howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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i have taken the liberty of lifting this from roger's newsletter as the project deserves special attention.
it would be a great coup for the area to have this memorial come to fruition and there is a lot of work going on in the background to see this come to fruition including a planned dvd.
Harriet Quimby Quiz Night: Hopefully you will have heard of Harriet Quimby ? The first woman to fly across the Channel - in 1912, in one of Louis Bleriot's planes. A replica of the plane was at the Dover Transport Museum last week, I went up to see it and it really was amazing to think that people could fly across the Channel in it. Sadly, Harriet Quimby died just a few months after her historic flight.
There is an attached a flyer and poster for a fundraising quiz on Saturday 5th May. If you could put the poster up at work or on any other noticeboards you can think of to promote the quiz - it is (almost) essential that the place is filled to the rafters of people taking part in the quiz-night.
If you can raise as many teams as possible from friends, colleagues, lovers, fellow down-and-outs and so on, I should be very grateful. In an ideal world, we'd like to raise £500 from this night - with your help that is a real possibility!
Kindest regards
Andy Cooper: Secretary, The Harriet Quimby Centenary Project
The Fabric Fairy
Castle View Suite, 3-5 Frith Road
Dover
Kent. CT16 2PT.
United Kingdom
Guest 739- Registered: 16 Jan 2012
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Howard - where is it to be held, how much to enter? Can we have a clue please? Thank you muchly!
I think we are all guinea pigs in the middle of an experiment for which they have forgotten to set up a control group!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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mere details jen.
time is 7 pm for 7.30 pm, £.5 per head, tables up to maximum of 6.
licenced bar, bring your own nibbles.
venue
the thatched barn,
farthingloe farm,
folkestone road,
dover.
contact nos; 01304 202270 mobile; 079846235912.
Guest 739- Registered: 16 Jan 2012
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Thanks Howard. I'll put it on my Facebook page and see if I can drum up any support. Is anyone from here going?
I think we are all guinea pigs in the middle of an experiment for which they have forgotten to set up a control group!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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well done on that jen, maybe the forum could make up a team or two.
your e mail address is on your profile for anyone that is planning to go.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Jean and I will go with you and Mike, Jen. That's if you don't mind coming last.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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time to raise this one up again as funds are needed to pay for the memorial.
only 3 days to the quiz.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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just got these photos in from last night's event, hope it raised some money for the project.
certainly a stunning venue.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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We couldn't go in the end, so I sent a donation to help the cause.
Roger
Guest 686- Registered: 5 May 2009
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Howard: May I take the liberty of "lifting" these pics for the Harriet Quimby Centenary Project website?
http://www.hqcp.org.ukPhil West
If at first you don't succeed, use a BIGGER hammer!!
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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just checked phil all ok to use., good to see the website up and running.
Guest 686- Registered: 5 May 2009
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Thanks Howard.
Phil West
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Guest 686- Registered: 5 May 2009
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I saw that biography on BookFace. Pity the narrator was such a wimp though!
Phil West
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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does anyone know what is happening on this, i cannot see anything on their website since early may?
they had the event at the transport museum, the quiz night and a comittee was formed.
there was talk of a video being made and that was the last i heard.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I've not heard anything Howard.
Roger
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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thought it was dead in the water then half watching local news earlier andy cooper appeared extolling the virtues of ms quimby.
missed the start but understand that the issue is over a memorial/statue for a female person and viewers were asked to nominate their favourite.
Guest 693- Registered: 12 Nov 2009
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Yeah, sorry Howard, I should have kept folks updated on this. We had our Heritage Lottery funding bid rejected in May with advice on how to reapply, and this caused the project to stall. Without funding, we couldn't carry on as we were and the resulting loss of impetus, added to the dreadful weather in the early part of the summer, meant that the Project effectively went to sleep for a while.
Our reapplication was submitted a couple of weeks ago and we should hear if we've been successful on this occasion in mid-November time. Fingers crossed. There is a better update on Page 27 of today's Dover Express, together with the dreadful picture of me they always shove in when the Harriet Quimby Centenary Project gets a mention.
True friends stab you in the front.
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