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| If you require further
information or have a question to ask about any of the
topics covered within this web site - email us now and
we will get one of our subject experts to answer your
question. The Team are as follows: |
| Alisdair
Murray |
Co-ordinating
Editor. Ex Royal Marine and portrait painter Alisdair
has been Curator of the Nothe Fort for the last 16 years
during which time he has amassed a considerable knowledge
of the naval and military past of Weymouth and Portland.
From his extensive contacts he has built a strong team
of contributors.
Included are:- |
| Dr David Evans |
Author of
books on Portland Harbour and freelance research expert
working for Keystone and English Heritage. |
| Rodney Alcock |
Curator,
Weymouth Museum. |
| Maureen Attwooll |
Author of
several local histories including the build-up to D-Day
and wrecks and wrecking. |
| Doug Hollins |
Historian
of Whiteheads Torpedo Factory. |
| Dave Carter |
Subject expert
on Red Barracks. |
| Ed Cumming |
Diver and
collector of Torpedo memorabilia, and lecturer on the
loss of the Abergavenny in Weymouth Bay. |
| Bertie Male |
Portlander,
brought up and earned his living in the quarrying industry.
Royal Navy during WW2 with extensive experience in Landing
Craft. First Lieutenant of British Tank Landing Craft
carrying Americans from Portland to Normandy over the
D-Day period. |
| Ian Brooke |
of Brooke
Photographic, local photographer who supplied us with
his great helicopter shots of Portland, the Harbour, Fleet
and Chesil. |
| Osprey |
The Commodore
and Staff at RNAS Yeovilton and specifically, Lieutenant
Scott Lockey, Royal Australian Navy. |
| Dr Geoffrey Carter |
Naval historian
and author of several books on the Royal Navy at Portland. |
| Ian Watling |
a local fisherman
for 20 years. |
| Nicholas Garner |
Designer
and maker of various things - webstuff, music, printed
ephemera, furniture. Ambition is to visit half of the
places mentioned on this site. |
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Tymn Lintell
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Publisher of The Heritage Coast website
and originator of the Cyberport concept. Thirty years
experience in multimedia design and execution - for government,
museums and corporations. Resident of Weymouth, passionate
about the sea. |
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The editors would also like to thank
the Public Records Office at Kew for their assistance
in sourcing early plans and elevations of Breakwater
Fort.
We also extend our thanks to the Weymouth
Civic Society and the Committee of the Nothe Fort for
their assistance with photographic and reference material.
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