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A special page with love from Tristan da Cunha to show the world Tristan's credentials as the Love Island 2008 Valentine's Dinner cancelled due to the Factory Fire on 13th February |
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| To begin at the top.... Tristan da Cunha's 2062m high Queen Mary's Peak is a mecca for lovers as it offers this stunning view of its heart-shaped crater lake, photographed by Captain Peter Holloway of London Offshore Consultants who is supervising the oil rig salvage operations on behalf of the Insurers. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frosty but still romantic .... tristandc.com's web manager took this similar photograph after climbing the peak with his young bride on Ascension Day 1984. Having journeyed to Tristan da Cunha to complete their honeymoon three months before, and with no other companions to spoil this winter view of the heart-shaped frozen crater lake. |
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The world's first (and most successful) blind date? In 1826, after the arrival of 52 year old bachelor Thomas Swain, Maria Glass was the only woman islander and the long-term viability of the community in doubt. The solution was as neat as it was bizarre. Five bachelors negotiated with the regular visiting Captain Amm, of the Duke of Gloucester to try to persuade five willing ladies to accompany him from St Helena on what may be the world’s first ‘blind date’. When the sloop anchored in April 1827, it indeed contained five women. The first ashore, Sarah Jacobs, was taken by the hand of Thomas Swain, as he had promised. Shortly one couple had become six and a viable community on Tristan da Cunha was thus a real possibility. If you are interested in Tristan da Cunha's history, check out our History Section |
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Atlantic Fresh St Valentine's Day Restaurant
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About 50 diners celebrated St Valentine's Day in the Prince Philip Hall on the night of Wednesday 14th February 2007. Tristan's own catering company 'Atlantic Fresh' (who had previously provided take-away meals from the hall, and also provided catering for Receptions and Old Year's Night) organised a splendid themed evening with special menu, decorations, lighting and music to create a restaurant atmosphere on the island for the first time. |
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The Atlantic Fresh team are all girls working normally for the island's Treasury Department, and this was their most ambitious project yet. We await a photograph of the girls in their smart uniforms kindly sponsored by Karriem Fowkes of Table Bay Marine, Cape Town. The St Valentine Night's team was : Lorraine, Iris, Paula and Dawn. |
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'There was a nice and romantic ambience, with low light atmosphere and candles on tables, with music during the dinner. Decoration of the tables with roses, of course.' Comment from Thierry Assef who also kindly sent the photos of the special dinner. 'The food produced was sublime to say the least. I have eaten in restaurants
in UK and South Africa. Our Tristan ladies cooking tasted better than what I have experience abroad. Jamie Oliver eat your heart out! Well Done! "Atlantic Fresh" I will be amongst the first to book a table for the next venue. I hope we will not have long to wait.'
Comment from Conrad Glass (Tristan's Police Inspector) |
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Thanks to Administrator Mike Hentley, seen here with his wife Janice, for inspiring our Valentine's Special- Love from Tristan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Published by the Tristan da Cunha Government and the Tristan da Cunha Association. Copyright © 2008 and all Rights Reserved. This page first published February 2007 |
