Hi everyone,
First of all a very Happy Christmas and all the very best wishes for the New Year to you and your loved ones.
Today we held our usual Christmas Meet with the now famous raffle! Bob Bevan did manage to secure a few prizes to put into the special box prepared for him by Alf Milliken – it was printed on all sides “Bob’s Box for raffle prizes” or similar wording. Much hilarity was evident with Bob being the good sport he is giving as good as he received. Very many thanks to those who attended today, who generously donated great prizes and who dug deep in pockets to raise a total of £219 on the raffle. Sixteen members signed in plus 3 visitors and it was particularly pleasing to see Syd Michael, Tony Hayselden with his wife Joan, Carol Gath and also Bill Jackson.
Thanks to Tony Gath and Carol for the sale of the raffle tickets and the job of folding the stubs ready for the draw.
The additional attraction in the yard of both American and Classic British Cars was superb and we are sure the Heritage Centre enjoyed a nice boost of income from sales at the cafe counter.
It had been my intention today to provide copies of the Meet Dates for 2020 but certain pressures resulted in this not being available as planned. However thanks to Mike Lenz his list of dates appears below for your notice.
Paul Mitchell will now be able to draw up a rota for weekend operation when the Centre is open to the public and therefore, please advise Paul immediately if any of the weekend dates have been pre-booked on your 2020 calendar at home. Paul will distribute the new rota when it is completed and a copy will be placed on the Group’s Notice Board in the clubroom.
Dates are as follows :-
- SATURDAY 18TH JANUARY
- SUNDAY 16TH FEBRUARY (VALENTINE’S MEET)
- SATURDAY 21ST MARCH (AGM)
- SUNDAY 19TH APRIL
- SATURDAY 9TH MAY
- SUNDAY 14TH JUNE
- SATURDAY 18TH JULY
- SUNDAY 16TH AUGUST
- SATURDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER
- SUNDAY 4TH OCTOBER
- SATURDAY 14TH NOVEMBER
- SUNDAY 13TH DECEMBER (CHRISTMAS MEET)
Many of you will have learnt that Dorothy Flude who was the Chairman of Crewe Heritage Trust has died. Dorothy very much encouraged Calder Northern Group in our role supporting the activities of the Heritage Centre and she will be sorely missed by everyone associated with the Heritage Centre. Dorothy’s funeral will take place at St. Andrew’s Church, Bedford Street, Crewe at 12.30pm on Friday 20th December followed by a private family service at Crewe Crematorium. There will be a representative of the Trust at the Church, however, the hearse and family funeral cars will coming onto the Heritage Centre site to process and stop for a short moment en route to the Crematorium. Members of the Trust welcomes anyone who wishes to come along to pay their respects at around 1pm. It is understood Dorothy’s family have been asked to agree to the Heritage Centre’s Class 47 to be named in her memory, which is a great and fitting proposal.
Will Wednesday Gang members please note that we will not be meeting this coming Wednesday and that we will meet again on 8th January 2020.
Terry Wynne
Secretary
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