Posts Tagged ‘falmouth’

Services with a smile?

Thursday, October 9th, 2008

A public service, I had the dubious pleasure of getting up early (I’ll do it for sailing…) for BBC Radio Devon. The good news was it was for Gordon “Sparkie” Sparks who claims he does not interview, rather, chats.

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Kim died, she would like to carry out his wish…

Monday, October 27th, 2008

Kim Stephens died before he could enjoy his painting as shown on http://www.frickers.co.uk/marine-art/kim_stephens.html.

Morwhenna commissioned me saying they had been meaning to commission a
painting. Kim had died, she would like to carry out his wish.

This charming and very unusual marine painting of a Dart class cat, a watercolour, this week end caused a  friend of many years to get in touch.

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Rhoda Mary, schooner, and her builder

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Grave_W_Ferris_IMG_2710_1__wp.JPG “William Ferris built the Rhoda Mary at Yard on the beach near Point and Penpol, near Falmouth, Cornwall.

This is a site one can still visit.

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