gREAtimes - The Gravesend Sapper
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gREAtimes - The Gravesend Sapper
GRAVESEND & DISTRICT ROYAL ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION SERVICE NOT SELF Issue No. 34 UBIQUE gREAtimes President Richard Bardsley GRAVESEND and DISTRICT REA NEWS LETTER June 2016 01634850185 BRANCH NEWS COMMITTEE MEMBERS BRANCH MEETING DATES 2016 1930 HRS. AT GRAVESHAM COURT Chairman Mick Dobson 01474568198 Hon. Secretary. and Standard Bearer Ray Ellis 07803052960 Hon. Treasurer Press Officer David Spurgeon 01474711199 Welfare Officer Ken Trevor 01322669017 Entertainments Officer Vacant Relief Standard Bearer Brian Frost 01474706460 SSAFA Representative Mary Walker 01474 812184 Branch Padre Rev. Graham Herbert 01474 533434 Tuesday 5th. July. Tuesday 2nd. August. Tuesday 6th. September. Tuesday 4th. October. Tuesday 1st. November. Tuesday 6th. December. Sun. 12th June POPPY PICNIC New Tavern Fort Gravesend 1200pm to 430pm Details of the poppy picnic June 12th 2016 12:00 until 16:30 New tavern fort gravesend Live music, stalls, refreshments, vehicle displays, fort magazines and chantry. Live on, To the memory of the fallen and the future of the living ! These events for 2016 have been notified to HQ REA: 10 – 12 June Chilwell Weekend 09 June Royal Hospital Chelsea Founder’s Day Parade 4 June Trooping the Colour – Colonel’s Review 8 9 June Beating Retreat, London 11 June Queen’s Birthday Parade 29 – 31 July Minley Weekend 16 18 September Corps Memorial Weekend 08 October REA AGM and Annual Dinner 09 October Sapper Sunday at Royal Hospital Chelsea 10 November Field of Remembrance, Westminster Abbey HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO Dave Spurgeon in June and Ray Ellis in July. BRANCH NEWS CONTINUED Branch meeting Tuesday 3rd April We were pleased to welcome an honoured guest to the meeting, Jack Alan, older brother of Don. Jack is here visiting family and friends, having travelled from his home in Tasmania. Chairman Mick Dobson, presented Jack with an engraved plate to mark his visit. We also enjoyed a presentation by members of the Gravesend RNLI. Ian and Tina Smith and their colleague Peter Birthright gave a very interesting and informative presentation about the Gravesend life boat. Gravesend has had a lifeboat station since 2002 and Tina was one of the original volunteer crew. Ian and Peter are full time members and are both helmsmen. The annual branch photographs were taken at this meeting, some including our guests and the ladies (friends of the branch). BRANCH DINNER Celebrating Sapper 300 Branch Sapper 300 Dinner 10th May Members of the branch and their guests, assembled at the 3 Daws pub in Gravesend, for an informal dinner, celebrating 300 years of the ‘Sapper’. A very enjoyable social evening was had by all, and it was a pleasure to meet the family and guests of members. 2 Civic Service St Georges Church Gravesend A Civic Service, in honour of the inauguration of the new Mayor of Gravesend, The Worshipful the Mayor of Gravesend, Councillor Greta Goatley, was held at St Georges Church on Sunday 15th May 2016. In attendance were many Gravesend councillors, members of the congregation, and branch members: Mick, Ken, Dave, Jamie and Roy, not forgetting our stalwart supporters, Mary and Angela. The national standard and the Gads Hill School ACF standard were paraded by cadets. The branch standard was carried by Ray Ellis. Refreshments were served in the church hall after the service. PLACES OF INTEREST TO VISIT IN KENT Westgate Gardens Address: Westgate Grove, Canterbury CT1 2BQ, England Phone Number: 01227 475 202 Kent & East Sussex Railway Address: Tenterden Town Station, Station Road, Tenterden TN30 6HE, England Phone Number: 01580 765155 TEXTING FOR SENIORS Since more and more seniors are texting and tweeting we need an STC (Senior Texting Code). Please pass this on to your Children and Grandchildren so they can understand your texts. ATD: At The Doctor's BTW: Bring the Wheelchair BYOT: Bring Your Own Teeth CGU: Can't get up DWI: Driving While Incontinent FWIW: Forgot Where I Was GGPBL: Gotta Go, Pacemaker Battery Low! GHA: Got Heartburn Again HGBM: Had Good Bowel Movement IMHO: Is My HearingAid On? LMDO: Laughing My Dentures Out OMMR: On My Massage Recliner OMSG: Oh My! Sorry, Gas. ROFL... CGU: Rolling On the Floor Laughing.... and Can't Get Up WAITT: Who Am I Talking To? WTP: Where's The Prunes? WWNO: Walker Wheels Need Oil GGLKI: (Gotta Go, Laxative Kicking In) 3 RN P E ER CI CO RE Summer lamb with carrot & fennel salad Ingredients 450g lamb neck fillet olive oil juice 1 lime 1 tbsp fennel seed toasted and roughly crushed 1 carrot, grated 1 small red onion, finely chopped 4 pitta breads 2 Little Gem lettuces, leaves separated Method Rub the lamb with a little oil and half the lime juice, then season with salt and pepper. Barbecue or cook in a hot griddle pan for 1015 mins, turning occasionally. Remove from the heat, cover with foil and set aside to rest. Meanwhile, whisk the remaining lime juice and the fennel seeds together with some salt and pepper and a little olive oil in a large bowl. Add the carrot and red onion, then mix well. Warm the pitta breads on the barbecue or griddle pan, then make a slit in each to form a pocket. Slice the lamb and stuff into the pittas with the carrot salad and lettuce leaves. Interesting but usless information Peanut oil is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn't smoke unless it's heated above 450F. In ancient Greece, tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted. When a person dies, hearing is the last sense to go. The first sense lost is sight. Due to earth's gravity it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15000 meters. The first testicular guard, the "Cup," was used in Hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important. (Ladies ... Stop Laughing ) AND FINALLY Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. He's not dead. He's electroencephalographically challenged. Latest survey shows that 3 out of 4 people make up 75% of the world population. Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer. Of course I talk to myself, sometimes I need expert advice. Oops! Did I roll my eyes out loud? If you have any thoughts, anecdotes, jokes or notices for inclusion in our August News Letter, please contact Dave Spurgeon on 01474711199 or by email, [email protected] Your News Letter is compiled and edited by Dave Spurgeon and Printed by Darenth Print & Design Ltd. 01322288627 4