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Mid Essex Programme of Events|
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| 2012 | | | | | January | | | | | February | 2 | | Social Gathering – Speaker: Tony Appleton – “Toastmaster & Town Crier” | | March | 1 | | Social Gathering – Speaker: John Newmeir – “A Paramedic & His Unsual Experiences” | | April | 5 | | AGM & Social Gathering: Speaker: Penny Foulger – “Exercise to Music” | | April | 20 | | Norwich: Norman Cathedral, Castle Museum, Mustard Shop, Castle Mall & colourful market. | | May | 3 | | Social Gathering – Speaker: Ms Ceri Lowen: The History & Restoration of Hylands House. | | June | 7 | | Social Gathering – Speaker: Roy Waters – “Stand by Your Beds” – Experience of 2 years National Service. | | June | 12 | | Stratford upon Avon, Shakespeare’s birthplace, with many interesting sites & shops | | July | 05 | | Social Gathering – Speaker: Fran Smith: Remus Memorial Horse Sanctuary “History of the Sanctuary & Animals | | August | | | NO MEETING THIS MONTH | | September | 6 | | Social Gathering – Speaker: Kenneth Lodge: “The Life of an Actor” | | October | 4 | | Social Gathering – Speaker: Ms Maureen Scollan MA – Ex Police Inspector - “Paragon or Prude – Women in the Police” | | October | 9 | | Mickie Driver’s “Bless ‘Em All” | | November | 1 | | Social Gathering – Speaker: Mr John Abel – “Reaching Back in Time” 30 Years of Treasure Hunting. | | November | 3 | | Bletchley Park – Station X – The Secret Code Breaking Centre during WWII | | November | 12 | | OR Christmas Shopping Trip to Westfield Centre, E15 (Colchester Association) | | December | tba | | Local Christmas Lunch or Local New Year Lunch | | Trips | | | The trips in 2012 will be based on the new summer and winter brochure from Lodge Coaches, I will book 10 seats each for all the trips. Payment should be made by cheque made out to Lodge Coaches, then sent to Dennis Gibb (Secretary) who will record the cheque before sending it on. Pick up points will be notified to you by Lodge Coaches. To save expense no confirmation slips will be issued. The details of each trip are on this newsletter so please keep it safe once you have obtained the booking forms from the web or at our monthly meetings. Bookings must be made at least 4 weeks before the trip. Any tickets unsold 4 weeks before the trip will be returned to Lodge Coaches. If more tickets are required, there is a better chance of booking further tickets if Lodge Coaches are contacted early in the year, unless your place is booked early on any of the trips, there could be disappointment. The exception to this method of booking will be Monday 12th November 2012 Christmas Shopping at Westfield Centre, Stratford,E15 (entrance to Olympic Park) this is a trip arranged by Colchester Association and if you require a ticket for this trip, please contact me and I will arrange a booking form for you. For this trip, cheques should be made out to SSA, and sent to Dennis Gibb, who will log them and forward them on to Jane Ingate, Events Organiser at JSV Colchester. All other information you need will be on the information sheet and booking forms.
| | Notes | | | Meetings: We meet at
The Quaker Meeting House
Rainsford Road
Chelmsford
Essex CM1 2QL |
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Event DetailsJSV MID-ESSEX LOCAL ASSOCIATION - CHELMSFORD, BRAINTREE AND BRENTWOOD DESCRIPTION OF DAY TRIPS 2012
FRIDAY 20TH APRIL - TRIP TO HISTORIC NORWICH
You will be advised by Lodge Coaches of your pick-up point nearer the time of the trip, Norwich is one of England's best preserved historic centres. Within the remains of the old City Wall are the Norman Cathedral, Castle Museum and famous Mustard Shop. There is also a colourful market together with the Castle Mall shopping arcade all combined to make an interesting trip. Tickets will cost £19.50 members/spouses and £20.00 for non OAP's and £19.50 children. Please use a booking form if you would like to join this trip, these can be obtained from the website or picked up at the monthly meetings. However if you cannot obtain a booking form in either of these ways please do not hesitate to contact Carole or Dennis on 01245 284099 who will supply one for you. Also there will only be 10 places booked. Closing date for payments is 4 weeks before the event, after which the tickets will be cancelled.
TUESDAY 12TH JUNE - TRIP TO STRATFORD UPON AVON
You will be advised by Lodge Coaches of your pick-up point nearer the time of the trip. Stratford upon Avon immediately bring to mind Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, the play-writer's birthplace and home for many years, Stratford has many fine mediaeval buildings, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre with beautiful gardens, and many interesting shops and more. Tickets will cost £21.50 members/spouses and £22.00 for non OAP's and £21.50 children. Please use a booking form if you would like to join this trip, these can be obtained from the website or picked up at the monthly meetings. However if you cannot obtain a booking form in either of these ways please do not hesitate to contact Carole or Dennis on 01245 284099 who will supply one for you. Also there will only be 10 places booked. Closing date for payments is 4 weeks before the event, after which the tickets will be cancelled.
FRIDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER -BURE VALLEY RAILWAY & MISSISSIPPI BROADS CRUISE
You will be advised by Lodge Coaches of your pick-up point nearer the time of the trip. We will board Norfolk's premier tourist narrow gauge railway that runs through 9 miles of beautiful countryside between Aylsham & Wroxham for lunch and sightseeing. We rejoin the coach for the short journey to Horning for a 30 minute cruise on the Broads aboard the double decker Mississippi river boat. Tickets will cost £34.50 members/spouses and £35.00 for non OAP's and £34.50. Please use a booking form if you would like to join this trip, these can be obtained from the website or picked up at the monthly meetings. However if you cannot obtain a booking form in either of these ways please do not hesitate to contact Carole or Dennis on 01245 284099 who will supply one for you. Also there will be 10 places only booked. Closing date for payments is 4 weeks before the event, after which the tickets will be cancelled.
TUESDAY 9TH OCTOBER - MICKIE DRIVER'S "BLESS 'EM ALL"
You will be advised by Lodge Coaches of your pick-up point nearer the time of the trip. An inclusive beef lunch is followed by either a Wartime Variety Show remembering all the 40's stars or an Old Time Music Hall Show, either of which is recommended as great fun. Tickets will cost £34.00 members/spouses and £34.00 for non OAP's and £34.00. Please use a booking form if you would like to join this trip, these can be obtained from the website or picked up at the monthly meetings. However if you cannot obtain a booking form in either of these ways please do not hesitate to contact Carole or Dennis on 01245 284099 who will supply one for you. Also there will be 10 places only booked. Closing date for payments is 4 weeks before the event, after which the tickets will be cancelled.
SATURDAY 3RD NOVEMBER - TRIP TO BLETCHLEY PARK - "STATION X"
You will be advised by Lodge Coaches of your pick-up point nearer the time of the trip. Featured on TV's "Station X" enjoy a trip to Britain's best kept secret the WWII Code Breaking Centre in Buckinghamshire. 12,000 personnel worked there unable to tell their loved ones of their work which ended WWII two years early. Added attractions are military vehicles, restored wartime fire engines, model boats and railway exhibitions plus the Faulkner House Museum complex containing much WWII memorabilia. Tickets will cost £27.00 members/spouses and £27.50 for non OAP's and £27.00. Please use a booking form if you would like to join this trip, these can be obtained from the website or picked up at the monthly meetings. However if you cannot obtain a booking form in either of these ways please do not hesitate to contact Carole or Dennis on 01245 284099 who will supply one for you. Also there will be 10 places only booked. Closing date for payments is 4 weeks before the event, after which the tickets will be cancelled. ( Although I try to avoid weekend trips - with this one, it is partially closed during the week and is only fully open at weekends).
MONDAY 12TH NOVEMBER 2012 - CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TRIP TO WESTFIELD CENTRE, E15
If you are interested in this trip, it is being run by Colchester Association and we are advised that bookings should be as early as possible. The pick-up will be at Springfield Store at approximately 9.30am. The cost will be £14 members and £16 guests. A booking form will be issued for this in Spring 2012 by Colchester Association.
To be sure of securing a place on your chosen trips, it is a good idea to pay a deposit cheque of, say, £10, and then pay the balance four weeks before the trip.
Note:- After talking with Lodge Management - they have advised me to add £2.00 to each trip from last year's costs, because there will certainly be increases this year and it is not known yet how much each trip will be. Any costs that are higher than the Lodge Brochure cost will, of course, be returned. 28/01/2012 CMR.
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