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Portsmouth Branch now has 52 members We have
not had such an active year this time. A party from Portsmouth went to the
Grand Reunion at Blackpool: not as many as usual because it was a long way
to travel, but everyone enjoyed it. We did not attend the Area Reunion at
Weymouth as it was just a bit too far for a day trip. Hope to go to the one
in 2010 if it is nearer home. We held our AGM in July and had 13 members
present – more than usual.
Events were planned for the year. We still
hold coffee mornings on Saturday mornings in member’s homes in various areas
as the branch is very spread out. We attended several veterans’ parades and
our Standard Bearer, Sally Watson, went to two parades in July. Two members
attended the parade and reception of The County Regiment March to the
Guildhall, just back from Afghanistan. A big crowd welcomed them - a very
moving occasion especially when a wreath was laid in memory of one of the
soldiers who was killed in that week.
The last parade was Remembrance Sunday and we
managed a few members – three watching, one wreath layer and three on
parade, led by our Assistant Standard Bearer, Phyllis Price who managed to
get her photograph in the local paper even if it was a small one. Two last
coffee mornings in October and November were in Gosport. The November one
was well attended at Elabeth Court, a sheltered block of flats, where one of
our members Grace Foster, 93 years old, lives. |
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