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Seaford Afternoon Flower Club
The competition title for August was Sumer Fruits and for those of you who have been following the activities of our club members, I must first apologise for the error in last month’s Seaford Scene. The competition entitled Animal Magic was for the month of July, not August as stated, and our August competition was entitled Summer Fruits. This title obviously inspired several of our members to create an arrangement and some of the entries are pictured here. Probably the abundance of produce resulting from our splendid summer was the catalyst in encouraging many of our members to arrange the produce from their gardens (both flowers and fruits) and share the results with all of us.
At the time of writing we have no clear idea as to when our club will be able to meet again in order to enjoy one another’s company and share the ideas and creations of demonstrators. We look forward to that time and hope that we may be able to brighten our autumn days with some face-to-face interaction.
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Tristan da Cunha – the most remote, inhabited island in the world
Laurie Holland has collected stamps, postal history and ephemera relating to Tristan for many years and has built up a deep understanding of its history and inhabitants – he even visited the islands with his wife to a volcanic eruption shown on this stamp of 1963 to climb down rope netting
and younger son in 2006 and stayed there for a week Manthorpe on 01323 492433, email:
getting to know them ‘face to face’. This is a brief sample of his extensive collection.
Why collect philatelic items from this very remote and sparsely populated British Overseas Territory of under 300 people which is half-way between South America and South Africa? Answer: I was intrigued by its history.
Discovered in 1506, garrisoned by the British in 1816 with the first settlement established in 1817 (photo below).
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Tristan did not have its own stamps or even a post office until 1952 when over-printed St Helena stamps were issued. (photo below). Instead island
cachet handstamps were used as shown here (photo below) and the receiver had to pay the postage or sometimes stamps were
supplied by passing ships. Early cachets on are very scarce because often there were many months before another boat could take mail from the island as shown on this letter which was written in May 1931 and received in Feb 1932. (photo left). In 1961 the island was evacuated due
(photo right) and the return of the islanders in 1973 (photo below). Access to the island is still difficult and frequently rough seas make it impossible for ships to land. On my visit in 2006 we had from RMS St Helena onto a rib to get ashore.
Why not call in and see us once the meetings recommence? Further information can be obtained from the club secretary David david.manthorpe10@gmail.com (or keep an eye on the ‘What’s On’ listings that appear at the end of this magazine).
