THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
SUFFOLK COUNTY
NEWSLETTER
Summer 2011
COUNTY NOTICES & EVENTS
POPPY APPEAL AS AT 27 July 2011
Suffolk £627,291.24 which is 2.17 % up on the same time last year
Well done!!
National is currently £35.5m
Haughley – poppy picnic and music day
(picture courtesy of Jane Hyde)
Fun in the Poppy Fields
(picture courtesy of Jane Hyde)
Lowestoft Branch birthday party
Sudbury- Escape to Victory event
COUNTY NOTICES & EVENTS - CONTINUED
Raise a glass in honour
To the Legion’s 90th year,
For the families past and present
For all those we hold dear
The funds that’s raised from year to year
For forces far and wide,
The Legion’s right behind you,
To help those left behind
So today’s your 90th birthday
We stand and we salute you,
From the British Legions, far and wide,
We want to say “God Bless You”.
From Felixstowe Member
NEW COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER FOR EAST
SUFFOLK
Sarah Jarvis has recently joined the team as Part-
time Community Fundraiser. She has worked in the
charitable sector for many years and is looking
forward to the new challenge of supporting and
working with her regional Poppy Appeal Organisers
to achieve maximum fundraising for the Poppy
Appeal and the many additional events that are
organised by its volunteers and supporters. She can
be contacted on 07917554969 or 02032960413
90TH ANNIVERSARY GOLF EVENT
90 GOLFERS FOR 90 YEARS
BURY ST EDMUNDS GOLF CLUB HAVE KINDLY
DONATED THEIR COURSE TO US FOR THE DAY
on Friday September 16th 2011
We also have the donation of an international
Trick Shot Show. Coffee on arrival and dinner
following the Show. Guest speaker Simon
Clegg, CEO at Ipswich Town Football Club
I would be grateful for any donations for the
draw - Sandra
90TH ANNIVERSARY CATHEDRAL CONCERT
BURY ST EDMUNDS CATHEDRAL
SATURDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER 2011
There will be a combination of The Band of
The Army Air Corps, St James School Chamber Choir and
the Cathedral choir
Tickets on sale from The Theatre Royal Box Office. Prices:
£13 for side aisles, £18 back central and £25 front central
FROM DAVID LAND
Thank you all very much for all your
kind wishes for my operation and
my stay in hospital
Homecoming Parade at
Ipswich
SUFFOLK COUNTY CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2011/12
2011
July 23 Saturday B group Walk Bacton to Needham Market – Contact Margaret Buttle 24 Sunday Bures RBL- open garden –Secretaries, Station Hill/Water Lane 2-5pm 29-31 weekend Bikers Branch national rally –Trimley St Mary August 6 Saturday Newmarket Race Day 13 Saturday Wickham Market Club – coffee morning 20-21 Sat-Sun Maritime Ipswich event– recruitment stall September 04
Sunday
A group walk, Haverhill, Kedington and Thurlow
07 Wednesday County Management Board 10 Saturday Ipswich RBL - Corn Exchange – Minden band concert. Freedom of
Borough for Royal Anglians 11 Sunday Felixstowe Branch Open Day at Landguard Fort. Harwich Pipes and
drums 11 Sunday Beccles RAFA – Battle of Britain Church Service and Parade 16 Friday Suffolk RBL – Golf Day – Bury St Edmunds contact Sandra 17 Saturday Concert in the Cathedral with Army Air Corps Band contact Ted
Wood 25 Sunday Standard Bearers Competition October 01 Saturday County committee – County Office 02 Sunday Chairman’s’ seminar – Stowmarket RBL Club 09 Sunday Youth Standards bearers competition 29 Saturday Ipswich Poppy Launch 29 Saturday Felixstowe Poppy Launch November 05 Saturday Woodbridge – Poppy Parade 11 Friday Eve C Group Festival of Remembrance – The Apex Bury St Edmunds 11 Friday Witnesham Branch – social evening St Clements Hall Ipswich 2012 August 26 Sunday Woodbridge Branch 90th birthday – Elmhurst Park Woodbridge
Please share information about events you know of with the County by informing the office and keep this document updated.
COUNTY NOTICES & EVENTS - DIARY
WOOTTON BASSETT TEARDROPS FOR POPPIES
I am arranging to get some of these into Suffolk. This version is £3 and loops
around the centre of a poppy or for £3.50 a brooch version is available which pins
through the poppy onto a lapel. Please contact County Secretary if you require
any. £1 from each sale goes to The Royal British Legion and associated military
charities.
“The residents of Wootton Bassett who have turned out for countless soldier repatriation
parades are to be thanked with special remembrance poppies.
Created by Wiltshire charity worker Lynda Beaven, poppies can now be adorned with
crystal tears as a "physical way of saying thank you".” BBC news
An Open Invitation to all Standard Bearers and Members of The Royal British Legion
COUNTY NOTICES & EVENTS - CONTINUED
The Suffolk Junior Cavalry will be holding their Annual Inspection & Display on Sunday 25th September 2011 at Valley Farm Riding Centre, Wickham Market, commencing at 1800 hrs.
Further details from David Foster Tel Nr. 01473 413704
Suffolk Junior Cavalry
Founded 1990 An Affiliated Unit of The Royal British
Legion
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME Junior Cavalry – Mounted Inspection followed by Mounted Drill Demonstration
The Royal British Legion Standards with short marching display Pas des Deux – 2 of the senior riders
Cavalry Games Musical Ride of The Suffolk Junior Cavalry
Finale incorporating The Royal British Legion Standards
The Suffolk Junior Cavalry Presentations & Promotions
Evening Hymn & Cavalry Last Post National Anthem
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE ON SALE IN THE CAFÉ (Privately operated)
The Standard of the _________________________________________ Branch will be attending The Suffolk Junior Cavalry Annual Inspection & Display.
Signed __________________________________________________ Branch Chairman/Secretary
Please return this slip to David Foster, 6 Kinross Road, Ipswich, Suffolk. IP4 3PL. or e-mail [email protected]
TRAINING
Branch Treasurers 13-14 August Haughley Suffolk
Branch Management 16-17 August Taverham Norfolk
Treasurer Refresher course 13th August Chelmsford Office
BRANCH ACCOUNTS 1
Make sure you are helping your Treasurer all
you can in compiling the accounts.
Submission time will soon be upon us. Make
sure the actual reporting forms balance when
you sign them off at your AGM – do not just
assume.
MEMBERSHIP FORMS
There is a shortage of these at the moment.
New MEM 20s are being printed so these
will be used in the future. I have an
electronic form of the MEM 4 if you wish.
Online joining reduces the need for paper!
BRANCH ACCOUNTS 2
We hope to target the correct branches for R&P
forms and Account forms to save duplication.
Copy of this and relevant bank statements will
need to be sent to County only. They will not
be accepted without bank statements.
NEW ONLINE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
This is to be used by Counties this year and
will be rolled out to those branches who
wish to use it. Training will be arranged for
Treasurers wishing to get involved. Please
let Peter Gipson know if you are interested.
CONFERENCE MOTIONS
Get those moans and groans written down
and agreed in branch meetings. I will be
sending out formal paperwork early August
after the Conference Committee Meeting July
29th.
EMAIL ADDRESSES
Please when you fill in your MS1’s, can you
please put any email addresses on, even if
it is a family member’s. A lot of information
I send out has a very short time frame so it
is only people with email that receive it and
can action.
STANDARD BEARERS COMPETITIONS
Adult RBL standards competition –
Sunday 25th September
Youth Standards Competition- October 9th
Please encourage all to participate.
CHAIRMANS SEMINAR
This will be held on Sunday October 2nd
at Stowmarket RBL Club. All chairmen
are invited to attend or to send a branch
representative. The speaker will be the
new Head of Membership, Bob Gamble
who is a very inspirational speaker-
Form enclosed to branches.
MEMBERSHIP CARDS
Only one will be issued free per year. £2.50 to
replace or letter confirming membership.
Return unused cards by first class post with
certificate of posting.
Credits will run over on account – no refunds
A new Membership Guide is being printed.
The DD failure process will be simplified so
branches will know much earlier (hopefully).
RBL CLOTHING
If you require any further copies of the
brochure I sent out last issue, please
ask. I have had only one reply so far. If
we want to recruit and communicate
with a younger generation, we need to
be out there in a more relaxed manner.
BRANCH FUNDS INITIATIVE
As Trustees of TRBL, officers should be
ensuring that best practice is followed at all
times and this means getting best interest on
savings. BFI gets 3.05% and you can draw
back any money simply by post.
COUNTY NOTICES - from The Secretary
NATIONAL NOTICES
Wilkinson’s Stores Helping Hands Initiative
Local Wilkinson’s Stores have a budget to donate
to local organisations and charities via their
scheme called Helping Hands. The best approach
would be for branches to seek support by
obtaining an application form from their local
Wilkinson’s stores.
http://corporate.wilkinsonplus.com/story.asp?id
=19
Tamsin Comrie is researching a BBC documentary
about entertainment during WW2, and I'm looking to
speak to people who have memories of ENSA (the
Entertainment National Service Association).
Whether you were an ENSA performer or a member of
the Forces who might have seen a show or heard a
radio broadcast, any memories or thoughts on this
subject would be gratefully received. If you don't
remember ENSA, but know someone who might,
please feel free to pass on this message to them.
I can be contacted by email on
[email protected], or by telephone on 020
857 63273. Our programme has a focus on ENSA, but
I’m interested in hearing everything about anything.
Tamsin Comrie, Researcher, BBC Entertainment
VETERAN VISIT
Please contact TRAVELSERV, Mrs Santha Simmons, 1B
Amberley Road, LONDON E10 7ER
For details of Veterans trip to Singapore, Borneo and
Brunei in March 2013, 14- 16 days–approx cost £2000
with flights from Glasgow
ON LANGUARD POINT – A project about HOME
stories
The Pacitti Company are co-ordinating an
Encyclopaedia for the East of England that tells the
story of the East – places, people, histories, myths,
folklore, recipes, dreams and futures.
Ipswich Office – The Wolsey Room, Ipswich Town
Hall, IP1 1DH Tel 01473 216545
www.onlanguardpoint.com
From National Conference:
Who is the Unknown Soldier?
He is the one who led the way so the general could
make it home. She is the one who saved the child and
was left to die alone.
His dreams were cut off by his untimely death; her
innocence shattered by her last shallow breath.
He is the voice that echoes our pride; she is the eyes
that for our freedom, cried.
He is the rain that waters our souls; she is the river
holding secrets untold.
He’s in the wave crashing Normandy’s shore; she’s on
the wind over Dieppe once more.
He’s in the song that Passchendaele sand; she’s in the
bell from which freedom rang.
His death was a pledge prayers cannot suffice; her life,
a gift, at the ultimate price.
Leah McDonald Elrose Saskatchewan
www.legasee.org.uk
This company is interviewing veterans for
posterity. They are currently working with a
well known company who would like to
feature some of our Veterans in their
pensioner magazine. They have strong links
with the Navy so they are especially keen to
hear from Naval Veterans who served during
WWII. Please contact [email protected]
I have met people when they filmed some
interviews in Ipswich and they made everyone
very comfortable –Sandra.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY 90TH SERVICE
Tuesday 20th September
The Chairman received 27 tickets for this and a branch
draw took place at the recent Management Meeting
to decide recipients and these have now been
contacted.
KNITTED HATS FOR OUR TROOPS
Only 100% pure wool is allowed for these hats due to fire / accident risk whilst troops are on
patrol. Other wools will stick to the skin.
The WOOL BAND has to be handed in along with the completed hats (any leftover wool can
also be handed in as this will go towards knitting other hats) so the troops will know what the
hats are made from. We will photocopy any extra bands required as one and a bit hats can be
made out of a 50g ball of wool.
The colour of the wool is also important. Colours such as black, grey, sandy, dark green, beige
(or similar colours) are suitable. Bright colours are not suitable as they would make the troops
obvious targets.
Please send your completed hat(s) (along with the wool bands and any spare wool) to:-
Mrs Diana Church, Ivy Cottage, Horsley Lane, Beeston, Tarporley,
Cheshire. CW6 9TP Tel: 01829 262561
KNITTING PATTERN
With size 7 (4½ metric) needles, cast on 90 stitches.
Knit 4 rows of K1, P1 rib.
Cast on 1 stitch at the end of last row, making 91 stitches.
Row 5 – Knit. Row 6 – Purl.
Continue in stocking stitch (1 row K, 1 row P), until work is 6 inches in all.
Begin Decreasing:
Row 1 (K11, K2 together) 7 times = 84 stitches. Row 2 Purl.
Row 3 (K10, K2 together) 7 times = 77 stitches. Row 4 Purl.
Row 5 (K9, K2 together) 7 times = 70 stitches. Row 6 Purl.
Row 7 (K8, K2 together) 7 times = 63 stitches. Row 8 Purl.
Row 9 (K7, K2 together) 7 times = 56 stitches. Row 10 Purl.
Row 11 (K6, K2 together) 7 times = 49 stitches. Row 12 Purl.
Row 13 (K5, K2 together) 7 times = 42 stitches.Row 14 Purl.
Row 15 (K4, K2 together) 7 times = 35 stitches.
Row 16 (P2 together, P3) 7 times = 28 stitches.
Row 17 (K2, K2 together) 7 times = 21 stitches.
Row 18 (P2 together, P1) 7 times = 14 stitches.
Row 19 (K2 together) 7 times = 7 stitches.
Row 20 (P2 together) 3 times, K1 = 4 stitches.
Row 21 (K4 together) – Cast Off.
Sewing – Please be careful to sew hat up with a ‘Flat’ seam as a thick seam would be
uncomfortable to wear
GET YOUR KNITTING NEEDLES OUT!!
You should do this test in 2½ minutes!! Try it at a Branch meeting. Do it as quickly as
you can but answer all the questions
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SOMETHING TO TEST YOUR BRAINS
1 If a doctor gave you 3 pills and told you to take one every half hour, how long would they last?
2 Divide 30 by a half. Add 10. What is the answer?
3 If you only had one match and entered a dark room where there was an oil lamp, an oil heater and
some kindling wood, which would you light first?
4 Take two apples from 3 apples, What would you have?
5 Some months have 30 days, some have 31. How many months have 28?
6 Imagine you built a house with four sides and each wall had a southern exposure. If a bear went past
one of the windows, what colour would it be?
7 How many animals of each species did Moses take into the ark?
8 If you went to bed at 8 o’clock in the evening, would up the alarm clock and set it to get up at 9 o’clock
the next morning, how many hours sleep would you get?
DIGITAL SWITCHOVER HELP
For older and disabled viewers who may find making the switch
difficult, the BBC–run Switchover help scheme can help. Most
people will be asked to pay £40 towards the standard option of
help.
This includes: Easy to use equipment to convert one set, an
approved installer and 12 month aftercare.
Help is available is available if you are aged 75 or over; have
lived in a care home for 6 months or more or get DLA,
attendance allowance, Mobility supplement or are registered
blind or partially sighted.
For further information visit helpscheme.co.uk or call
08004085900 or Textphone 08004085936.
If you do not qualify for help but still need to ask questions, visit
digitaluk.co.uk or call 08456505050
Poppy Man doing
his bit at the
Suffolk Show
