Unlike The William Shakespeare, which was a new service and only ran for one Summer, The Merchant Venturer was a new name applied to an existing service: the 11:15 from Paddington and the 4:35 return from Weston. The Shakespeare had been timed for a day out and return the same day, but a same-day return on The Merchant Venturer would only have allowed a few hours, even at Bath. The Merchant Venturer was successful, and ran for eleven years, until 1961.
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For The Merchant Venturer this was to Bristol, Bath or beyond to Weston super Mare. The William Shakespeare ran to Stratford upon Avon. Both of them used carriages in the new carmine and cream livery of British Railways.
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Three headboard designs were used. The first was a British Railways Type 7 in black, with the text The Merchant Venturer across three lines. In 1956, this headboard was either replaced or repainted. It now had dark chocolate brown letters on a light cream background.
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The Merchant Venturer was regularly hauled by Castle-class locomotives, based at Old Oak Common. On the inaugural day, it was hauled by 7025 Sudeley Castle from London to Bristol, than 5062 Earl of Shaftesbury to Weston-super-Mare. The return Up run was made by 7019 Fowey Castle. King-class locomotives were also used from London.
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Frankland was the daughter of Robert Trappes, a citizen and goldsmith of London, by his wife Joan. She was born in London in 1531. She married, first Henry Saxey, a "merchant venturer", and afterwards William Frankland of Rye House, Hertfordshire, whom she outlived. By her first husband she had an only son, William Saxey, a student of Gray's Inn, to whom she was greatly attached, and who died at Rye House 22 August 1581, aged 23.
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The William Shakespeare was a named train of British Railways. It only ran for a single summer, from 3 May to 8 September 1951. Together with The Merchant Venturer, this was one of two excursions from London on the Western Region, as part of the Festival of Britain. Both of them ran from London with timings intended for a day out from the capital, to some of the cultural highlights that were the focuses of the festival.
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For the William Shakespeare this was ; The Merchant Venturer ran to Bristol and . Both of them used new Mark 1 carriages painted in British Railways' carmine and cream livery. The William Shakespeare operated from to Wolverhampton, with a through portion of four carriages attached and detached at for William Shakespeare's home of Stratford-upon-Avon. The main section left London at 10:10 and returned from Stratford and Wolverhampton at 19:23 and 19:50 respectively.
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The Merchant Venturer was a named train of British Railways. It ran over eleven Summer seasons from 3 May 1951 to 9 September 1961. Together with The William Shakespeare, this began as one of two excursions from London on the Western Region, as part of the Festival of Britain. Both of them ran from London and were intended for a short trip out from the capital, to some of the cultural highlights that were the focuses of the Festival.
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Daniel Lee Mazur was born on 15 October 1960 in Illinois. His family came from Złotów, Poland, and Bristol, England, where his ancestor Humphrey Hooke was a Merchant Venturer and Alderman during the 16th century. As a boy he spent his summers exploring the wilderness waterways of Canada by canoe with a YMCA group. Each summer the family would load the Ford station wagon with the kids and the dog and visit the national parks for a two-week camping trip.
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Although intended as a Summer service, it began earlier, with the opening of the festival at the start of May. The rest of the summer timetable did not begin until July, even later than usual, due to the austerity measures still in force. Partly due to poor promotion, as it did not even appear in the main timetable for two months, the service was unsuccessful and only ran for four months. The Merchant Venturer was more successful, and ran for ten years, until 1961.
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Queen Elizabeth I stayed here as a guest of the Youngs when visiting Bristol in 1574. In the late 17th century, a sugar house was established here by the merchant venturer Edward Colston to refine sugar that was brought in from the Caribbean to Bristol Harbour. The sugar refinery included thirteen cottages for workers in its grounds which extended towards the current sites of the Red Lodge Museum. In 1708, Colston established the Colston Boys' School in this building in order to educate the poor.
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He was Captain of Gloucestershire cricket team, 1919–1923. He was President of The Grateful Society in 1940, Master of Clifton Rugby Football Club 1943–1944, Master of The Society of Merchant Venturers, 1943–1945, and Chairman of E. S. & A. Robinson, a printing company. He was knighted at Buckingham Palace on 15 July 1958 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He was the owner and breeder of Homeward Bound, who won the 1964 Oaks; Huguenot, winner of 19 races; and Merchant Venturer, second to Relko in the 1963 Derby.
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In New Zealand SAFE Air moved rail freight from Wellington (the North Island) across the Cook Strait to Blenheim (the South Island) and back, using Bristol Freighters, starting in 1951. The airline later reconfigured its aircraft to accept palletised cargo loaded on patented "cargons". This was a first anywhere in the aviation world. A Bristol 170 Series 31 Merchant Venturer of SAFE Air at Auckland International Airport in 1973 Cargons were loaded near the rail yards and their load was calculated and arranged to remain within the aircraft's load and centre of gravity limits.
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In the spring of 1963, Relko won the Prix de Guiche and the Poule d'Essai des Poulains at Longchamp and was then aimed at The Derby. At Epsom on 29 May, Relko was sent off the 5/1 favourite in a field of twenty-six runners. Ridden by the 21-year-old Yves Saint-Martin, Relko tracked the leading group in the early stages before moving up into third place early in the straight. He was moved up to take the lead from Tarqogan three furlongs from the finish and pulled away from the rest of the field to win easily by six lengths from Merchant Venturer and Ragusa.
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On his first appearance of the 1963 season, Ragusa was sent to England, where he started favourite for the Dee Stakes at Chester Racecourse but finished second to My Myosotis. In June, he started a 25/1 outsider for the Derby at Epsom and exceeded expectations by finishing third of the twenty-six runners behind Relko and Merchant Venturer. At the Curragh later that month, Ragusa won the Irish Derby by two and a half lengths after Relko was withdrawn at the start. In July, Ragusa started at odds of 4/1 in a field of ten runners for Britain's most prestigious all-aged race, he King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot.
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