The meeting on Thursday 8 March was a resounding success, bringing with it the feeling that after all the hard work that has gone into it over the past year, this Society is now firmly established and can only go from strength to strength.
First there was the speaker, a local man, Ryan Cooper, an ex regular soldier of the Royal Engineers who gave a brilliantly planned and delivered talk on the Mulberry Harbours of WW2, from the planning stage, through to construction and how they fared once deployed, with some interesting anecdotes involving Gosport and other local sites relevant to the story.
A man who really knows his subject and clearly no stranger to public speaking. Thank you Ryan, we look forward to a return visit from you and a talk on 'Hobart's Funnies' - the armoured vehicles such as flail tanks which played a prominent part in the D-Day landings.
On top of this success there is our new meeting place on the ground floor of Manston Court. Absolutely perfect in every way, and of course the terrific support from the ever helpful staff of Manston Court, to whom we say a great big 'Thank you'
With a super programme lined up, how can we go wrong.
OK guys, we have 'Arrived' Let's celebrate.
John G
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