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Certificate of Merit presented at the Highland Branch
04 March 2010
News from Highland Branch The opportunity was taken at the monthly meeting of Highland Branch No 121 on 3 March 2010 to present a Certificate of Merit to Ronald ...
Group News: Sleaford & Ancaster
18 February 2010
The Sleaford & Ancaster Group started their 2010 visits by going to the Johnsons Garden Centre, Lunch at the Castle Inn (Freiston) and visiting Boston in February. The ...
Group Visit: Streatham & Norbury
16 February 2010
On a bitterly cold day in February this Volunteer Co-ordinator set out to meet with the delightful people that make up our Streatham & Norbury Group. I was greeted by Jo ...
13 February 2010
Katie Cox was the Secretary of South East Middlesex Branch for 24 years and every year the branch holds a lunch in her honour. This year I was invited to attend the event at ...
11 February 2010
Like many of our groups, the Bath Group struggled with the adverse weather conditions in January and as a result had to postpone their AGM. Donald Dodgson, the Chairman, ...
11 February 2010
I visited the lovely and lively Trowbridge Group on 3rd February. The group has two regular meetings per month – one coffee morning and one speaker meeting – and I was able ...
Morecambe & Lancaster Group News
09 February 2010
It's going to be a case of 3rd time lucky for me on my quest to visit Morecambe & Lancaster group - the first time the inclement weather cancelled the meeting and today I ...
GROUP VISIT: Portsmouth North AGM
08 February 2010
I met Portsmouth North Chair Norma Clacey at last year’s AGM & Conference up in Coventry and so was delighted to be invited down to visit her group’s 2010 AGM. The ...
Avanti Theatre Club: February Offers
04 February 2010
2009 was a record year for the West End, with London's theatres attracting over 14 million people. It was a particularly successful year for comedy and drama, and if plays ...
UNITE and the CSPA launch 'A Call To Action'
03 February 2010
The UNITE Federation and the Civil Service Pensioners' Alliance launched A Call to Action earlier on this week at the Houses of Parliament. The event was attended by ...
Group Visit: Lancing - AGM 2010
02 February 2010
A quick journey within Sussex (my home county) saw me arrive at Lancing to visit the group there. A small but stalwart band of members who were holding their 34th AGM (a ...
Avanti Theatre Club: January Offers
07 January 2010
It's January and that means our annual Musicals Sale, with thousands of tickets reduced to a wealth of toe-tapping shows, from Hairspray and Sister Act, to Les Miserables, ...
Certificates of Merit: Eric and Judith Cheyne (Highland Branch)
22 December 2009
I met the lovely Eric and Judith Cheyne on my visit to the Highland Branch earlier this year. They are the cornerstone of this friendly and active branch. So I was delighted ...
Fancy Dress for the Bedford Group
15 December 2009
Members of the group enjoyed a trip to Bournemouth for their winter break towards the end of last year and participated in the hotel’s fancy dress competition. Mary Dyke ...
Christmas lunch with the Lisburn Group
15 December 2009
From Annan in Scotland last week to the charming village of Glenavy in Northern Ireland yesterday at the invitation of the Lisburn Group, I've certainly been putting the ...
Your Doorstep, Your Decision: New campaign from Office of Fair Trading
15 December 2009
Launched last month by the Office of Fair Trading, Your Doorstep, Your Decision is a campaign to promote awareness of rogue doorstep sellers that is especially aimed ...
War Memoirs 1940-42: Chapter One by Mr K J Devile
15 December 2009
We're always pleased to receive memoirs and stories from our members. This was sent in today by Mr Devile as an attachment to a response to one of our reader letters in ...
Christmas Cheer with the Dumfries & Kirkcudbright Branch
09 December 2009
Another Scottish visit for me today, this time at the kind invitation of John Walker, Chairman of the Branch. So armed with my trusty digital camera and an early departure ...
Festive Fun at the Basingstoke Group
05 December 2009
I had hoped to pop along to this seasonal party at Basingstoke, but the packed schedule around Christmas time conspired against me. However I was delighted to receive an ...
Certificate of Merit: Jacqui Goff from Chandlers Ford Group
03 December 2009
An acknowledgment of the achievements and hard work of the late Jacqui Goff from Chandlers Ford Group, seen here receiving her Certificate of Merit from Ken Willcocks, ...
Happy 80th Birthday: Terry Watson, Branch Secretary of Leics, Rutland and South Lincs
30 November 2009
Terry Watson, Branch Secretary of Leics, Rutland and South Lincs Branch chose to celebrate his 80th birthday amongst friends at the branch meeting in Melton Mowbray last ...