Mayflower Plymouth

Or Plymouth Mayflower, worthy of a fine new painting, both are justifiably world famous names?

Mayflower400
Mayflower400, a unique perspective
Mayflower, #painting near completion
I’m thinking of Mayflower400, 60 x 90 cm (23 5/8″ x 35 3/8″), available £/€ or U S $, 6,000.
Any reputable gallery would be delighted to offer this painting for this price or more …

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Black Lives Matter?

Drake and slavery

Knocking down statues has become the ‘in’ thing among part of our population.

Now- Wow we have a proposal to knock off Sir Francis Drake, remove his statue from Plymouth Hoe.

'Golden Hinde'
Drake’s ‘Golden Hinde’

If you disagree I suggest you sign the petition to keep the statue on site in place.

https://www.change.org/p/1000-save-drake-statue/psf/promote_or_share

We might as well knock down the Pyramids as they were allegedly built by slave labour.

Such vandalism would be bad for tourism !

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Monday, Portsmouth

From Portsmouth, been to Plymouth and Charleston among other places, things quite hectic at present. I’m quite tired, things going quite well. Next I must prepare to meet ‘The Editor’ from Bloomsbury, tomorrow at 09.30. When I get ashore on Thursday in France I have to go direct to a meeting at Dinan re Brexit. … Read more

St Malo to Portsmouth

Ships head turning towards England. My schedule is planned to include Portsmouth, Bexhill, Hastings, Wilsford, Plymouth, Charelstown, St Austell, Emsworth, maybe Penzance then back to Portsmouth …  Not all in one day .              

Plymouth

On the subject of Plymouth, here is the latest progress with Titanic’, “Plymouth Harbour”.  A very unusual painting, in that I am reproducing the painting by the famous Norman Wilkinson, lost when Titanic sank. The new painting is very fortunate to be aided by the leading expert on Titanic, Tim Maltin, will be as near … Read more

Bermuda

It’s surfaced yet again, the claim HMS Pickle was built at Bermuda.
Not that it really matters however, there are quite a few mysteries surrounding the second HMS Pickle.
Nelson described her as “ubiquitous Pickle”.
Was Sting / Pickle built at Bermuda?
HMS Pickle – I have urgent dispatches
If you have documented proof that Sting was built in Bermuda I’d be very interested to see the proof. 

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