BALMORAL’S BACK AT MSHED – BETTER, BRIGHTER and BUSY!

THANK YOU!! to all who’ve enabled Balmoral’s move to the Albion and back, via her Harbour Festival camp, to the berth with electrical power, outside MShed’s cranes.

Our Heritage Fund grant was mostly used for Albion Dock Company’s definitive repair work to her hull in dry dock. Maybe you followed the work and Festival fun on Facebook, perhaps enjoying the Shanty Festival and Docks Heritage weekend with us. NOW she’s back, her volunteers and partners are continuing with the other National Lottery-player-enabled activities: social, community and educational, as well as for enhancing MV Balmoral Fund Ltd’s business abilities. 

Balmoral’s known as the ‘People’s Liner’ so the charity wants to hear from Bristol’s many communities about what their ship could provide in the harbour. 
Trustees would greatly welcome additional volunteers, especially those interested in helping our social activities, managing the historic ship and widening her opportunities. Note – some of the admin help needn’t be Bristol-based!

THANK YOU! if you helped achieve the extra time and hugely important work in dry dock. But we can’t stop now!! As well as running the ship, and hosting some private events,  it’s carry-on time with all the further maintenance / improvement we’re capable of and allowed to do in harbour. And of course – that we can afford!  Ways of donating / information on Gift Aid etc are described on our secure website page for donations

If you are Bristol based, or planning to visit: LOOK OUT FOR:

NOVEMBER / DECEMBER EVENTS ON BOARD – more detail will be on Facebook 
22nd November – New exhibition – opening of batik and unique photographic art by artist Bandele Iyapo.
22nd November – Ali Vowles Friday night chat show – 7pm, Bandele and Natalie Fee her guests. Tickets on Eventbrite.
23rd  November – PSPS (Paddle Steamer Preservation Society) – talk by SS Great Britain about their plans – all welcome
23rd November –  music gig from 7pm (SOLD OUT)
29th November – Caravan Collective’s sHip Hop music and rap evening from 7pm
30th November – following a private event, from 3pm Balmoral will be open for visits and Shanty singing 
30th November – Live music Fab Twins in the lounge bar from 8pm
13th December – Caravan Collective’s sHip Hop music and rap evening from 7pm
14th December – Balmoral will be open for visits 11.30 – 4pm
14th December – Ceili House Band storming in the lounge bar

Photography credits: Maggie Urquhart, Neil Osborne and Adrian Wilkinson 

MV Balmoral in Dry Dock
Balmoral in the Menai Strait
Nigel Coombes Balmoral Fund President
MV Balmoral at Bristol M Shed
Tour aboard MV Balmoral

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