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The Ellen MacArthur Trust

February 25, 2010 Charity

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The Ellen MacArthur Trust is a charity based on the IOW working with young people between 8 and 24, helping to rebuild their confidence after treatment for cancer and leukaemia.

Established in 2003 by world-renowned yachtswoman and IOW resident Dame Ellen MacArthur, the Trust now welcomes young people from hospitals all over [...]

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A Victorian Festival of Christmas at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

November 25, 2009 Events

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Start your festive season with a day out to A Victorian Festival of Christmas at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

The special 10th Anniversary event this year promises all of your festival favourites of the last decade with a host of Victorian entertainment and colourful characters, the largest Christmas market on the South Coast, and even more snow!

Tickets [...]

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Exclusive Weekend Offered For Fans Of Naval Novelist

November 12, 2009 Days Out

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A lower gundeck dinner in HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, is the centrepiece of a weekend in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard devoted to the leading fictional chronicler of Nelson’s Navy, Patrick O’Brian.

Brought to a new generation of fans by the film Master and Commander, starring Russell Crowe [...]

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