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This web site is dedicated to the Dockyard School staff, the
January 1951 Entry Shipwrights and the IVth year upper-school
students during the period 1954 to 1955.
Although it contains content
with some photographs to jog memories it goes further by giving a background to
the birth and death of the dockyard schools, that became a beacon for
educational excellence at home and abroad. And as added interest, there are
links to the history of Portsmouth Royal Dockyard and the support given to the
Royal Navy over the centuries.
The original purpose of the site was to
provide a focus for the IVth year upper-school students , spread far
and wide, during the countdown to their 50th reunion planned for
Friday 8th July 2005 in Portsmouth. It was also an opportunity to
celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar when Lord
Nelson lost his life on board HMS Victory; now a permanent memorial in
Portsmouth Dockyard.
The 2005 reunion dinner is now a continuation of
our history. Thus these pages now include memorable moments from that occasion
when the years rolled back and our lady guests added to a most enjoyable
evening. It was unanimous that we should meet again in 2010.
And so we
did. The 55th anniversary reunion lunch was on Friday
16th July 2010 in Southsea to renew friendships that started nearly
six decades ago. Details of the event can be seen from the above link Upper
School. Another 5 years may be too long for the next reunion so the plan is for
2013.
The site has since grown to include the parting dinner in 1956 of
the January 1951 shipwright apprentices and their reunion lunch in 2009 and
their 60th anniversary reunion in January 2011.
Although this
personal web site is assembled for a particular group of 1951 apprentices,
should other viewers come across these pages it is hoped that they will find
them of interest and perhaps find some common ground. To all readers should
there be errors or material that may be relevant to this group then the author
Keith
Hart would be pleased to receive them.
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