NEWSLETTER AUGUST 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’ August 2020   Please note any news or 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. Thank you to those who have already paid, but there are still many members who have NOT paid their subs. We now have internet banking so anybody wishing to pay on line just ring John or email him  and he will give the details.  

75^th Anniversary of V.J. Day 15^th August 2020

A celebration of this event will take place in Poole Park, at the Mountbatten Memorial, 10:45 for 11am on Saturday 15^th August. The Mayor of Poole will lead the ceremony, however, due to covid19 restrictions, only 30 people may attend.  If there is anyone who believes they should be at the main ceremony please contact the Mayor’s secretary, Carolyn Souter,  or email her 

If anyone really wishes to attend, who is not on the Mayor’s list, you may stand at a distance from the main ceremony while maintaining social distancing at all times.  There is very limited parking available in the park so allow plenty of time to walk through from outside the park.

Far Eastern Prisoners Of War Prayer

And we that are left grow old with the years

Remembering the heartache, the pain and the tears

Hoping and praying that never again

Men will sink to such sorrow and shame

The price that was paid we will always remember

Every day, every month, not just in November

We Shall Remember Them

Branch Meetings   it is hope to resume Wednesday evening meetings in October (no buffet) and lunches in September. The lunch would be on the first Tuesday, 1st September 12 noon, and the evening social meeting on Wednesday 21^st October 7.30pm. The main bar room and the hall both have plenty of room for us to attend with social distancing and the legion club has all the required safety measures in place for us. Please let us know how many of you are likely to attend these meetings/lunches.

John Talbot    It is with great sadness that we report the death of John Benjamin Talbot on 3^rd July 2020 at the age of 88. We send our sincere condolences to his widow, Beryl, and his family and friends. Due to pandemic restrictions the funeral was held with only family and close friends in attendance.

Welfare   Roy Robinson is pleased that he is now able to leave his room at the care home and also to receive visitors in the garden. If anyone would like to visit him please ring the home  to arrange a visit. Use contact form to get phone number.

Allan Grover, our Branch President, has not been well lately and is unlikely to be able to attend meetings for a while so we wish him well and hope he has a speedy recovery.

Bournemouth Branch REA   --  Memory Lane 2006

January          Bert and Hilda Aldous celebrated their Platinum (70^th) Wedding Anniversary.

                        Possibly the first lunch at the Gurkha Restaurant was taken (all you can eat £7.95)

May                The Branch marked the 25^th Anniversary of the founding of the branch on 16^th March 1982 and celebrated it at the Annual Lunch. This was held in the East Anglia Hotel on 12 May and was attended by 70 members, wives and guests.

June                Six members of the Branch, with the Branch Standard, attended the Falklands 25^th  Commemoration held in Christchurch.

July                 Our Bert does it again! Runner up at S.W. Group Standards Rally held at Chickerell.

September     At the Corps Memorial Weekend in Chatham, Peter Aldridge, Mike Herbert, and Bert Martin carried the Branch Standard during the Parades

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Departed friends      Jim Dyer                    Alan Bevan               Charles (Ted) Sims

                                    Bernard Poole           John Morley              Edwin Capel 

Forecast of National Events 2020.    Many of these, if not most, will not now take place

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

Menu for September, ring John Cusack (request number via Contact form) to book your place and choices of menu.

Roast Beef          Chicken & Mushroom Pie             Chicken curry     Fish Pie               Scampi               Lasagne               Any Jacket Potato (£5.00)    

Deserts         Ice Cream Sundae            Millionaires Cheesecake        Lemon Tart         Apple Pie

This is subject to change depending on government advice. There is talk that we may need to close again to let the schools return although I hope this will not be the case.

Social distancing will be enforced and depending on the numbers we may need to alter the table layout accordingly.

All those attending will be required to fill out our track & trace form (name and Telephone number) which I will distribute on the day.