NEWSLETTER APRIL 2023

Newsletter for  April 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 addresses 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. 

 

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’s on the other side of Penny’s Walk, and this month it is on Saturday the 8^th of April, followed by the AGM 

The lunch will be on Tuesday the 25^th April. As with the brunches, wives and children and guests also welcome. Please contact John Cusack to book your place and advise him of your menu choices. 

Unfortunately we do not have April’s lunch 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.

 

AGM 2023

This will be on Saturday 8th of April following the brunch and starting at approximately 11.30, attendance at the breakfast beforehand is not compulsory.

 

 

News

There is to be a 60^th Anniversary Celebration of National Service on 16^th June at the National Arboretum. The RBL is interested to hear from any National serviceman who would like to tell them of their experiences.

 

Welfare

Unfortunately Phil Webster recently suffered a fall at home and was taken to hospital for treatment.  He was then transferred to Alderney Hospital in Poole where he remains for a while. We wish him a very speedy recovery and he would be very pleased if any of you are able to visit him there.

 

Social - Annual Lunch Saturday 3rd June 2023

The Annual Lunch at the Ocean Beach Hotel 32 East Overcliffe Drive, Bournemouth, BH1 3AQ. on Bournemouth’s seafront will be on Saturday 3rd June, and the cost per person will be £20 for the 3 course meal. We hope to have the menu available for you soon. As usual friends and other family members are all very welcome to join us, and a special invitation is extended to our new friends at the Solent branch.

 

Adrian Lovell  Funeral

We received this message from Michael Payne Chairman of Reading & West Berkshire Branch to thank John Cusack who paraded the branch standard at the funeral.

“Thank you for coming to Adrian’s funeral on Thursday; and for parading the Bournemouth

Standard.  It was very much appreciated by the family, as well as the Reading & West Berks and Military Survey guys present, to see Adrian’s membership of the Bournemouth Branch acknowledged.”

John Cusack and WO2 (ret'd) Mick Bunce - now an In Pensioner and former cartographer with Military Survey.  (He said he caused quite a stir in Salisbury on Thursday morning!)