Royal Thane Branch Newsletter
Successes
Bat ‘n’ Trap followed by Sunday Lunch - 18 July 2010
Held at The
George P.H., Shalmsford Street, Chartham, Kent.
Three games of the old Kentish Pub game Bat
‘n’ Trap, followed by Sunday lunch was enjoyed by 23 members.
As usual it was a lot of fun with plenty of
laughs, followed by a delicious meal.
A raffle was held at the lunch which raised
£57.00 for Demelza House Children’s Hospice
charity no. 1039651.
Although our numbers were small (23) we still
had a thoroughly good time. My apologies to my fellow team
members – I did not do as well as I had hoped, but you must admit I
was trying - very trying!!
Visit to Pashley Manor Gardens - 22 May 2010
25 Members
attended our event at Pashley Manor Gardens, Pashley Road,
Ticehurst, Wadhurst, East Sussex we visited the Gardens
to see the various fruit trees in blossom, the bluebells that
carpet the woodland, the magnificent wisteria that
cascades down the rear of the Manor house and
the thousands of tulips throughout the gardens.
A great day was enjoyed by those who were able
to join the visit.
A raffle was held on the coach in aid of
Demelza House Children’s Hospice.
David Caller the Branch President said it was a very enjoyable
and relaxing place to visit.
Holiday on Ice 'Spirit' 16 January 2010
Around fifty members
and friends attended the Brighton Centre, Brighton, East Sussex,
BN1 2GR
to experience the thrills of the spectacular ice show.
A brilliant time was had by all who attended. As promised
the performance of the skaters did give us an exhilarating fusion
of fire, air, earth and water which was the theme of this years
show ‘Spirit’.
We will be booking to go to see the 2011 Holiday on Ice
show.
Turkey & Tinsel plus Blackpool lllumantions - 26 - 30
October 2009
This
pre-Christmas break had all the fun and atmosphere of the festive
season, plus excursions to Fleetwood market, a mystery tour and an
evening tour of the famous Blackpool Illuminations.
Those who attended said they had a fantastic time, and reported
that the hotel food was excellent.
Film Screening of Harry Potter and
the Half Blood Prince
Families from the branch were at Cineworld Ashford on
Saturday 18th July for a private screening of Harry
Potter and the Half Blood Prince. We were joined by children,
their families and carers from Demelza House Children’s Hospice who
came as guests of the Branch, and families from Beaver Green
Community Primary School who won the five family tickets for up to
five people per ticket that the Branch donated as raffle prizes at
the school fete on 4th July also joined the group.
While we were waiting to go into see the film Miki the Wizard
entertained us with magic tricks and balloon modelling, making
Harry Potter glasses, wands etc. All the children who were at
the event were all given goody bags which contained either a
Harry Potter DVD, Note Book, File a Fax or Play Figure, as well as
other magical items, with of course popcorn and sweets to enjoy
during the film, a magical time was had by all those who
attended.
1.
2.
1.Children with goody
Bags
2.Example of the selection of items included in the Harry Potter
themed Goody Bags.
All the families who attended completed a Member Interest
Questionnaire which is basically a few questions about things you
and your family like to do for fun. All the completed
questionnaires were entered into a draw which took place at the
event to win an Apple IPod shuffle 512MB, which was won by Daniel
Bird from Whitstable, Kent.
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3. Roslyn McGovern Branch Secretary presenting
Daniel Bird and his son Max with their prize of an IPod
shuffle.
3.
A Harry Potter Quiz was included in the children’s goody bags
for them to complete while they were waiting to go into the film,
these had to be handed in at the end of the event and were then
taken away for marking. The Prize for the most correct
answers was a Harry Potter Room of Requirements, plus a variety of
action figures to go with the play set.
Eight children got all ten questions correct; their names were
put into a draw with the winner emerging as Anton Lockwood from
Ashford. Anton is one of the children from Beaver Green
Community Primary School who attended the event a guest of
Branch. Emma Pilfold-Bagwell from Sittingbourne was the
second name drawn out; Emma wins a Harry Potter Wand (donated
by a Member from Rainham).
The other children with all 10 correct answers
were: Darren Cheary from Dartford, Paul Lockwood from Ashford
(Anton's twin brother), Jack Parsons from Folkestone, Francesca
Smith from Westgate-on-Sea, Kai Wilding and Kyran Wilford from
Ashford.
Bill McGovern President of Foresters
Branch Royal Thane presented the prize to Anton Lockwood (right of
picture) with Anton's twin brother Paul helping to hold the
prize. Anton and Paul both thanked Roslyn McGovern
Branch Secretary for organising the event and said that they had a
really great time.
Everyone who attended enjoyed the event, and
the children were thrilled with the contents of their goody
bags.
Cream Tea at Tiny Tim’s Tearoom
and visit to ‘The Canterbury Tales’
We all met
up at Tiny Tim’s on the 4th April 2009 where we enjoyed a
cream tea, after which some of the party visited the ‘Ghost
Room’. One person reported that they felt ‘something’ brush
past their leg! Other’s said the room felt quite cold compared to
the rest of the building! I can say I found something I was
not expecting! On the wall opposite the door, plans were
displayed of the restoration work that had been carried out after
the fire in 1985, and there it was for all to see!! In a
small frame hung a photo of Les Ashby, a member of the branch who
had worked on the building doing the carpentry restoration that was
required to the ‘paneled room’ which is now know as the ‘Ghost
Room’, Les was with us and he was quite surprised to see his photo
displayed, as this was the first time he had been back to the
building since 1985. The visit to The Canterbury Tales followed,
which was not only enjoyable but educational as
well.
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