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  The Verwood & 3
Legged Cross
Twinning Association.
2020
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Verwood & Three Legged Cross Twinning Association
 August
2020
Summer Newsletter
http://verwood.org/twinning/index.htm
All members should now be aware of the following:
1: Cancellation of the Twinning visit to Orée-d'Anjou
in September 2020.
It is with disappointment that due to the current Covid-19
situation the committee can confirm that the planned trip to
Orée-d'Anjou, France during September 2020 has been cancelled and it
is hoped that it can occur in 2021.
All deposits have now been refunded by Sandra, our Treasurer.
2: Cancellation of the Twinning visit to Blackpool & Liverpool.
The parent company of the coach company SHEARINGS ceased trading
so the visit in October had to be cancelled.
Refunds
are being processed by the agent through the ABTA scheme – but this
could take some time.
Happy hour is starting earlier and earlier. If
this keeps up, I’ll be pouring wine in my cereal!
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Death of Dorothy Curd in June 2020 |
We
have been informed of the sad news that Dorothy Curd has passed
away this June. Current members may not be aware that in 1981,
a letter was sent from a director of Manitou (Mr Himsworth)
to the Verwood Parish Council, requesting a meeting to
discuss a possible twinning between Verwood and
Champtoceaux.
A meeting was arranged at the Monmouth Ash Public House, at
which Mr Himsworth (a Director of Manitou) and four Parish
Councillors,
R (Ron) V W Curd,
L (Leo) Roberts, G (Gordon) J
Thorne and F W (Bill) Williams, were present making Dorothy and her
husband Ron founder members of the Verwood Twinning Association and
were Officers & members of the Association until age forced them to
retire to their family in Exeter, where Ron died in 2018 at the
grand old age of 105. He was a Councilor for many years. They were
also founder members of the Verwood Amateur Dramatic Society.
The Picture shows Ron
and Dorothy at their Home in Lake Road Verwood in 2005.
30 Days Hath September, April, June and November.
All the rest have 31 … except March and April which had 8000.
As everybody is now aware the current programme of meetings in
the Heritage Centre has currently been postponed with most events
being delayed to next year (hopefully). The problem is that in our 2
main venues it would be difficult to maintain social distancing at
the present time.
Your committee is continuously monitoring the situation but it is
unlikely that meetings will be possible in the immediate future. We
will check the situation for the AGM and if it has to be delayed
then the next main event would be the extravaganza in December.
I need to practice social-distancing from the
refrigerator.
The Crew of a return flight from
Malaga on Sunday the 26th of July 2020, counted 11 cruise
ships from Weymouth bay to the Isle of Wight. The photo (Taken by
one of the pilots - Matthew) shows Weymouth bay from about FL180. (I
personally counted 7 in the photo).
Every few days try your jeans on to make sure they
fit.
Pyjamas will have you believe all is well in the Kingdom.
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Your Committee Members. |
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Chairman |
Clive Grove (01202 826449) –
(twinning@verwood.org) |
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Vice Chair |
Susan Shaw (01202 813526 |
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Secretary |
Carol Geary |
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Treasurer |
Sandra Grove |
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Minutes Secretary |
Carol Geary |
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Membership Secretary |
John Pettitt |
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Newsletter / Facebook |
Debbie Scott |
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Council Representative |
Sandra Grove |
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Speaker Organiser |
Gill Armstrong |
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Website |
Stuart Clifton (webmaster@verwood.org) |
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Other Committee Members |
Avril Pettitt, Susan Shaw Mike
Armstrong, Sheila Holingsworth, Catherina Green, Tony
Squibb & Vivien Clifton. |
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February 2020
Winter Newsletter
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Forthcoming Events |
Members Meeting - 12th March
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Quiz Night (Memorial Hall - 27th March
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 Denise
Edwards will be talking to us about ‘Life as a Stunt Woman’ |
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 Your
quiz master will be Terry with his glamourous assistant
Anjie. £10.00 per ticket. Inc. a fish & chip supper.
(CANCELLED) |
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Members Meeting - 9th April |
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Members Meeting - 14th May |
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 John
Hawkins will be talking to us about ‘The History of
Ringwood’.
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 Suzanne
Kempe will be talking to us about ‘New Forest Ponies’.
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News |
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We have
a vacancy on the committee if you’d like to get
involved.
Please contact Clive if you are interested.
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Swing
Band Dance hosted by The Rotary Club 14th
March 2020 at the Memorial Hall
Oree
d’Anjou
17th September to 20th
September 2020
*Please hand your £50pp
cheque to Sandra by 27th March to confirm
your place.
Blackpool & Liverpool Trip
19th October – 23rd October
(Only 2 rooms available – can either be a double or
can be a twin)
*Please ring Jane Cowley
on 01932 808590 if you’re interested. |
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What You Have Missed |
Members Meeting - October 2019
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Members Meeting - July 2019 |
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 Christopher
Legrand talked to us about the beauty of France with its
Château’s and its architecture by designer Antonio Gaudi.
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Steve Herra
spoke to us about his life aboard the Cunard ships, its
History and the Glamorous Stars who have travelled on board.
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Christmas Party - December 2019 |
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Christmas Extravaganza - December 2019 |
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Cliff Path and
the Zig Zags did us proud and entertained us throughout the
night. Everyone enjoyed a boogie, a ploughmans supper,
topped off with a huge raffle.
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The Twinning
committee were out in force keeping the Verwood community
warm with mulled wine & mince pies, and not forgetting our
marshmallow sticks for all the kids.
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Your Committee Members
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Chairman |
Clive Grove (01202 826449) |
twinning@verwood.org
Verwoodand3LXTwinning |
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Vice Chair |
Susan Shaw
(01202 813526 |
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Secretary |
Carol Geary |
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Treasurer |
Sandra Grove |
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Minutes Secretary |
Carol Geary |
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Membership Secretary |
John Pettitt |
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Newsletter /
Facebook |
Debbie Scott |
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Council Representative |
Sandra Grove |
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Speaker Organiser |
Gill Armstrong |
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Website |
Stuart Clifton (webmaster@verwood.org) |
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Other Committee Members |
Avril Pettitt,
Susan Shaw Mike armstrong, Sheila Holingsworth,
Catherina Green, Tony Squibb & Vivien Clifton. |
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