-the-falklands-campaign/ SUMMARY:Sailing with the Queen – Life onboard the QE2 before and during t he Falklands Campaign DESCRIPTION:For the April HistoryFare monthly talk\, we welcome guest speak er Stephen Hallam\, who many of you will know as 'Mr Pork Pie' from his da ys as managing director of Dickinson and Morris and overseeing the operati ons at the town’s iconic Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe.\n\nStephen will talk t o us about his experiences serving for 2.5 years as a Pâtissier on the QE 2 and in that time sailed around the world 3 times.\n\nThe illustrated tal k 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 s hip to enable the troops of 5th Brigade to be transported to the conflict zone. \;\nWe see the troops and their ordinance embark\, the journey s outh to South Georgia\, disembarkation\, taking aboard the unfortunate wou nded from HMS Ardent and Coventry\, the journey home and the welcome recei ved when approaching Southampton.\n \;\nTo reserve your seat\, please select the "book now" label above or email meltonhistoryfare@gmail.com\n&n bsp\;\nAdmission cost £3 per person\, payable on arrival. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://historyfare.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/202 4/03/155-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:History Talk,Local History LOCATION:Melton Mowbray RAF Association Tornado Club\, 24 Asfordby Road\, M elton Mowbray\, Leicestershire\, LE13 0HR\, United Kingdom X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=24 Asfordby Road\, Melton M owbray\, Leicestershire\, LE13 0HR\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-T ITLE=Melton Mowbray RAF Association Tornado Club:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR