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85 Jun2020 Draft 1 EDITORIAL One of the hopes attached to Having met many Club members both the Anglican chapel (restored 2011, this newsletter is that it will here in my home territory of Menorca, our 300th anniversary). These also attract the attention of and at other Club events, I was buildings are directly under the main people who are not already delighted to be invited to write again tower in the photo. Club members members of about the Isla del Rey, site of the first- have yet to see this new development, The 1805 Dispatches #21.01 The 1805 Club. ever purpose-built Royal Naval and there is much more! The first floor February 2021 Membership of The 1805 Club Hospital. We hope to organise another of the main building is being turned is open to everyone, every- enjoyable and educational visit some into a Centre of Interpretation for the where, who supports the time in 2021, once the COVID crisis history of Menorca, and we already purposes of the Club and has settled and freedom of travel is have English and French rooms in shares its interests. Its historical again facilitated. place, plus another showing the and social events are marked The photo here shows the whole development of the Port of Mahon, THE1805by their genuinely friendly hospital structure as DISPATCHES seen today. Built from its return to Christianity in 1287 atmosphere. in 1711 by the Royal Navy to service to present day. More rooms are under Issue 21.01 Consequently, it is further their substantial Mediterranean fleet, it construction. hoped that this newsletter will latterly reverted to operating as a Another really exciting innovationFebruary 2021 appear in various new online Spanish military hospital after the opening in 2021 will be in the long, venues, so we encourage its British left finally in 1802, and it low Admiral Langara Building sited in disseminationTHE and only ask NEWSLETTER that remained in service untilOF 1964, THE when front1805 of the main CL hospital.UB The world- you clear it with the editor it was abandoned and fell into ruin. renowned modern art promoters, before doing so. A group of dedicated volunteers, Hauser & Wirth, are opening their mainlyw Spanishww. and18 British,05c startedlub. toorg FIRST gallery in the Mediterranean to [email protected] restore the building and reclaim its showcase a rolling collection of contentsTHE and surrounds VIEW in 2004,FROM and THEleadingBRIDGE international artists and have done a remarkable job with very sculptors in a fabulous location (items EDITORIAL (Geraint Day, Clublimited Vice-Chairman, funds but huge commitment and Kathy not Brown, for sale so Director, no pressure!). The They will Trafalgar Way) under the leadership of General Luis afford us a warm VIP welcome. This Alejandre OBE. will greatly uplift the profile of History Is Recent Bill White, the Club Chairman,The 1805 Club decision is to share aincorporated Menorca, much as organisation.the Guggenheim Details of significant part of its Libor grant with has proved in Bilbao. us was hugely appreciated, and taking a rest from scribing his message that(More will details accompanyabout the Club visit will appear the AGM notice. Nelson was at the battles of enabled the creation of a magnificent in future issues once the travel situation to members for this“Church issue. Hall He or Vestry” has adjacent to The Reviewclarifies.) Team, meanwhile, Trafalgar, Copenhagen, Nile, passed the drafting duty this time to the have been taking a detailed look at the St Vincent, Santa Cruz de two of us. 'business' of what we do. Tenerife and Calvi all within There is more public scrutiny and To help us take stock, at the end of just three lifespans of your regulation of charities nowadays than 2020 we commissioned an Editor. If your Editor had 30 years ago when the Club was independent Membership and Sadly,formed. we hear thatIt isDerek now more important to Marketing review. Our consultant has been born just three Hayes, the well-respected Life Presidentensure of the internal Nelson systems are shipshape. made several recommendations which Society, died of old age on 28 lifespans back, he would March 2020,The 116 Council days after has delegated some of will deliver vital improvements to The Mary, his wife of 65 years. have been old enough to Derekits work enjoyed working to a governance with subcommittee 1805 Club’s operations. The team is members of The 1805 Club serve on Victory’s quarter- researchingand to aspects a finance of subcommittee.Isla del Rey (King’snow Island), working Menorca hard on building a plan deck at the Battle of Nelson’sAnother life. group of CouncilImage provided members by Lorraine Ure, that courtesy will of Isla make del Rey Foundation us more resilient and Trafalgar. (the Review Team) has been looking at help us deliver greater value to our future prospects, to help The 1805 members and to the public1of4 at large. Younger readers may Club move forward and thrive in the If there is any upside from the think history is old, but trust next three decades. current pandemic with its restrictions After the COVID-19 pandemic on travel and meetings in person, it is me, it isn’t. We all learn induced delay we shall be holding that it has given new importance to life more about, and learn more an annual general meeting (AGM) in online. This creates an opportunity for from history, every time we early May. It will be conducted via the The 1805 Club to adapt, to share more look into it. And today’s Zoom online videoconference system. knowledge, to become more inclusive navies also learn from naval A formal notice will go out shortly, and to reach a wider audience. It is history, where else are they plus the usual call for nominations for time for us to 'Be more digital'. Council, so do watch your email inbox We have lots of ideas about how to going to find out what to do? or letterbox. achieve this, but to do so we must first Keep looking – it is relevant. One AGM item will be to seek lay some foundations. An early approval to apply to the Charity recognition is our need to involve [email protected] Commission for England and Wales more people in shaping the Club’s (our main regulator) to change the future. We will shortly be conducting a Club’s legal status from unincorporated member survey on some key aspects of charity to becoming a charitable our plan. Then, within months, we will be introducing new delegated committees to support Council in areas like Events and Projects, Marketing & PR, and Content & Publications. In due course, we’ll be appealing for new faces to energise these committees with fresh skills and ideas. Stay tuned for more on this and other changes, as our plan gains ground. You will have seen in the press that a Crowdfunding site exists, with the aim of keeping Beatty’s (alleged) medical chest in Britain. Go to https:// Botany Bay. Detail from www.crowdfunder.co.uk/save-a-part- 'Sirius & convoy going in: Supply & agents division in the bay. 21 Janry 1788.' William Bradley, watercolour from ‘A Voyage to New South Wales’, 1802+. of-royal-navy-medical-history if you State Library of New South Wales. https://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/stories/first-fleet-ships want to help. 1 of 5 The 1805 Dispatches #21.01 February 2021 Old Royal Naval College Chapel Unfortunately, this year the service in The Immortal memory could not take place, due to the health restriction in place because of Covid19. However, at the normal Sunday morning service on 10 January, Nelson was not forgotten, as this extract from Rev Pat Mann’s Letter to the Congregation, dated 10 January 2021, shows: “...This week is the Second Sunday of Epiphany and the Baptism of Christ. We also mark what is known as the “Immortal Memory” of Admiral Lord Nelson. You will remember that Nelson’s body lay in state in the Painted Hall before his funeral in St Paul’s Cathedral on 9 January 1806. We shall be live again on Facebook and YouTube for the Sunday service. Here is the YouTube link: https:// www.youtube.com/c/OrncOrgGreenwich/live The services are able to be watched later in the day and can also be found on the Old Royal Naval College website Chapel page.’... Sermon given by Rev Patricia Mann on 10 January at the ORNC, broadcast on YouTube. (Edited version - the full transcript may be published in the spring edition of The Kedge Anchor) “Water is one of those things that we seem to take for granted in life. In this country we only have to turn on a tap and be given the gift of clean water for washing and drinking. As an island nation we are surrounded by water and when we are able, so many of us find walking beside water restorative. Water can of course be destructive in storm or flood, it will find a way to penetrate the cracks in a building or the places where our coat is not waterproof in the rain. Our bodies are sixty percent water and without it we will die. Perhaps it’s no wonder that if water is so important to life that we find it mentioned at the very start of the Bible. [... ...] And it seems to me that the very nature of water is a helpful metaphor for the nature of God for us to call to mind today. In what feels as a dark and troubling time for our country and the world – God, like water, is to be found everywhere.
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