The Medway Queen was launched in 1924 and entered service on Thames estuary routes in May of that year. She was used as a minesweeper in WWII. Few ships associated with Dunkirk have fought so hard and escaped destruction so tenaciously and for so long as the Medway Queen. After the war she returned to her old route until 1963. From 1966 until 1974 she was a nightclub in the Isle of Wight. The hull rebuild was undertaken in Bristol with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the European Regional Development Fund and completed in late 2013.
Medway Queen was towed back home and is now moored at Gillingham Pier where she can be visited.
Date: 11th October 2018
Time: 1900, talks start 2000
Venue for our Winter Warmers:
The Dog & Bear Hotel
The Square
Lenham
ME17 2PG
01622 858219
Many eat beforehand and It helps speed up service if you are able to telephone the Dog and Bear and order your meal before 4pm. The talks start after supper at 8pm.
CA Menu:
£9.95
Beer Battered Cod Fillet – chips and garden peas with tartare sauce
Beef Steak and Ale Pie – with baby potatoes, leeks and cabbage served with onion gravy
Lambs Liver and Bacon Casserole – mash, kale and red onion gravy
Chick Pea, Sweet Potato and Spinach Curry [v/vg)] with rice, toasted almonds and flat bread
Wild Mushroom Linguini [v] – with rocket and parmesan
Pork and Spitfire Ale Sausages – sweet potato and butternut squash mash, kale and gravy
Breast of Chicken in a Light Broth with Peas, Bacon Lardons and Sliced Potato
There is ample parking available and you are very welcome to bring guests.