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The Long John Silver Trust is a registered charity (in England and Wales) and was set up initially to raise funds for a sculpture of Stevenson's immortal scallywag Long John Silver, fictional Bristol pub landlord and pirate of repute, renowned for his duplicity. This was in 2004 after Treasure Island had been chosen as launch book for Britain's first Great Reading Adventure in Bristol in 2003.

To be educational and inclusive, this led on to a proposal for a Treasure Island Trail around Bristol's old dock side, initially with plaques using the artwork of the magnificent Mervyn Peake, but ultimately leading on to a full blown sculpture trail. We believe this will be a unique and fun way to experience a key part of Bristol's maritime and literary past.

Much like Stevenson's original book we aim to be educational and inclusive and with this in mind we have teamed up with local special needs charity PROPS, Bristol Books and Publishers, Bristol Radical History Group, Destination Bristol, Redcliffe Community Forum and the Robert Louis Stevenson Club.

We have a commercial arrangement with Wickwar
Brewery who make Long John Silver Beer for us
and also a great relationship with Bristol based sailing ships Matthew (a replica of Cabot's
ship that discovered Newfoundland in 1497) and Tangaroa (a two master that has doubled
for the Hispaniola). JungleTalk provide our parrot, Cap'n Flint, when required.

We have three Patrons:- Royston Griffey, Bristol City Councillor and former
Lord Mayor of Bristol; Sebastian Peake, son of Mervyn Peake the world
renowned illustrator and author; and Nicholas Newton, son of the brilliant actor Robert
Newton (who in the Trust's opinion did the finest ever portrayal of Silver in Disney's film
of Treasure Island in 1950).

We have several trustees who bring a variety of skills to our organisation, not
least our Chairman, Gerry Brooke, who is editor of the Bristol Times
supplement of the Evening Post, a very popular local newspaper.

If the plaques prove popular we then intend to go for the full blown sculpture trail.
Welcome to the Long John Silver Trust.

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