The Box is a major cultural and heritage attraction and archive, which opened in Plymouth’s city centre in September 2020. Its collection, formally the South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA), is the regional film archive for the South West of England, comprising the combined programme libraries of Westward Television and Television South West (TSW). It also includes a significant number of donated film collections dating back to the early 1890s.
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The MV Allegrity London Beached
Oil tanker beaches at private cove.
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Overview
On 13 December the tanker MV Allecrity of London owned by Everard and Sons Ltd struck Greeb Point and ran aground at Porthluney Cove in Cornwall. The tanker was on its way from Le Havre in France to Stanlow Oil Refinery at Ellesmere Port on the Wirral. All crew members were rescued. Porthluney Cove is also known as Caerhays Beach because it is below Caerhays Castle.
The tanker Allecrity was owned by FT Everard and Sons Ltd. Founded in 1889 by Fred Everard, the company was based on the Thames at Greenhithe in Kent and became known for its sailing barges. Everard's sons Will, Fred, Alf and his daughter Ethel were all directors on the board when it became a limited company in 1922. They continued to build boats after Fred Senior died and many of their ships were named with an A and they would end in ‘ity'.
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