{"id":6311,"date":"2023-09-13T18:44:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/?p=6311"},"modified":"2023-09-13T18:44:49","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:44:49","slug":"speaker-meeting-11th-september-welcome-to-bridget-followed-by-the-m-shed-clive-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/2023\/09\/13\/speaker-meeting-11th-september-welcome-to-bridget-followed-by-the-m-shed-clive-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Meeting 11th September: Welcome to Bridget followed by The M-Shed &#8211;\u00a0Clive Brain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/09\/Induction-Bridget-11th-September-2023.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6317\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/09\/Induction-Bridget-11th-September-2023-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/09\/Induction-Bridget-11th-September-2023-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/09\/Induction-Bridget-11th-September-2023.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Welcome Bridget:<\/strong> Before our Speaker Meeting we were delighted to welcome Bridget.\u00a0 We know she will enjoy our programme work and will settle in quickly\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The M Shed\u00a0 &#8211; Clive Brain <\/strong><span data-contrast=\"auto\">gave a sparkling talk to us about the M Shed Museum explaining that it\u2019s\u00a0called that because each shed along the docks was given a letter when Bristol was a working port with boats directed to the relevant one for unloading.<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/09\/Speaker-Meeting-11th-September-2023.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6316\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/09\/Speaker-Meeting-11th-September-2023-300x219.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/09\/Speaker-Meeting-11th-September-2023-300x219.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/bristol\/files\/2023\/09\/Speaker-Meeting-11th-September-2023.jpeg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Clive showed interesting videos of behind the scenes at the museum along with\u00a0current exhibits \u2013 including the double-decker Bristol bus that many of our grandchildren have had fun playing in over the years.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We learned that the well-known saying ship shape and Bristol Fashion resulted from the roping together of\u00a0 boats moored alongside each other to provide stability and stop them toppling over because of the Avon\u2019s 11 metre tidal drop.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Clive also told us of his long involvement with the fire boat Pyronaut, one of 3 boats owned by the museum and for which, at the end of its active life he was Coxwain.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The possibility of organising a day with the M Shed to include a trip on the Pyronaut (currently being overhauled) and a look behind the scenes of the M Shed certainly whetted our appetites.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Welcome Bridget: Before our Speaker Meeting we were delighted to welcome Bridget.\u00a0 We know&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":584,"featured_media":6317,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","category-supper-meetings-read-what-our-speakers-have-to-say"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Speaker Meeting 11th September: Welcome to Bridget followed by The M-Shed -\u00a0Clive Brain | News | Blog | Events | SI Bristol<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Bristol : Blog &amp; News : Speaker Meeting 11th September: Welcome to Bridget followed by The M-Shed -\u00a0Clive Brain : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Bristol . 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