NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2014

MEETINGS-THIRD WEDNESDAY EACH MONTH at the R.B.L. CLUB CHURCH ROAD FERNDOWN Starting at 7.30 P.M.

Branch Informal Lunch,   Held on First Tuesday of each month at  Ferndown  R.B.L. Club, at Noon.

 

NEWSLETTER - October 2014. Branch Meeting Wednesday 15^th.

BIRTHDAY OF NOTE.

Many happy returns this month go to our "Vice President" Tony Edwards who will celebrate his

90^th Birthday on 26^th October.

ENTERTAINMENT.

TONIGHT IS BINGO NIGHT

With FISH/ CHICKEN & CHIP SUPPER with VEGETARIAN OPTION.     John Griffiths is now responsible for the bookings and monies this year. 

He has made the following arrangements:     The Cost of all food is to be £4.50 Per person.   

To play there will be a charge of £2.00  to help finance the prizes.   For this you will get six games of Bingo.   Allan and Wendy Grover's Daughter Clare has agreed not only to be calling the numbers, but also supplying the Bingo machine.  

ALL MEALS MUST HAVE BEEN BOOKED AND PAID FOR IN ADVANCE.

At our meeting in November on Wednesday 19^th we will be hearing about the history of " Christchurch  Barracks" from John Barker.

INFORMAL  LUNCHES.

The next lunch will be held on Tuesday 4^th  November at FERNDOWN, ROYAL BRITISH LEGION CLUB.   As all our monthly lunches are now held at  FERNDOWN on the First Tuesday of each month the December lunch has been arranged for Tuesday 2^nd.

This will be A Christmas Lunch consisting of two Courses, also included Mince Pies and Crackers.

A draw will take place. The cost has been set at £8 .50.  You must agree that is a good price.

As a good many Members and Ladies etc are expected to attend, a date of

29^th November has been set for the final day for booking,  You will not be allowed to book after this date!    Any late bookings will have to be refused. 

Please take note.

Lists on the table tonight.  Don’t forget that if you are unable to attend meetings and would like to go to our lunches do contact  Mike Herbert  on 01202  674612.

Please let Mike know before Noon on the Sunday before the Lunch  if you need to cancel as this assists the caterers with food and seating.

FERNDOWN BRITISH LEGION EVENTS (which may be of interest)

On Saturday November 1^st. This  is the date when the Poppy Dance is due to take place.

Later in the Month on Saturday November 8^th will be the Remembrance Concert, with the Bournemouth Youth Marching Band.  All details from the Club,

REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY PARADES. 9^th NOVEMBER.

BOURNEMOUTH   Service is at the War Memorial in Central Gardens at 10.57 Hrs.

 A wreath on behalf of the branch is due to be laid. No further details have been sent to the Branch.

POOLE, The Service is to be held at the War Memorial in Poole Park starting at 10.50 Hrs.

To take part in the parade; meet at the cricket pavilion, POOLE PARK at 10.00 Hrs. If only taking part in the service, assemble at War Memorial 10.30 Hrs. Free parking is in the ground level and multi storey car park at the Civic Centre.  Peter Piggott has agreed to lay a wreath on behalf of the Branch.

There are other parades all around the district, too many to mention.

AFGHANISTAN MEMORIAL.

This memorial to the British troops who lost their lives in Afghanistan is currently at Camp Bastion.  It is to be dismantled and rebuilt at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.  The work is to be carried out by members of the Royal Engineers. 

Events 2014

FORECAST OF NATIONAL EVENTS 2014

06       November    Field of Remembrance, Westminster

09       November    Remembrance Sunday

* National Events            Booking details available from Branch Secretary

WORLD WAR  ONE SNIPPETS

Weymouth,

In June 1915; 200 Anzac soldiers arrived at an army camp near the village of Chickerell in Weymouth. These wounded soldiers were from the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps - and most of them were survivors of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign. They’d come to Weymouth to convalesce, and by the end of the war over 105,000 had stayed and recuperated in the area.
The Anzacs were welcomed by local people almost as soon as they arrived. The womenfolk of Chickerell organised a huge strawberries and cream tea, and it wasn’t long before the wounded troops began attending church services on Sunday mornings and then spending the rest of the day with local families.
Eighty-six Anzacs were never to see their homeland again and are buried in Weymouth and Melcombe Regis cemeteries.
Weymouth observes Anzac Day on the 25 April every year with a service at the Anzac memorial along the esplanade.

'Text courtesy of the BBC. Find hundreds more World War One at Home stories at bbc.co.uk/ww1'

Branch Welfare:  Please contact Welfare Member,

Peter Piggott,