The restoration of Endeavour is progressing well and on
the afternoon of Friday 8th April she will return to Leigh, where work such
as fixing the rigging, installing the engine and electrics and fitting the
sails will be undertaken. On Saturday the 23rd April at 2.30pm, there will
be a short ceremony to welcome her back, which will be held on Strand Wharf.
On the 25th May she will set sail for Dunkirk in order to
be part of the wreath-laying ceremony in Dunkirk Harbour on Sunday 29th May,
returning to Leigh in early June.
If you would like to be at the ceremony in Dunkirk we are
hoping to send a coach party on the 28th staying overnight, returning on
Sunday 29th after the ceremony, cost £72.
Alternatively, there will be a service in St. Johns
Church in Church Road, Southend (behind the Royals Shopping Centre on Sunday 29th May at 11.15am which will be attended by
the remaining Local Dunkirk Veterans.
