NEWSLETTER MARCH 2023

Newsletter for  March 2023   

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 any new address could they please let Jan know. 

 Branch subs    

Subscriptions for 2023 remain at £17 and are due now. Please support the branch by paying the £17 either by internet banking or cheque made out to REA Bournemouth.  For bank account details please contact John Cusack by phone or by email, numbers above.  There are still a few members who haven’t paid their subs yet so it would be appreciated if these could be paid as soon as possible.

 Branch monthly Lunches and Brunches  

These are informal, social meetings where any news etc. can be passed on to those attending, and added to the newsletter for others to read. 

The brunches are now held at the Barrington Centre Café in Penny's Walk, Ferndown BH22 9TH - wives and children and guests are also very welcome. You can park in Tesco’s car park free and the centre is just past Tesco on the other side of Penny’s Walk, and this month it is on Saturday the 11^th March.  February’s brunch was very successful with 19 members attending.

The lunch will be on Tuesday 28th March. As with the brunches, wives and children and guests are also very welcome.

 Unfortunately we do not have March’s menu at this time but I will email this out to you all as soon as it is available.  Please contact John Cusack to book your place and advise him of your menu choices.   Those with posted newsletters will be able to ring John Cusack for the details later on.

 

Birthdays of Note 

This month we wish a very Happy Birthday to Alistair Sword who will be 90 on the 23^rd of March. Alistair lives in the Royal Hospital, Chelsea and is much missed by his friends here in the Bournemouth REA. Happy Birthday Alistair, we hope you have a lovely day.

 

Branch News 

Advance notice is given for the AGM for this year to take place after the brunch meeting on the 8^th April. 

 

Social  

Advanced notice is also given for the Annual Lunch at The Ocean Beach Hotel on Bournemouth’s seafront. It will be on Saturday 3^rd June, and the cost per person will be £20 for the 3 course meal. As usual friends and other family members are all very welcome to join us.

 

Adrian Lovell

It is with much regret that we have to report the passing of Adrian Lovell on the 9th of February aged 68 years.

The funeral will take place at 12 noon on Thursday 16th March at Salisbury Crematorium (Barrington Rd, Salisbury. SP1 3JB) following which there will be a Celebration of Adrian’s Life at Damerham Village Hall, SP6 3HD. Any-one who knew Adrian is most welcome to attend this and John Cusack will attend to represent the branch.