tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83208604077871280292024-03-18T00:19:43.684+00:00Endeavour TrustThe Endeavour Trust is a charitable organisation set up in 2001 in order to restore and maintain a historic fishing boat and Dunkirk Little Ship from Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England, to its former glory.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger400125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-87011960941716952952023-11-19T15:28:00.007+00:002023-11-20T08:10:07.327+00:00Christmas 2023 Cards and Gifts
Hello Trust members and supporters – have you considered Endeavour merchandise for your Christmas presents? The three cards below are high quality cards with sharp images and some history of the boat on the read (designs 1&2). They are 50 pence each, with an envelope and are available from Chris Burls. Please contact Chris with the number you'd like and he'll respond with details of howUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-85924752508119037932023-09-30T12:00:00.001+01:002024-01-11T12:24:52.140+00:00A Mixed Summer<!--[if !mso]>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-39729424106257770132023-09-30T11:30:00.002+01:002024-01-11T12:28:09.914+00:00Old Leigh FairA few years ago, the Old Leigh Regatta, which had been held on the first decent weekend high water each September for as long as many of us can remember, looked as if it was going to become history. Step forward the good old dependable Leigh–on-Sea Lions Club, who stepped up and continued the tradition on the appropriate Sunday. Much had to change. The greasy pole failed the health and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-83495276547912233842023-09-30T11:00:00.009+01:002024-01-11T12:30:40.703+00:00Leigh Shanty FestivalEndeavour was once again on parade for the Leigh Shanty Festival over the weekend 20th—21st May. We had to attend, of course, because our faithful friends, the Leigh-on-Sea Lions Club with the Hoy At Anchor Folk Club, were running it to benefit both the RNLI and the Endeavour Trust! A glorious weekend saw shanty crews from as far away as Felixstowe, Kent, Stony Stratford and Milton Keynes Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-92177378754583475552023-09-30T10:30:00.006+01:002024-01-11T12:32:39.978+00:00Endeavour Summer SocialOn Thursday 8th June, our good friends at Osborne Bros hosted our Summer Social on Billet Wharf with entertainment from the Hoy Shanty Crew. The Summer Social is an opportunity for our members to get together to enjoy local seafood and each other’s company with Endeavour sitting dressed overall on her mooring nearby. Chris Burls gave the assembled company an update on Endeavour’s tales overUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-4292828061857221522023-08-12T19:10:00.006+01:002023-09-19T13:54:44.905+01:00Laying Up Supper 2023 Full DetailsThis year's Laying Up Supper will be held at the Chalkwell Park Rooms on the evening of Friday 20th October. The Supper gives you and friends a chance to get together, meet committee members and discuss the future of the Trust. Venue: Chalkwell Park Rooms. SS0 8NBDate: &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-82396472031761031222023-07-19T12:01:00.004+01:002023-09-19T13:55:03.526+01:00Tragedy Strikes as Endeavour's Mast Breaks! Don't panic! It's not quite as it seems!!Members may recall that last October we carried a piece about the lovely radio-controlled model of Endeavour that had been put together by Jimmy and Barbara Waters. Jimmy just sent us an update about an incident that occurred recently. Over to Jimmy: "We
took our boats to Maldon for a sail this week. Poor Endeavour had a
rough time though. Her rigging Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-44818196088793257602023-05-30T10:01:00.005+01:002023-09-19T13:55:43.767+01:00Summer Reception 2023The Hoy Shanty Crew at last year's eventThis year’s Summer Reception will be held on Thursday 8th June, at Osbourne Bros on Billet Wharf.
The Summer Reception is renowned for being great fun and an opportunity to chat with Trust members over a glass while enjoying Osbourne’s fine seafood.
Tickets are £20 each with a choice of seafood platter or Fish & Chips. If possible, please pay for yourUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-53437977721308944812023-03-12T13:25:00.007+00:002023-09-19T13:56:15.597+01:00New Treasurer SoughtUPDATE: A new Treasurer has been found!Our current Treasurer, Rob Everitt, has decided that after a few years in the role, he intends to stand down – which makes an opportunity for somebody to come in and take over the Treasurer role. Rob says that now we've 'gone digital', the role is far more streamlined and less arduous than in previous times and it's now quite a smooth role (...and trips to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-65366663938317452692023-02-01T10:14:00.003+00:002023-02-01T10:14:37.410+00:002022 AGM MinutesMinutes from the AGM have now been uploaded to the folder with the other AGM documents: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G7xdqeCu8gxNxdOcubKTCsctg5k7hJez Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-18310537033262475042022-12-14T14:23:00.007+00:002022-12-14T14:23:45.341+00:00Happy Christmas from the Leigh-on-Sea Endeavour TrustWith our thanks to Leigh Marina for the facility and to Allan Barttram and the three other volunteers that did the work, Endeavour is now tucked up for the winter with a lift out planned for March.Season’s greetings to all our members!The Endeavour Committee
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-63456476526375701792022-11-11T21:39:00.002+00:002022-11-12T20:51:17.923+00:00Endeavour InstagramIt was the Trust’s AGM last night, and a very decent turnout of members, supporters and volunteers enjoyed a review of the Trust’s year on shore, off shore and online courtesy of trustees and committee members.One item about our website and social media led to an offer from Andrew Millham to set up an Endeavour Trust Instagram account.Instagram, for those not in the know, is dedicated to images Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-64736232028801651952022-11-10T21:10:00.017+00:002022-11-12T20:51:57.551+00:00AGM 2022 Documents Please find below a link to a folder with the documents from the 2022 AGM.https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1G7xdqeCu8gxNxdOcubKTCsctg5k7hJezIn the folder are the following; AGM 2022 Agenda, Chair’s Remarks, AGM 2021 minutes - which received approval - Annual Accounts 2020/21 - also approved - and two reports relating to Endeavour’s year onshore and off. The Committee was Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-24055181276155259172022-10-24T12:08:00.043+01:002022-11-02T12:32:28.868+00:00Back in the MarinaOn Monday 24th October, a crack team of Allan Barttram, Chris Burls and Andy Lewis moved Endeavour into her more protected winter berth at Leigh Marina. The Marina have given her pride of place, on a pontoon berth. This was noted with much thanks, as it makes it much easier for some of our more senior volunteers to get on and off board! Endeavour will remain at the Marina over winter Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-23599016449829222872022-10-10T12:00:00.001+01:002022-10-10T12:00:00.195+01:00Welcome to the Autumn Newsletter
Welcome to an issue of the newsletter that could have been half as big again! In fact, due to the additional space that the website gives us, we've expanded a few of our stories to give more photos and more information than we had room for in the printed version. We were lucky enough to host both our MP and Southend's major on a recent trip. You can read all about it and see a short film we Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-31737491269277105402022-10-10T11:30:00.035+01:002022-10-10T11:30:00.208+01:00An MP, Mayor & Macebearer Go MotoringAs part of the Trust’s commitment to giving Endeavour a more prominent profile in the local area, we were delighted to take out some distinguished guests for a return trip to the pier on Friday 27 August. We were very lucky to have ideal conditions.The Mayor of Southend, Kevin Robinson, Member of Parliament for Southend West, Anna Firth and Southend’s deputy macebearer, Tanya Hill met Rob EverittUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-24564692151190818742022-10-10T11:00:00.118+01:002022-10-10T11:00:00.219+01:00A Model Subject In September, we received an email from Jimmy Waters containing some photos of Endeavour at Maldon. We posted the picture above on our Facebook page and it duly got loads of likes.
In the comments, we posted a further two pictures and said, "If you look a little closer, you might realise - if you hadn’t already - things aren’t quite what they seem!" This was because the boat hasn’t been Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-66415806331093031662022-10-10T10:30:00.003+01:002022-10-10T10:30:00.194+01:00RIP Your MajestyFollowing the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Endeavour displayed the red ensign at half mast for the day of her funeral, 19th September. The Trust would like to thank the Queen for her 70 years of dedicated service as monarch.Her Majesty’s death on 8th September prompted the organisers to cancel the Old Leigh Shanty Festival on Saturday, 10th September and the Old Leigh Regatta on the following dayUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-37800648618236833272022-10-10T10:00:00.001+01:002022-10-10T10:00:00.197+01:00Annual Dinner 2022 We are pleased to announce that this year’s Annual Dinner to benefit the Trust is set to be our best yet! John Pearman and Mark Burns, who were responsible for the recent quiz night at The Hatch (see back page) have pulled out all the stops for this year’s event.The dinner takes place at the Chalkwell Park Rooms on Friday 4th November at 7pm.Our guest speaker is Rochford sailor Chris Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-17777935969234904842022-10-10T09:30:00.000+01:002022-10-10T09:30:00.187+01:00Hatch Quiz Night a Great SuccessThe quiz night at The Hatch at The Old Foundry at the start of August was a roaring success! John Pearman and Mark Burns organised an excellent evening’s entertainment.51 people and 11 teams took part and raised an incredible £1,423 on the night!Thank you to everyone that came, your generosity was really wonderful. The winner of the quiz was Clean Arfa with 39 points, with Badger Brigade on 36 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-20728504217788792392022-10-10T09:00:00.000+01:002022-10-10T09:00:00.204+01:002022 Annual General MeetingThe Annual General Meeting of the Leigh-on-Sea Endeavour Trust will be held on Thursday 10th November, 2022 at 7.00 pm at Leigh Community Centre, 71-73 Elm Road, Leigh-on-Sea SS9 1SP.Papers will be available on the website in advance of the meeting.The AGM is a great opportunity for members to meet up and find out about Endeavour’s year, so please do come along.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-42253425293534030412022-10-10T08:30:00.000+01:002022-10-10T08:30:00.196+01:00Help Wanted We are always looking for new volunteers to assist the Trust. This could be anything from maintenance to crewing, back office help to assisting when we put the gazebo up at events. If you know someone that might be interested in helping out, please do ask them to contact our membership secretary Chris Burls on 01702 553274 or droggy39@gmail.com. We’re a friendly bunch and there’s good Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-21625877993550338642022-10-10T08:00:00.011+01:002022-10-10T08:00:00.199+01:00Subscriptions are DueThe Trust depends on the support of its members, and we are extremely grateful that our members value the work we do. The Trust made a conscious decision this year to stay closer to home to increase the visibility of the boat for the local community, and the numbers taking trips and interest from passers-by has vindicated that decision.Treasurer Rob Everitt would like to ask members to please Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-1197513728565341932022-10-10T07:30:00.002+01:002022-10-10T07:30:00.200+01:00The Peterboat SignMembers will probably recall that if they go into the Peterboat, they can buy a pint of Hilda B, a session bitter from which the Trust receives 10p per pint. Now the Peterboat has another connection to Endeavour— her sign!The term ‘Peter boat’ or ‘peterboat’ originally referred to a double-ended boat without gunwales. Later, the term came to mean a small, decked fishing boat, closely associated Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8320860407787128029.post-90803985945996264632022-07-12T12:00:00.002+01:002022-08-18T14:17:19.548+01:00Welcome to the Summer Newsletter
This newsletter contains so much stuff, it'll require more than one sentence to summarise it. We have a report of our Summer Reception, Endeavour's contribution to the Jubilee Weekend, and an announcement of a fund-raising quiz night. There's a long overdue story about a lovely civic recognition for our Chair, David Norman, plus news of some engine problems (boo!) and some lovely pictures Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0