Meetings / Events
23/05/2012 - What The Papers Said: Fort Nelson - 1860 to 1900
A talk by Phil Magrath, Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson
27/06/2012 - Fort St. Elmo, Malta
A presentation by John Cartwright
25/07/2012 - The Diving Museum, No 2 Battery Stokes Bay
PFS Outside Visit to the Diving Museum located at No 2 Battery, Stokes Bay
News
On Friday 27th April a few PFS members were privileged to be invited out to Spitbank Fort by the owners Clarenco to see the results of their labours over the last two years of converting the Fort into a five star private hotel.
...> read morePFS member Colm Doyle tells us that Fort Camden, Cork, featured in an RTE 1 programme 'dirty old town'. The program shows what can happen if local residents get together to tidy up or restore a run down part of their town. ...> read more
Membership
Membership of the Palmerston Forts Society is open to all enthusiasts of nineteenth century fortifications and artillery aged over 18 years, and membership will apply to a member’s spouse / partner (although the spouse / partner does not have voting rights unless they are a member themselves).
Benefits of membership include:
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Regular newsletters and advance information of the Society’s activities;
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The Society’s annual journal ‘The Redan;
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Attendance at the monthly meetings held at Fort Nelson (excluding August and December);
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Opportunities to visit other fortifications as a group member;
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Opportunities to utilise the Society’s small library of reference books, and to request further research assistance from Royal Armouries own library resources;
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The opportunity to join the Portsdown Artillery Volunteers and to fire Victorian ordnance (only after suitable Health & Safety training);
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Voting rights at the Society’s Annual General Meeting held at Fort Nelson each October;
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Opportunities to attend regular work parties at Fort Nelson and to be involved with maintenance and conservation work at the fort, if a member is so inclined. This is not mandatory!
If you would like to join then download the Membership Application Pack. If you are a UK tax payer please complete the Gift Aid Form too.
Membership subscription:
UK & EC Europe £20.00Rest of the World £25.00
The membership year commences 1 October. A half-year subscription of £10.00 is available to new members joining between April and September.
Please send your completed application form (and gift aid form, if applicable) and cheque made payable to ‘The Palmerston Forts Society’ to:
Membership Secretary, Palmerston Forts Society20 Nore Farm Avenue, Emsworth, Hants, PO10 7NA, UK
Any questions? If so, do contact the Membership Secretary at: membership@palmerstonfortssociety.org.uk