NEWSLETTER MARCH 2018
Newsletter for Branch meeting on 21st March
2018 - Please
note any information for the newsletter to be passed on to Jan Bridle by the
last Saturday before the next meeting; also
if anyone has changed their email address or set up a new one could they please
let Jan know.
Branch subs remain at £15 and are
due to be paid to the treasurer now if not already paid. Please send any
cheques, made out to REA Bournemouth, to the above address for John Cusack.
18th
April meeting This will be a concert by the
Wessex Choralmen. Orders and monies for May’s Bingo with Fish and Chips are to
be collected at the April meeting. Also if anyone has a prize to donate for the
Annual Lunch raffle in May please see a committee member.
Monthly
Informal Lunches
As usual
held on the first Tuesday, menu lists on the table at evening meetings. Contact
John Cusack for any information or to book/choose from menu if not at meeting.
We wish a very Happy Birthday to Mike Evans, one of our
REA
The Royal Engineers
Association Gibraltar Weekend will be held in Gibraltar
between Fri 18 and Sun 20 May 18. Traditionally,
this event was held in April, but it has now been rescheduled to May. The event
will be organised by the members of the Gibraltar REA Branch; please note that
it is not a Corps or REA HQ sponsored event. Contact John Griffiths for more information.
Visit and Tour of the
Ferndown RBL are planning to take a coach trip and tour of the
The
total cost would be £25.00 per person for a group of 50 and we are opening this
very special day to both members and non-members of the RBL to try to make
sure that we have a full coach.
Tickets
are first come, first served so please contact John Griffiths to reserve your
seats as soon as possible.
Welfare Bob has been busy this month, visiting Bob Hucklesby who has been fairly ill recently with chest and breathing issues and has been told by his doctor to stay indoors for at least two weeks. He has also visited Bert Martin and John Friberg who are both in
Ted Young
On Thursday 22nd February Bob Perry and John McDermott went along to the Solent and District REA meeting in
1.15pm at St Clements Church,
2.30 pm at Poole Crematorium, Gravel Hill, Broadstone,
3.15pm at The Hamworthy Club (6 mins from Crematorium),
Forthcoming
Evening Events 2018
May - Bingo with Fish and Chips
June - Talk
on the Treasures of Dorset by Christopher Legrand
July - Skittles Evening
August - Music
Quiz
September - To
be decided
October - Bingo
with Fish and Chips
November - Skittles
Evening
December - Easy
Swing Duo
Forecast of National Events 2018.
26th
May Trooping the Colour
– Major General’s Review
2nd
June Trooping the
Colour – Colonel’s Review
6th-7th June Beating
Retreat, London
7th
June Royal Hospital
Chelsea Founder’s Day Parade
9th
June Queen’s Birthday
Parade
22nd-24th
June Chillwell Weekend
27th-29th
July Minley Weekend
14th-16th
September Corps Memorial Weekend
13th
October REA AGM and Annual
Dinner
14th
October Sapper Sunday at Royal Hospital
Chelsea
8th
November Field of Remembrance, Westminster Abbey
11th
November Remembrance Sunday
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