NEWSLETTER APRIL 2020

   MEETINGS AND LUNCHES ARE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED 

     *** THE BRANCH SENDS GOOD WISHES TO ALL OUR MEMBERS***

PLEASE STAY SAFE AND KEEP IN TOUCH

Newsletter for ‘Keeping in Touch’ April 2020 - Please note any information for the newsletter to be passed on to Jan Bridle anytime; also if anyone has changed their email address or set up a new one could they please let Jan know.

Branch subs   This year they are reluctantly increased to £17 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. Anybody wishing to pay on line just ring John or email him on jfp.cusack@hotmail.com and he will give the details.  At the end of the day we have to carry on the best way we can and we still have to pay the room hire as we do not want the club to go under.

Secretary

John Griffiths has kindly taken up this post again for us. Thank you John.

Welfare  

Maurice Pearson has kindly offered EMERGENCY plumbing, electrical or building problems that members are in need of help with, but only things that need to be done in order to survive at home.

Other members are also willing to collect groceries, prescriptions, phone you for a chat etc. If you need any help please contact our Chairman, Bob Perry, who sent this message:-

‘Let's all look out for each other through phone calls and if anyone needs help with anything like shopping or prescriptions let me know and I feel sure that collectively we can come up with a solution. Hope we will all meet up before the summer ends on the other side of this. Take care everyone,   Bob Perry’

Social 

John Cusack had a call from Alister, our In Pensioner at RCH. He is keeping well and is his usual, full of cheeky humour. Gave Val plenty of that. They have to stay in their quarters as you would expect. He is looking forward to seeing any of us who will attend the annual dinner and Sapper Sunday in Oct. Founders Day at RCH is in doubt.

Dot Martin has been keeping in touch by phone with Roy Robinson in his care home in Salisbury. At the moment all the residents are confined to their rooms so he would appreciate it if anyone could ring him for a chat. His phone no is 07562391894. He wishes to be remembered to you all.

From Ted Young’s daughter Irene who now lives in Spain - Thank you for the newsletter.  Lovely photo of Hazel, give her our love.  As you will have heard we are in lockdown and only allowed to go to supermarket, chemist and Doctors. 

We say hello to Steve Neville, an ex branch member who moved to Wales, and now lives in  Cwmystwyth, the geographical centre of Wales. He lives in a small holding, 400 metres above sea level with wonderful views and enjoys receiving our newsletters and quizzes.

Bournemouth Branch REA   --  Memory Lane 2001-2003

2001               Monthly Lunches were held at RBL Club, Christchurch, but in August it was held at the Ex-Servicemen’s Club, North Road, Poole.

September      Albert Hicks was visited in his Downton Nursing Home.

October          Ann Webster won the Skittles Competition (and the wine)

2002               The Branch now has 74 life members.

April               Richard Silsby joined our branch.

May                 Our Annual Lunch was held at the Cadogen Hotel, Bournemouth, cost £13 including the raffle.

September      Gordon and Margaret Capel celebrated their Golden Wedding.

2003               Annual Lunch held at the East Anglia Hotel on 10^th May

June                The branch visited the Ringwood Brewery.

July                 Bert Martin won the REA Southern Area Standard Bearer’s Competition at Wyke Regis

September      Bert Martin and Peter Aldridge took part in the Standard Bearer’s Competition at the REA Veterans weekend, Chatham. Against fierce competition Bert obtained 4^th place.

September      Branch members visited the Royal Hospital and National Army Museum at Chelsea.

Departed  friends       James Taylor January 2001              Aurthur G. Waldren  February 2001

Major Albert Allcock May 2001     Major Douglas Morison July 2002

Col John Moss OBE August 2003    Douglas Van Haeften September 2003

Leslie Jarman September 2003

We have only a handful of newsletters prior to 2001 so if anyone has any copies of the Newsletter pre 2001 Peter would like to copy them for our archive.

Forecast of National Events 2020.    

Many of these, if not most, will not now take place

15 – 17 May Gibraltar Weekend

30 May Trooping the Colour - Major General’s Review

04 June Royal Hospital Chelsea Founder’s Day Parade

6 June Trooping the Colour – Colonel’s Review

10 & 11 June Beating Retreat, London

13 June Queen’s Birthday Parade

TBC Chilwell Weekend*

24 – 26 July Minley Weekend*

12 - 13 September Corps Memorial Weekend*

10 October REA AGM and Annual Dinner *

11 October Sapper Sunday at Royal Hospital Chelsea

05 November Field of Remembrance, Westminster Abbey

08 November Remembrance Sunday