NEW HOME FOR CHALLENGE
CHALLENGE AT THE SHOREHAM PORT OPEN DAY
SUNDAY 18th JULY 2010
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Clive Purser has created this fine drawing
of Challenge's main engine. It would
look well on any wall.
A high quality A4 framed print can be purchased
for £20 + £5 p&p or
an unframed print is £10 +£2 p&p..
Here is another superb drawing of Challenge by
Clive showing all her machinery
and accommodation. They are an amazing mix of precise
engineering drawing and art.
By purchasing one of these prints you would be helping to restore and maintain Challenge for the future.
For further details contact Clive: here
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Challenge by local artist Marcus Finch
This lovely picture of Challenge berthed at Portslade is
available as a Greeting card
left blank for Christmas or birthdays etc.
the cards are priced at a minimum donation of £1.50 each
Please contact
Chris English for further details
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LOTTERY NEWS
The bid for Heritage Lottery Funding (HLF) has been submitted.
LATEST NEWS! PART 1 OF THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE HLF.
The bid is titled;
Challenge to the future
Phase 1 has been
submitted but this is only the start. If this is successful
then the Phase 2 application will be made. Here we prove we will be able to do
what
say we can, that is make Challenge live and be seen by thousands of people
performing her roles in years to come as a
Dunkirk Little Ship memorial and educator
Steam tug memorial and Thames operations educator
Steam engineering training and historical centre
Social history recorder of her times
A fortune of work for the bid, taking well over a year has been done so far under
the leadership of Trustee Charles Payton. But there is still much more to do.
The underlying principle for the whole bid is
Challenge must navigate, be mobile and alive if she is to survive at all
This is just the beginning of a new period in Challenge's life.
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*****STAND BY TO REPEL BOARDERS*****
Challenge was invaded by a wild hoard of Pirates on Saturday 19th March when the Brighton Theatre Group Youth cast from the musical version of The Pirates of Penzance came on board for a publicity photo shoot. For most of the children this was the first time that they had been on any boat, let alone a ship the size of Challenge and while the dismantling work in the engine room prevented a visit to that area, the event demonstrated the potential for similar occasions in the future.
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