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IS THERE LIFE AFTER
WORK?
Retired Members’ Section Contacts:
Colin Pettingale
[Secretary], 19 Adelaide Road, Ipswich IP4 5PS
tel 01473 729336 Email colin.pettingale@talktalk.net
Ralph Murray [Chair], 64 Derby Road, Ipswich IP3 8DN
tel 01473 724024 Email ralph.murray@homecall.co.uk
How to become a Retired Member:
If you were a UNISON member when you were at work, all you
have to do is [on or within two years of your retirement]
send a cheque for £15, payable to UNISON, to the Branch
Office, with a note of your name and address indicating that
you would like to join the Retired Members’ Section. This
gives you retired membership for life – no more membership
fees to pay.
Meetings and Activities
There are monthly meetings open to all Retired Members,
consisting of a brief business section followed by tea and
biscuits and an interesting speaker – we cover a wide range
of subjects.
The meetings start at 2.30 [unless otherwise notified] and
finish by 4.00; they are normally held at the St John’s
Club, Kirby Street, Ipswich, where there is ample
car-parking space.
Printed agendas are not circulated, for the sake of economy:
the short business sections of the meetings follow a
standard format as below:
Apologies for non-attendance
Introduction of new members
Correspondence and reports
Forthcoming events
Any other business
Tea and biscuits
Speaker
Dates and speakers
for 2008 are as follows:
Wed Jan 23 Ray Smith:
Slides and Music
Wed Feb 13 Sue Hockenhull: A Picture of India
Wed Mar 12 David Chappell: Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
Wed Apr 16 Tom Tyler: When Motoring Was Fun
Wed May 14 Tom Doig: Folk Cures and Remedies
Wed Jun 11 Ann Day: Armchair Walks
Wed Jul 16 Pip Wright: The 3 F’s
Wed Sep 17 Phil Hadwen: Felixstowe Ferries
Wed Oct 15 Sam Teague: Park Landscaping
Wed Nov 12 The RSPB
Wed Dec 10 Annual Social with Entertainment
There is also a very successful programme of outings. Dates
and venues for 2008 are given below, but please contact
Colin as soon as possible – before Jan 28th for the first
two in particular - to book your place[s] as they get booked
up very quickly. Most of them do attract a charge,
principally for transport. You are welcome to bring a
partner or friend.
Tues
Feb 12 A TASTE OF FRANCE
Thurs Feb 14 SHOPPING TRIP TO LAKESIDE
Thurs Apr 17 JIM’S MORNING RAMBLE
Thurs Apr 24 LONDON DOCKS: A GUIDED TOUR
Thurs May 15 BURY ST EDMUNDS CATHEDRAL: TOUR WITH HORRY
PARSONS [our 07 speaker on the Tower building]
Thurs June 19 IGHTHAM MOTE [moated manor house in
Sevenoaks, Kent: National Trust]
Thurs July 17 OTLEY HALL HOUSE AND GARDENS
Thurs Aug 14 LEEDS CASTLE
Thurs Sept 18 PARHAM WAR MUSEUM with John Warwicker
[Speaker 07]
Thurs Oct 16 THE TOWER OF LONDON AND THE FOUNDLING
MUSEUM
Fri Nov 28 BURY ST EDMUNDS CHRISTMAS FAYRE
2007 Notes from Colin and Ralph
We’d like to start off by sending you our best wishes for
the new year and trust you will enjoy good health and
fortune in a peaceful 2008.
2007 was again a very
successful year from our meetings and outings point of view.
Meetings were well supported with an average of 45 members
attending, while some outings ran at a loss as we were
unable to fill the coach. The most memorable ones were the
two visits to Hollesley to see the Suffolk Punch Stud &
Museum and our two consecutive Thursday tours of Historic
Ipswich.
There was however one very sad event on which we should
report:
KEITH DUNNETT
As many of you are aware the former Chair of our Retired
Members’ Section died in August last year.
It was agreed subsequently at a meeting of the section that
Retired Members of the Branch should be advised that it was
the request of Keith’s family that should anyone wish to do
so, donations in remembrance of Keith should be made to the
Charity “Arthritis Care”.
Should you wish to make a donation in memory of Keith could you please send a cheque made out to “Arthritis Care” to the Retired Members’ Secretary Colin Pettingale by not later than 28th February 2008. Any cheques received will be forwarded to the Charity.