All Ship-shape and Blackwall-fashion, Jeremy Batch

Next time you sail past the O2 "Dome" or fly over it on the cable-car, look to the opposite bank and you will see the site of the largest private dock in Europe, the birthplaces of the hydraulic crane and the modern lighthouse, the yards where "bad buoys were made good" and HMS Warrior was launched, and the wharf where Brunel’s first steamship had her engine installed. You will be passing the departure point of fleets (great and small) which set-up the first permanent English-speaking colony in the New World, established the most powerful multinational corporation that has ever existed, and towed the floating harbours that made the D-Day landings possible. Here the Cutty Sark unloaded tea and wool, and here many of her sisters were built. Come and find out more!

Date: Thursday 12 March 2020

Time: 1900, talks start 2000

Venue for our Winter Warmers:

The Dog & Bear Hotel
The Square
Lenham
​ME17 2PG
01622 858219

There is ample parking available and you are very welcome to bring guests.

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 £10.95

  • Breaded Whole tail Scampi - chips and salad with tartare sauce
  • Pork and Spitfire Sausages - with mash potato, leeks and cabbage and red onion gravy
  • Cottage Pie - with a selection of vegetables
  • Butternut Gobi Dhansak Curry with Cauliflower Rice [v/vg]
  • Leek, Mushroom and Tarragon Risotto [v] - with green salad
  • Beef Chilli Con Carne - with rice and tortilla chips
  • Breast of Chicken Schnitzel - parmesan mash, broccoli and sugar snap peas with a white wine and chestnut mushroom sauce
  • Cod and Pancetta Fishcakes - chips and salad