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The Rose City of Petra: A Visit to the Whitchurch Group
15 October 2009
Standing on Paddington Station at 7am in the morning belies the fact that it is, for most of the day, a busy commuter terminus. But that’s where I found myself yesterday as I ...
The Passing of a Hero: William Grove
08 October 2009
We recently received an email from The Richmond Magazine telling us of the recent death of William Grove. The 84 year old Richmond resident (known to locals as John) ...
Growing Old Disgracefully: Wanstead Group Report
08 October 2009
At our recruitment event in April at Ilford the lovely ladies Ella, Eileen and Olive convinced me that I should visit them at their regular meeting in Wanstead. So off I ...
07 October 2009
Autumn had well and truly arrived the day I visited the Bedford Group. Arriving in a swirl of rain at the Bunyan Meeting Room in the centre of town, I was introduced to ...
07 October 2009
Congratulations to the Bolton Group on receiving a community grant of £2,182 from Bolton Community Voluntary Services which will be used to pay for the next 12 months worth ...
Certificates of Merit awarded at final Farnborough Group Meeting
06 October 2009
Very sadly, Farnborough Group conducted their last meeting this week. The meeting went well with Howard Phillips (Chairman) announcing the Certificates of Merit that were ...
Musical Bingo at the Durham Group
01 October 2009
It seems entirely fitting that one of the first things that you see as the train pulls into Durham’s impressively located railway station is the cathedral. Cathedrals are ...
CSRF at the DWP Work/Life Balance Event
30 September 2009
The two Yvonnes - Scott (pictured) and Kutzer represented us recently at the Department of Work and Pensions Work/Life Balance Event at Caxton House in London. This national ...
October Deals from the Avanti Theatre Club
30 September 2009
There are star performances everywhere you look this month in the West End, including John Barrowman joining the cast of La Cage Aux Folles, Spice Girl Mel C making her ...
Flying High – Our trip to RAF Cranwell with the Lincolnshire Branch
25 September 2009
My trip to Sleaford this week was the first time I’d visited the beautiful county of Lincolnshire. As Yvonne Kutzer and I sat on our train from Peterborough we were both ...
Obituary: Geoff Howard, Chairman of Basingstoke Group
20 September 2009
Geoff Howard, Chairman of Basingstoke group, died suddenly on August 4th 2009. He served in in the RAF in WW2 and continued his career as an aircraft engineer at RAE ...
A 'Bonnie' Trip to the Highland Branch
17 September 2009
I swapped the plane for the sleeper train on Tuesday evening to visit the CSRF’s northernmost group in Inverness. Sitting eating breakfast at 6am whilst speeding through the ...
Happy 70th Birthday to St Andrew's House
11 September 2009
St Andrew's House, headquarters of the Scottish Government, celebrated its 70th birthday last week (4th September). The building is a familiar Edinburgh landmark to ...
Sleaford & Ancaster Group attend a very special birthday celebration
11 September 2009
WHAT A BIRTHDAY PARTY! Not everyone has over 2000 members to their birthday party but this was the case for one of the Sleaford Group members. John Hathaway at ...
11 September 2009
Those getting restless with red tape, white papers and blue pencils might try their hand at creative writing. Prizes for short stories, travel articles and poems are offered ...
Celebrating 100: Happy Birthday Maud (Avanti in Northern Ireland Pt I)
10 September 2009
I had the pleasure of spending the day visiting some of the wonderful Northern Ireland Groups yesterday. The weather was gorgeous and my chauffeur (CSRF Northern Ireland ...
Bloomin' Marvellous in Bangor (Avanti visits Northern Ireland - Pt II)
10 September 2009
Barely managing to finish my cake at Maud Hamill's birthday party in Antrim I had to leap in the car for us to roar (not literally, as we did of course observe all the ...
September deals from the Avanti Theatre Club
03 September 2009
Autumn is always a busy time in the West End as new shows hit town after the summer. And this month proves no exception as we bring you a range of great Theatre Club offers. ...
2009 AGM & Conference Pictures
27 August 2009
A big thanks to all those of you who kindly posed for my roving camera at this year's AGM & Conference. You can see a selection of the images taken in our gallery area. I ...
Group Report: Abbey Wood Visit by Yvonne Kutzer
24 August 2009
Unfortunately, I missed the group’s tempting Strawberry Cream Tea in July – along with biscuits and lunches this a common ‘occupational hazard’ in my job, I think! – but made ...
Branch Newsletter Competition: The Winners
10 August 2009
BRANCH NEWSLETTER COMPETITION Congratulations to all of the newsletters that were entered into our competition – the standard was exceptionally high and so our judge, ...
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