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The Filey Bay Initiative
- investigating, promoting, educating and advertising the assets of this
exclusive and beautiful area that is integrated into our community,
including a look at the Filey John Paul Jones Heritage Coast which has
generated a lot of interest.
The proposal for the Filey John Paul
Jones Heritage Coast is featured in this new site to compliment the Town
of Filey's Sistership and cultural link with Calvert County, Maryland, USA
and is very successful in promoting our area to overseas visitors. In
the Cultural Link section we look at maritime projects in Calvert County
that are linked to our own in the Bay as part of our "British History in
America" which helped to shape the County during early turbulent
times. We have visited two maritime projects on behalf of the Town,
the HMS De Braak project and the wrecksite of the USS Scorpion
of the War of 1812,
and we have a new link to our work in the Bay with a Maritime Rescue Squad
of Calvert County.
The "Friends of Filey Bay
Initiative" are doing very well and are hosting some good lectures.
Membership is open to all interested members of the public to
share in the knowledge about our area. Our very own Kath Wilkie
has researched a little known aspect of Filey folk law - The Filey Dragon
(things that go bump on the Filey Brigg), and another local
group the "Filey Rocks and Fossils" are featured here as they take a peek into our
local geology with young students. On
the question of a possible undiscovered early period settlement of North
Filey, we publish Archaeologist Dan Eaton's own researches into this fascinating
subject.
Our own maritime history
continues to be investigated, expanded and featured here and surfers can
interact with a plan of a shipwreck on the Trawler Skegness page to see the actual underwater
condition of the vessel as it is today. The pages of this site are continually being improved
and we welcome comments from our surfers.
Sponsorship - You can
become a sponsor of the Initiative's Bonhomme Richard Project, please
contact us
for details.
On a broader front, the Initiative has an
interest in the maritime conservation area at Flamborough and the Filey Bay Initiative supports The Flamborough Head European Marine Site Management Scheme
and Filey is very pleased to
have received the European Blue Flag award for the cleanliness of its
seawater and beaches
All the material in this site is the subject of
copyright (see disclaimer). While we take a relaxed view to material being used for
educational and personal use we request that individuals using this
material for commercial, promotional and publication purposes contact us
first. To those professional organisations who have already
requested use of our material, we extend our gratitude and we hope
that you have found the information useful.
If you have any comments
you can contact the webmaster
on this link
The Filey Bay Initiative is a
Company Limited by Guarantee, Registered at Companies House, Crown Way
Cardiff, CF14 3UZ . Registered number: 04731745. Registered Office: Council
Offices, 52A Queen Street, Filey, North Yorkshire YO14 9HE.
All content ©
L P Green December 2006 |
