October 20011
Have just finished the first story in the series of “Tales from Sandy Bottom”.
The BBC “One Show” has shown the piece on me and the Cuttlefish of Babbacombe Bay on the 28th September ,if you missed it The BBC has put it on their Nature History Unit’s website
The Story of a Liberty Ship the James Eagan Layne
We tell the story of how these Liberty Ship came into being, from the British designer's, to how we got the American’s to build these Cargo ships. We look at the people who sailed on them and also look at the wreck site of the “James Eagan Layne”, and the community that lived in the bay when the ship came in, in March 23 rd 1945. The impact in had on the marine life of the bay.
We finish the evening with the film of the James Eagan Layne ( 33 mins),
At the talks you have the option to purchase some of our merchandise DVD’s, Greetings Etc.
