Admiral Lord Collingwood 2010: Link Collection of Celebrations, Part 3 16 March, 2010
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Before we come to further online reports of the Collingwood 2010 Memorial Weekend, here’s a stunning picture of the (in)famous smoke ring during the Tynemouth salute; courtesy Captain Stephen Healy:
If that’s not the perfect 10 of smoke rings everywhere, then I don’t know what is!
COLLINGWOOD 2010 – MEMORIAL CEREMONY IN TYNEMOUTH
Report and pictures by Jen
Although all the official part was impressive, I think one of my favourite things was standing there on the monument afterwards and hearing a man beside me telling the lady he was with about how…
JournalLive: NORTH EAST PAYS TRIBUTE TO ADMIRAL LORD COLLINGWOOD
He was described yesterday as one of Newcastle’s greatest sons, a Northumbrian heart of oak, a great Englishman and a saviour of the nation.
COLLINGWOOD’S MONUMENT, TYNEMOUTH
Short report and pictures by Kathy
CELEBRATIONS – COLLINGWOOD MONUMENT AT TYNEMOUTH
Great picture taken by Allan
Not reports, yet still interesting:
Morpeth Herald: COLLINGWOOD – THE MAN WHO SAVED THE NATION
Author Andrew Griffin has welcomed the Collingwood Festival after writing a biography on the hero.
Morpeth Herald: HOTEL’S ADDING AN EXTRA TOUCH OF CLASS
You’ll be pleased to hear there’ll be a “Collingwood Bar” very soon!
It will have a seating and standing capacity of 200 and is scheduled to open on April 7, when a member of the Collingwood family will cut the ribbon, followed by an official opening ceremony on April 29.
I finally found a bit about the Morpeth concert – third paragraph down.
http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/CustomPages/CustomPage.aspx?PageID=34417§ionID=6265
Also I’m glad someone got a picture of the smoke ring. It lasted for a long time – very impressive.
(I miss the edit function here – I post before I’ve remembered everything I meant to say)