Blue Plaque at Sir Alec Rose’s Grocery

2020-11-06T11:23:19+00:00March 21st, 2019|Heritage, News|

Alec Rose, the yachtsman Grocer from Southsea who sailed around the world in Lively Lady in 1967/68 has been honoured in his home town with a blue plaque over the shop which he used to run as a greengrocer. This is said to be the place where Rose did some of the planning for his [...]

Lively Lady to sail at Hamble Classics 2018

2018-05-15T23:02:30+01:00May 15th, 2018|News|

Sir Alec Rose’s famous round-the-world yacht Lively Lady will be sailing in this year's Hamble Classics Regatta on 15-16th September at the Royal Southern Yacht Club. Now under the stewardship of Alan Priddy, Lively Lady is back in commission after a complete refit and will be celebrating her homecoming to Portsmouth in 1968 on July 8th [...]

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