2002 Reunion

Details to be announced

 

2001 RE-UNION

To assist members living north of Watford, the members at the 99 re-union agreed to hold this event in Scarborough, the dates are the weekend of 5-8th October 2001, and will take place at the Brooklands Hotel, Esplanade Gardens, South Cliff, Scarborough. There will be entertainment for the weekend, and the terms will be three nights @ £78 per person or two nights @ £58 per person, these terms include half board and the cost of the Superb re-union banquet. The cost for the banquet only will be £16 per person. The hotel has lifts to all floors but no ground floor bedrooms, all 63 bedrooms are en-suite, and the hotel can accommodate 125 persons, so let's try and fill it! Booking forms will be available later in the year, and the hotel requires 12 months notice of expected numbers attending, only fair really, then they can let the other rooms to people who are not Superb!
We would hope to be able to arrange coach travel from the South East, and the fare would of course include enough to pay for the drivers accommmodation. Also there is a strong possibility that lifts could be arranged, this could be co-ordinated from this web site if there is enough demand.
Booking forms for the 2001 re-union are now available from the H.M.S.Superb (Cruiser) Association address, and must be returned by the last day of October 2000. Please enclose return postage when requesting booking forms from the Association.

2000 RE-UNION

68 members and their guests attended the Dinner, a bit less than last years 82. The feed back is that most members seemed to have enjoyed themselves, and the raffle organised by Ernie O'Brien, his wife, and shipmate pals raised £173 which will go a long way towards the costs of running the association.
It would appear that the bookings for the 2001 re-union are quite low at the moment, so if you want to come do something now. I am not too sure whether it is because the venue is the frozen north (there is electricity up there now), or some other reason. The choice of the north was to assist those members living north of Watford, and there seems to be quite a lot of those, so if there is another reason tell Fred Kinsey.
 

The 2000 AGM

This was as usual held just before the Annual Dinner, and was by all accounts "lively", unfortunately due to domestic reasons I was unable to attend. Fred Kinsey has sent you all a newsletter explaining the position so all members will be aware. If you are NOT a member join now and find out the latest buzz.
Due to the "liveliness" of the meeting it would appear that a vote was not taken on two very important issues:

	future subscriptions
	eligibility for membership.

Fred has asked that members return their views on both subjects ASAP, so that decisions can be taken in time for sub renewal date. My own personal view is that subs should be a minimum of £5, leaving those members who can afford the current £10 to continue to pay it they so wish. I am conscious of the amount of work put into this Association by Fred for the sheer love of it, and also the very high cost of postage, stationery, reproduction etc. It is true that you only get what you pay for, but in this Association you get more than you pay for!
Remember that propositions for the 2001 AGM can only be submitted PRIOR TO THE MEETING, I would suggest at least a month before so that the relevant paper work can be completed, i.e. before the 5th of September 2001.

1999 RE-UNION

This re-union was held in the King Charles Hotel in Gillingham as last year, but this year we had a much larger room with round tables seating 8 rather than the long tables of the year before.
For various domestic reasons I did not stay overnight and this of course curtailed any drinking as I had to drive home afterwards. I do not expect to make this mistake again.
Once again it was a very good turnout with quite a few Ladies present this time. I was loaned a digital camera by my son to record the whole event, this I did BUT.......... he forgot to tell me to push the button twice, I don't think there was enough steam in it to get it going properly. By some fluke we have two good pictures taken of the top table at the meeting before the dinner.
This meeting followed the usual pattern of drinking a tot of Pussers generously donated by Fred, and a brief discussion of any items which had been raised previously. It was agreed to raise the subscription, which is only reasonable as Fred had been carrying a lot of financial deficit himself, it was also agreed to hold the 2000 re-union in Chatham at the King Charles Hotel, because as Fred pointed out he had already had to make the booking or we would not have got in.
A very interesting event occurred when a member who had come from the USA for the re-union was recognised by his old oppo, not from his appearance , but from something he said! Lots of hugs and kisses -- very touching really. The solid silver wheel spanner was in evidence, and Fred was allowed to use it (under supervision of course). Well it's not really solid silver but burnished to such a high degree that it could be.
The dinner seemed to be going well from where I was sitting, but I was being kept under control by my management who told me when it was time to go home, so unfortunately we left as things were warming up. Paul Ryder told me he recognised me instantly from 1953 and that I had hardly changed, I was real chuffed, and Abdul Porter looked a picture, same as ever but greyer hair, really nice to see them both at this their first re-union.
 

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