The Fleetwood Motor Trawler Site

Fleetwood Development Trust have made a rival bid for a replacement for the burned out pier. The new building will be a Heritage Pier and will be for the benefit of tourists and local folk alike.

The mainstay of a series of attractions will include the following.

• A rolling maritime heritage exhibition.
• A planetarium/cinema.
• A debating chamber for the newly formed Town Council (this will also be available to local interest groups for meetings and displays).
• A cafeteria/coffee shop.
• A viewing platform to allow visitors to make full use of the panoramic vista of Morecambe Bay.
• Local schools will have the opportunity to participate in projects such as The Jason Project.
  And much more.

Several large corporations have expressed interest in supporting the project and an artist’s impression shows the projected building.

More to follow.

Artists Sketch of the proposed Maritime Heritage Pier

Date and Venue
Saturday 12th December 2009 – Fleetwood Museum

The museum is open from 11:00 – 16:00 with free admission.

Information
The museum will be open from 11-4pm and entrance for all will be free. The purpose is to allow anyone wishing to remember the Red Falcon and her crew or any other boat or crew member, the chance to do so in an area linked with Fleetwood’s Maritime Heritage. The museum has many memorial plaques including one for the Red Falcon and her crew as well as model boats and various artefacts.

The Mayor will lay a wreath on the Fisherman’s memorial on the prom at 2pm and there will be a short service by the Fisherman’s Mission representative.

More information coming soon.

Vessel Information
Information about the loss can be found here.
Vessel History can be found here.

DO YOU HAVE AMATEUR FILM & MEMORIES OF THE FISHING INDUSTRY IN & AROUND
FLEETWOOD?

Available Light Productions, Bristol is producing for BBC 4 a three part documentary series “the Story of the Sea”. One programme will be on the changes the fishing industry has seen in the last hundred years or so.

The programmes will be based on amateur films and the experiences of local people – often appearing in those films.

We are particularly looking for people who have made amateur films / home movies of their work in the fishing industry, preferably over a period of decades – and who can tell us about the changes they have seen taking place. Can you help?

Please contact:
Sue Bennett: 0117 908 4433
sbennett@availablelight.tv