U boat Surrender

Derry City & Strabane District Council Presents

Derry~Londonderry and the Battle of the Atlantic

7th & 8th May 2016 Welcome to our annual event to mark the 71st anniversary of the surrender of the U-Boats, a major event in Second World War history.

Programme of Events Guildhall Main Hall - 10am - 5pm Main Stage –Slide show of U-boat images and footage View a range of displays from Second World War Collections: • Derry City & Strabane District Council Museum Service Collections • Royal British Legion Display • Bedlam: Vintage Clothes and Objects • Ulster Aviation Society Collection • City of Derry & District Gardening Society • Donegal Spitfire Interactive Display • Authentic U-boat Photographs and Video • Derry during the Second World War Slideshow • Children’s activities to include jigsaws, colouring in, dressing up and handling objects Whittaker Suite 10am – 5pm • 1940’s style photo booth (12-5pm) – Create your own photo opportunity • Café Atlantic - war-time inspired refreshments

Tower Museum 10am – 5 pm Saturday 7th of May: 10am – 12pm: Display of Curt Melton B-17 Objects & Photographs, plus video footage 1 2pm: ‘3 of a Kind: U-boat Aces’ – Ronan Mc Connell, Archivist DCSDC 1:30pm: ‘Meltin’ Pot: The B-17 Bomber in the Foyle’ – Danny Keenan, Local Diver 3pm: ‘Eglinton, Maydown (and Muff) - Aviation on and close to Lough Foyle in two world wars’ - Guy Warner, Historian Sunday 8th of May: 10am – 12pm: Display of Curt Melton B-17 Objects and Photographs, plus video footage 1 2am: ‘Rags, Rashers and Rationing’ – Kirsty Osborn, Assistant Archivist DCSDC 1:30pm: ‘Derry and the Second World War’ – Roy Hamilton, Historian 3pm: ‘The Foyle: A Hinge of History’ – Richard Doherty, Historian Talks are free to attend. Special reduced admission rate to the Tower Museum - £1 per person over the U-Boat Surrender weekend

Guildhall Square: 10am - 5pm • Full size replica Spitfire on display from the Ulster Aviation Society: climb inside the cock pit, experience what it was like to be a pilot, create your own photo opportunity for £3 • Display of wartime large scale artefacts by War Years Remembered • UXB Bomb Disposal by Jonny McNee, Historian

This information is available upon request in a number of formats including large print, Braille, PDF, audio formats (CD, MP3, DAISY) and other minority languages.

For further info please contact: Tower Museum, Union Hall Place, Derry BT48 6LU Telephone: 028 7137 2411 (from abroad: +44 28 7137 2411) Email: tower.reception@derrycity.gov.uk