(internet edition)
Newsletter of the CSMA
Ipswich Group
..
..
.
January 2012
The Ipswich Group Committee Wish You A
Happy & Prosperous
New Year for 2012
Flying
at Ipswich Airport
We welcome one of our group members,
James Empson, who will show and tell us all about the
last twenty years of flying at the now defunct Ipswich Airport I am sure this
will be of great interest to many, and especially to those who think the
airport should still be there. No need
to book, just turn up at Kesgrave Community Centre for the usual start time of
7.30pm
Noggin
& Games Evening
Wednesday 25th
January
Join us at the Westerfield Railway for
our January noggin, turn up for a 7.30pm start.
(or earlier if you plan on trying the meals as
well). No doubt the cards & dominos
will make an appearance as usual. No booking needed. Note the Westerfield
has changed hands.
Wednesday 8th
February
oin us for another interesting, illustrated talk by
local historian Pip Wright, about strange events & bites of history hidden
for centuries, which took place in Suffolk
Not to be missed, 7.30pm start as usual at
Kesgrave community centre, see you there.
Visit
to Orwell Park Observatory
We are paying a visit to the
Orwell Park Observatory at Orwell Park School, Nacton.
Group treasurer Paul Whiting will be on hand to point out & identify
visible stars & planets. Note this
event is on a Thursday. No need to
book, just turn up for 7.30pm in the school Gymnasium car park - NOTE THAT THIS
IS NOT THE MAIN CAR PARK. Turn left towards the river before entering the main
gates, go past another set of gates on your right and the gym car park is
through the third set of gates on your right. Paul will be waiting to open the
gates for you. Wrap up well as it is usually cold in the observatory.
That
was the Year
That Was 2011
This
year we have held 9 Clubnights at the Kesgrave Community Centre with some
interesting speakers. We have also held 7 outside summer activities including
an interesting day at the Newmarket Races (organised by Club HQ from Brighton);
an excellent fish & chip supper at Felixstowe; a disappointing visit to The
Brewery Tap; a couple of excellent treasure hunts (at Wivenhoe & Ipswich
Waterfront); a ramble along the banks of the Orwell; and a summer barbecue at
The Westerfield Railway pub.
There
were 7 noggin nights planned for 2011 at The Westerfield Railway but these were
somewhat spoilt when we heard that the landlord was leaving in September when
new management would be taking over. In reality this change did not take effect
until November and so far, after refurbishment, not much information has yet
been gathered on the new look Railway. So, for 2012, we look forward to a new
pub experience and hope that this encourages some new faces at our noggin
nights. If you haven`t been before, make a New Year resolution, come and join
us - you`ll be made very welcome.
So
all that remains as we countdown to the start of the New Year is for your
Committee and me to wish you all a happy and healthy New Year.
See you all in 2012.
Jim King (Chairman)
A Trip to a
Winter Wonderland
In
early December twenty of us joined an Angus Coaches trip to the ever popular
Thursford Christmas Spectacular. After stopping at the Swaffham George for a
very acceptable lunch we were driven down some surprisingly narrow country
lanes to arrive at Thursford in time to enter the magical sparkling Christmas
fairyland world of moving penguins, polar bears and giant sized teddy bears; a
must for any youngster under 95 years of age and worth the £4 entry fee. A quite beautiful tableau.
Then
off next door into the show proper where, alongside all the traction engines,
the glittering decorations and carousels the magic of Thursford
took over!
A
magical show - but I thought it was not quite as good as I`ve seen in the past;
perhaps it was spoilt by our seats being well to the side of the theatre.
All
in all though, a good family show.
Jim King
Ipswich Group Events 2012
The
committee reserve the right to amend the programme due to non availability of
speakers or venues
Wednesday 11th January Flying
at Ipswich Airport, a talk by James Empson.
Wednesday 25th January Noggin and Games at the Westerfield
Railway PH.
Wednesday 8th February It happened here in Suffolk a talk by
Pip Wright, deals with a number of strange and wonderful bites of history that
have remained hidden for centuries
Thursday 23rd February Stargazing at Orwell Park Observatory (Note the day), Weather
permitting we shall have a guided tour of the heavens
Wednesday
14th March Frankie Dettorie
Racenight
Wednesday 28th March Group dinner Joins us at the Red
Lion, Martlesham, look out for a booking form in a future Traveller.
Wednesday
11th April AGM + Travels to the end of the earth
a talk by Paul Whiting
Wednesday
25th April Bell ringing at Badingham
Church
Wednesday
2nd May Martyn
Harrison sings again
Wednesday
23rd May Fish & Chips Supper at the Hut
Felixstowe
Wednesday
13th June Archery at Hallowtree
Wednesday 27th June Treasure hunt
around Needham Market.
Centre outing date and venue TBA.
Wednesday 25th July A day out in Felixstowe with Phil Hadwen, lunch will be
included in the price
Wednesday
8th August Barbecue
Wednesday
22nd August Ramble
around Woodbridge
Wednesday
12th September Suffolk
Curiosities a talk by Peter Driver
Wednesday
26th September Noggin and
Games at the Westerfield Railway PH
Wednesday
10th October Whodunnit, Jack the Ripper
Wednesday
24th October A visit to Ipswich records office
Wednesday
14th November Hand bell
ringing with Margaret Mellor
Wednesday
28th November Noggin and
Games at the Westerfield Railway PH
Wednesday
12th December Christmas
Beetle with Mince Pies, Sausage Rolls Tea/Coffee
Unless stated otherwise our events are held at:
The
Conference Centre of The Kesgrave Community Centre.
Which can be found off Bell Lane at Twelve Acre Approach and is
accessible for disabled members.
CSMA Club Ipswich Group Supporters Award
2011
Congratulations to Dave Wendon on winning
the award in 2011.
Note members highlighted in blue are all committee members and are therefore
not eligible for the award.
The committee would like to
thank all members and their guests who attended any group event in 2011.
|
Event |
Ipswich slides |
Jan Noggin |
Paper sculpture |
Feb Noggin |
Quiz night |
Group Dinner |
April Noggin |
Just one Cornetto |
Fish & Chips |
Fish & Chips |
treasure hunt |
treasure hunt |
BBQ |
Ramble |
Newmarket |
Medieval Monk |
Sept Noggin |
Felixstowe talk |
Registrars Talk Despatch |
Christmas Beetle |
|
|
Total attendance |
36 |
9 |
21 |
9 |
23 |
30 |
9 |
28 |
28 |
23 |
23 |
23 |
30 |
15 |
21 |
25 |
5 |
29 |
27 |
28 |
335 |
|
John Mills |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
190 |
|
Jim King |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
180 |
|
Bob Thomas |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
160 |
|
Jim Garrard |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
150 |
|
Dave Wendon |
10 |
10 |
|
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
130 |
|
David Gibson |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
130 |
|
Keith Spicer |
10 |
|
|
|
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
120 |
|
Roy
Compton |
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
10 |
10 |
110 |
|
Peter
Phillips |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
100 |
|
David Hayter |
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
100 |
|
Paul Whiting |
10 |
|
|
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
100 |
|
Delia Hamerton |
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
100 |
|
Ron Willett |
|
|
|
|
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
100 |
|
Brian Ellis |
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
90 |
|
Diane White |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
90 |
|
Dean Butlin |
10 |
10 |
|
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
80 |
|
Peggy Abell |
10 |
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
10 |
70 |
|
Michael Papps |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40 |
|
Don Suskins |
|
|
10 |
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
40 |
|
Tony Whitmarsh |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
Tracey Zoller |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
10 |
30 |
|
John Hamblett |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
Mr Arnkels Webb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
Ron Farnworth |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
10 |
|
Beverly Gaughan |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
10 |
Points
are automatically awarded
to all CSMA Club members who attend CSMA Club Ipswich Group organised events,
provided you sign on at each event you attend.
If you think you attended any of the above events but have not received
your points please contact Jim Garrard by Monday 16th January 2012.
Communications Page
For up to date information of forth coming Ipswich Group events see one of the following:
The latest edition of your newsletter the Suffolk
Traveller
Group Notes
in The CSMA Club Magazine
For the latest information on
Ipswich Group Events visit our home page at:
www.pjw.btinternet.co.uk/csma.htm
Or contact a member of
Your Ipswich
Group Committee
Secretary Jim Garrard Chairman Jim King
e-mail ipswichgroup@csmaclub.org Treasurer Paul Whiting
01473 636638(H) Committee Dean
Butlin
Val Garrard
Editor Bob
Thomas John
Hamblett
e-mail eangliaregion@csmaclub.org John Mills
Mikki King
East Anglia Centre Camping and Caravanning coordinator Ron Willett
..
..
.
Our clubnights are usually held on the second
Wednesday of each month, starting at 7.30pm in
The Conference Centre of The Kesgrave Community Centre.
which can be found off Bell Lane
at Twelve Acre Approach and is accessible for disabled members.
Note in line with the change of name of centres to regions
my CSMA club e-mail address has changed, see above.
Please update your contact lists as appropriate. Bob
Have
you visited the new CSMA
Club web site yet?
To access the new areas you simply visit the CSMA Club
website in the normal way via www.csmaclub.co.uk or just google CSMA
To enter the Club Activities pages, includes Local
Groups, just float your mouse over the indicated tab.
You will also find that the Competitions tab is now
labelled Magazine and takes you into an online version of your CSMA Club
magazine.
Have
a look and let us know what you think. It is still a work in progress site so
you opinions are very valuable.
..
..
.
Wednesday
28th March 2012
Red
Lion Martlesham
|
Name |
Member |
Guest |
|
2
courses £9.99 |
|
|
|
3
courses £11.99 |
|
|
|
STARTERS |
||
|
Soup
of the Day |
|
|
|
Stilton
& Peppercorn Mushrooms (v) |
|
|
|
Chicken,
Pork & Heather Honey Pβtι |
|
|
|
MAINS |
||
|
Chef & Brewer Bistro Salad |
|
|
|
Baked
Lasagne |
|
|
|
6oz
Rump Steak Burger |
|
|
|
Gammon
& Egg |
|
|
|
Vegetable, Pesto & Mozzarella Burger
(v) |
|
|
|
7oz
Rump Steak |
|
|
|
Chicago
Chicken |
|
|
|
British
Steak & Ale Pie |
|
|
|
PUDDINGS |
||
|
Farmhouse
Dairy Ice Cream |
|
|
|
Chocolate
Fudge Cake |
|
|
|
Apple
Pie |
|
|
Please make your selections and
return to Bob Thomas by Monday 5th March
Just
when you thought Christmas was over we present:
The
Christmas in January Quiz
1. Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas comes from which film?.....................................................
2. Where is Wenceslas
Square?.................................................................................................................
3. What do Dutch children
put out for Saint Nicholas?...........................................................................
4. When was the first
Royal broadcast?....................................................................................................
5. What Christmas item was invented by London
baker and
wedding cake specialist Tom Smith in 1847?......................................................................................
6. What Christmas plant
was once associated with the Roman god Saturn?...........................................
7. Christmas Island in the
Indian Ocean is a territory of which country?................................................
8. In Victorian England, what people were
popularly called robins
because of their uniforms?...................................................................................................................
9. In
the song Twelve Days of Christmas. How
many gifts were there altogether?............................
10. When is it illegal to eat mince pies?......................................................................................................
11. How many points does a snowflake have?...........................................................................................
12. Which country does the poinsettia plant come from?...........................................................................
Now for some Christmas anagrams
13. KEY RUT.............................................................................................................................................
14. MELT HEBEH.....................................................................................................................................
15. LACROSS HAM TRIC.......................................................................................................................
Now if 365 D in the Y means days in the year What do we mean by:-
16. 7 D in SW..............................................................................................................................................
17. 3 WM....................................................................................................................................................
18. 12 D of C..............................................................................................................................................
And finally some cracker
jokes
19. What do you call a baby born in the Belgium capital?..........................................................................
20. What bites and nips but has no teeth?...................................................................................................
21. Why are Christmas trees like bad knitters?...........................................................................................
Please send your answers to
Bob Thomas by Monday 23rd January 2012.
The Association of Eastern Motor Clubs
in conjunction with Volunteers in
Motorsport and Go Motorsport
is pleased to announce a
RALLY MARSHALS TRAINING DAY
on
Saturday 4th February 2012
at
Cambridge Regional College
Training
will be by MSA licenced training instructors with separate sessions for new
marshals,
experienced stage marshals, radio operators, timing marshals and senior stage
officials.
Signing-on at 09:00 for a prompt start. The training will end by 16:00,
thus allowing an easy return home.
Please apply
via the online application form at
http://volunteersinmotorsport.co.uk/tinc?key=nX0K3jBh&formname=cambridge
which will ensure we have all necessary details. If this is impossible then
please phone Vernon on (020) 8768 5507.
Early
application is requested so that we know how many are coming
and which training streams are required so that we can
cater accordingly.
Remember
that to retain your Marshalling Grading you should receive
formal, accredited training at least every other year.