Programme for the Next 12 Months Officers Chairman`s Message
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Programme for the Next 12 Months Officers Chairman`s Message
Programme for the Next 12 Months All meetings are held on Thursdays, at 12:30 for 1:00, at Mid-Sussex Golf Club, Spatham Lane, Ditchling, unless otherwise stated 19 Mar 2015 AGM 12.30 for 1:00 p.m. 16 Apr 2015 Richard Allen Regency England 21 May 2015 Sarah Oldridge 25 Jun 2015 Richard Searle 'Pocket Battleships' (4th Thursday) 16 Jul 2015 Andrew Glaysher Know your Silver (Bring items) 20 Aug 2015 Lunch with Ladies and a Quiz 17 Sep 2015 Tony Hale 15 Oct 2015 Three short talks by Members 19 Nov 2015 Colin Snook (An Inspired Granddad tramps around Great Britain) 17 Dec 2015 Christmas Meal Margaret Watson, Harpist & Singer 21 Jan 2016 Simon Langton Auctioneer 18 Feb 2016 To be advised 'Through the Seasons at Kew & Wakehurst' You Couldn't Make it Up Club Web Site: http://www.claytonwindmillsprobus.org.uk After a successful Inter Probus lunch we come to the excitement? of our A.G.M. I hope our aim is to keep it short and sweet meaning we should have time for any member's small contribution/anecdotes etc. We are still needing volunteers! I would like to take this last opportunity to give my thanks to everyone for what I believe has been a successful if quiet year and to wish the next committee all the very best. Tony. Officers Hon Auditor Speakers Sports Bowls Golf Excursions and Tours Theatre Visits InterProbus Catering Deputy Catering Bulletin Clayton Windmills Probus Club Inaugurated 18th November 1999 Chairman’s Message Apologies for absence may be noted on the meal choice sheet circulated during each meeting. The deadline is 6.00 p.m. on the Thursday before the meeting. Apologies after that time will result in the cost of the meal being charged. Please contact Brian Clutterbuck with any late apologies or changes to your requirements, on 01273-844 746, or by E-mail to: [email protected] Chairman Immediate Past Chairman Vice Chairman Hon Secretary Hon Treasurer Exec Committee Vol 14, No.12, March 2015 Tony Balsdon Brian Crouch Brian Clutterbuck Keith Rodaway Derek Carr-Hill Brian Dollings Peter Kirk Jim Watkins Brian Dollings 01444-246 170 01444-233 492 01273-844 746 01273-842 120 01444-451 877 01273-843 892 01273-843 227 01444-243 634 01273-843 892 Gordon Bravery Godfrey Harker Vacant Vacant Vacant Brian Clutterbuck Brian Hudson Terry Harper 01273-832 082 01273-842 148 4 01273-844 746 01273-842 929 01273-833 554 Duties for Thursday, 19th March 2015 Grace Money Collector Money Collector Speaker Host Vote of Thanks John Copeland Don Craft Bryan Booth N/A N/A Executive Committee Meeting The next Meeting will be held at Mid-Sussex Golf Club at 11:45 on Thursday, 19th March 2015 AGM Documents Documents for the AGM were enclosed with the January Bulletin. This is a reminder that Nomination forms must be signed by the Nominee, Proposer and Seconder, and should have been lodged with the Hon Secretary no later than noon on Thursday, 12th March 2015. 1 This Month’s Menu (InterProbus) Editor’s Spot: STARTERS: Stilton & Broccoli soup; Pate on toast with red onion marmalade; Egg mayonnaise with smoked salmon Deadline for March will be Friday, 13th March, 2015 [email protected] MAINS Chicken with mushroom in a white wine sauce on a bed of rice; Cumberland ring with creamed mash and onion gravy; Cod in cheese sauce Next Month’s Menu MAINS AFTERS: Roast Chicken, Sausage & Bacon Roll; Beef Curry, Rice and Poppadom; Fillet of Cod in a Prawn Sauce Fresh Fruit Salad; Chocolate Brownie, Honeycomb Ice Cream; Cheese & biscuits “A Policeman’s Lot.....” as told at InterProbus Ladies’ Lunch Moyra Crouch is organising the Ladies, Lunch on 19th March at the Thatched Inn, 12.15pm for 12.30pm. Please call 01444 233492 or e-mail to [email protected] by Monday 16th March to book a place. InterProbus (Continued) Terry Oliver, Chairman of Mid Sussex Probus Club, moved the vote of thanks at the end of Neil’s talk, which had been most entertaining and well up to standard. Michael Harper then asked David Hughes, President of Burgess Hill and District Probus Club to bring the meeting to a close, which he did by announcing that his Club would organise the next InterProbus Meeting in 2 years’ time. The InterProbus Lunch followed the familiar format, with a welcome from Michael Harper, President of Haywards Heath & District Probus Club. Grace was then said by his Vice President, Richard French. After the meal, the Loyal Toast was proposed by Michael and he introduced the Speaker, Neil Sadler, who had retired from Sussex Police in 2008. His number had been 006, the cause of some merriment, and this has been taken over by his younger daughter who now serves in Sussex Police. From the time that Neil joined the Police in 1978 there have been many changes. The uniform is much different from what it was then, the equipment has changed considerably, the old wooden truncheon has been replaced with an expanding baton, radios and mobile phones are now universal, a pepper spray is carried and a gilet is worn which will stop a knife, but not a bullet. What has not changed is the handcuffs, locked with a key. Some officers carry a Taser stun gun, first used at Gatwick in 2009. There is also the Police Helicopter, fitted with a spotlight and infra-red seeking equipment, very useful when looking for missing persons. That took Neil to a discussion of missing persons, ranging from the Babes in the Arundel Woods, Madeleine McCann, the “Canoeman” and Lord Lucan. The helicopter could have discovered the little girl who had wandered off, and survived for 2 nights in the woods, much more quickly. She was Elizabeth Peck and was very lucky. At the 2011 Census there were 56 million people in England and Wales, and there are 17,000 policemen, which works out at 1 per 420 people. Because policing is a 24 hour per day job, only a small proportion can be on duty at any one time. Observations by people like Postmen, Milkmen, Bakers, etc. can be a valuable source of information. 2 The pictures show Michael Harper opening the Meeting and David Hughes giving the closing remarks (right) Subscriptions Members are reminded that Subscriptions were due at the January meeting. They have been held at £20 for a further year. Some are still unpaid. Payment is requested by cheque, payable to “Clayton Windmills Probus Club”. However direct bank transfers are now possible, contact the Hon Treasurer for details. Meal Price Members are also reminded that the price of meals increased to £16 from the January meeting. Payment is requested in cash on the day, as usual.