Hornblower tours Ramsbottom's yacht during a dinner party on board.

Rather than discouraging the use of the spring lever by the fireman, Ramsbottom's valve encouraged this.

He finds Ramsbottom's ship, empty, accompanied by the Helmond, anchored off the coast of Venezuela.

In his free time, he joined the amateur dramatic group at the Little Theatre in Mumbles, visited the cinema in Uplands, took walks along Swansea Bay, and frequented Swansea's pubs, especially the Antelope and the Mermaid Hotels in Mumbles.

The only two theatres with their own ensemble are the Studiobühne Bayreuth and amateur dramatic society, Brandenburg Kulturstadl.

The Barret School of Irish Dancing has produced some of Ireland's best Irish dancers, and the local theatre group, The Puddle Alley Players, has won several awards over the years in amateur dramatic competitions.

The building has also been used for amateur dramatic performances, since 2008 St Hilda's College Drama Society have been producing several plays a year in the Edward Boyle Auditorium.

While resident in Grahamstown he wrote some satirical sketches for local amateur dramatic entertainment and invented the character Caatje Kekelbek or Life Among the Hottentots ( 1838 ), also known as Kaatje Kekkelbek ( Katie Gossip ) who endeared herself forever to South Africans, and held John Philip and other missionaries up to ridicule.

Chester has its own film society, a number of amateur dramatic societies and theatre schools.

* Two amateur dramatic theatres in Greater Manchester, the Altrincham Garrick Theatre and the Stockport Garrick Theatre, also take his name.

His parents retired to Mortehoe, Devon and then Worthing where he joined an amateur dramatic society.

The amateur dramatic group the Wisbech Players has been performing for over 50 years.

The gang meet under the guise of an amateur dramatic society rehearsing Journey ’ s End to discuss the plan before moving into Hyde ’ s house and living a military regime of duties and fines, £ 100 to £ 500, to be deducted from the haul.

Mira variables are popular targets for amateur astronomers interested in variable star observations, because of their dramatic changes in brightness.

In December 2004, the theatre celebrated its centenary with events that included performances of the original programme by amateur dramatic groups and a production of Michael West's Dublin By Lamplight, originally staged by Annie Ryan for The Corn Exchange company at the Project Arts Centre in November 2004.

The town also has a thriving amateur dramatic community, and many groups make use of the town hall for their shows.

In 1954 Muir founded an amateur dramatic society, " Thorpe Players ", in the village of Thorpe, Surrey where he lived for many years.

Despite these setbacks, the Canberra community continued to develop in sophistication, if not in size, with the establishment of community facilities such as a radio station ( 2CA ) in 1931 ( initially run from a shop in the Kingston area ), and the amateur dramatic Canberra Repertory Society in 1932.

Local performers, including the District Eisteddfod and local amateur dramatic societies, utilise it to provide cultural opportunities for the local community.

Wellington has its own amateur dramatic group, formed in the 1960s, called Wellington Arts Association, which holds productions both at Wellington Arts Centre and at the Wellesley Theatre.

Thelwall also has its own Morris Dancing team, the " Thelwall Morris Men ", and its own amateur dramatic group, the " Bridgewater Players ",

The story is about a gay retired painter, a single father who tries to spend a quiet day at the seaside with his son, but who is interrupted by children on a school trip, dogs, a landscape painter, an amateur dramatic society, and others.

In his spare time, he took singing lessons in Cardiff from Idloes Owen, who went on to found the Welsh National Opera as well as singing with the local Methodist choir and the local amateur dramatic society.

There is a local amateur dramatic society, and two golf clubs, both of which are based around pubs.

This shift included an increase in dramatic television series from Canada and Britain that had little to no relation to the rural lifestyle, and amateur sports coverage including alpine skiing, curling, snowboarding, Toronto FC, and Canada national team soccer, among others.

In fall 1946 he continued his education in Altenburg and played in an amateur dramatic society.

The British Amateur Rugby League Association ( BARLA ) was created in 1973 in Huddersfield by a group of enthusiasts concerned about the dramatic disappearance of many amateur leagues and clubs.

Other notable buildings include the Lyceum, the Gladstone Theatre ( which hosts local amateur dramatic productions ), Hesketh Hall ( which houses the local branch of the Royal British Legion ) and the " Bridge Inn " public house.

Online chess has opened amateur and professional competition to a wide and varied group of players.

Gardner himself admitted that the rituals of the existing group were fragmentary at best, and he set about reconstructing them as a basis of his tradition, drawing on his skills as an occultist and amateur folklorist.

On March 25, 2003, Kemp was selected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of USA Football, a national advocacy group for amateur football created by the National Football League ( NFL ) and the NFL Players Association.

Most recently, a group of 15 amateur radio operators from the Palmyra DX Group visited the reef in October 2000.

In 1995, a loose group of amateur microscopists, drawn from several organizations in the UK and US, founded a site () for microscopy based on the knowledge and input of amateur ( perhaps better referred to as ' enthusiast ') microscopists.

During his university studies he was a upright bass player in a group formed with the now Mediaset Chairman and amateur pianist Fedele Confalonieri and occasionally performed as a cruise ship crooner.

Young Vivian made her first stage appearance at the age of three, reciting " Little Bo Peep " for her mother's amateur theatre group.

* October 5 – The first radio broadcast of a World Series baseball game was aired by Newark, NJ station WJZ ; Pittsburgh, PA station KDKA, and a group of other commercial and amateur stations throughout the eastern United States.

The first group chiefly derive pleasure from the simple ownership of monetary devices and studying these coins as private amateur scholars.

Speaking of his early days as a playwright and referring to an early collaborative play called Cairo, Shanghai, Bombay !, produced while he was a part of an amateur summer theater group in Memphis, Tennessee, Williams wrote, " The laughter ... enchanted me.

Richard also joined a youth drama group led by Leo Lloyd, a steel worker and avid amateur thespian, who taught him the fundamentals of acting.

Most dōjinshi are created by amateurs who often work in " circles "; for example, the group CLAMP began as an amateur dōjinshi circle, drawing Saint Seiya yaoi.

The Kings Theatre, situated in Albert Road, is a venue that hosts a variety of performances, including productions by the local amateur group the Southsea Shakespeare Actors.

As a cover, the Professor convinces the naive Mrs. Wilberforce that the group are an amateur string quintet using the room for rehearsal space.

This was a group of amateur radio operators that enjoyed the ability to communicate all over the world.

The Hardy Players ( now re-formed in 2005 by Bugler's sister Norrie ) was an amateur group from Dorchester who re-enacted Hardy ’ s novels.

One short studio session was made for Riverside ( only released later by its subsidiary Jazzland in 1961 ) and a larger group recording featuring Coltrane was split between that album and Monk's Music ; an amateur tape from the Five Spot ( not the original residency, but a later September 1958 reunion with Coltrane sitting in for Johnny Griffin ) was issued on Blue Note in 1993 ; and a recording of the quartet performing at a Carnegie Hall concert on November 29, previously " rumoured to exist ", was recorded in high fidelity by Voice of America, rediscovered in the collection of the Library of Congress in 2005 and released by Blue Note.

Oberth became a member of the Verein für Raumschiffahrt ( VfR )-the " Spaceflight Society " – an amateur rocketry group that had taken great inspiration from his book, and Oberth acted as something of a mentor to the enthusiasts who joined the Society.

Folkestone together with Hythe, have an amateur theatre group: the Folkestone & Hythe Operatic & Dramatic Society.

This was a group of amateur radio operators that enjoyed the ability to communicate all over the world.

The Radar Rangers are an amateur radio enthusiast group that helps Buckaroo track major threats.

Bingley Little Theatre is both a venue and a major amateur group, with eight productions a year as well as studio pieces.