There is a lot going on with your Club, and this is reflected in our latest Newsletter.
Have you looked at our very own website yet, or the associated FaceBook page? Just type in www.exeterspreadeagles.org in your internet browser for the website, or for our FaceBook page click here – see what you think, and do let us know.
Many of you entered Les Rendell’s Quiz in the last issue, but not so many got all the questions right! The questions were designed to make you think, and so Les has given the correct answers, with explanation where necessary, in this issue (see below). Les has also kindly agreed to produce another brain-teaser for the next issue.
Regrettably, as you will probably have noticed, connection magazine is not planning to produce better value for Barclays’ pensioners in the future. The magazine will only be produced twice a year, rather than quarterly, and if you require a hard copy, as opposed to an electronic version emailed to your PC or tablet, you will have to register for this when the next issue comes out in August. We urge you to ensure that you continue to receive a hard copy, by following the procedure spelt out in that August issue. We are writing, as your Committee, to express our disappointment at this change, but have no real hope that this will improve matters.
In contrast, your Committee wants our Club activities to properly reflect your preferences, and so we are attaching a Questionnaire (click here) which you may like to think about, complete and return to me, or bring along to the Tiverton lunch. If you kindly did this at the recent coffee-morning, there is no need to do it again.
Talking about the Tiverton lunch, you will see that Garry “Two Hats” Adams has pulled a rather helpful rabbit out of one hat regarding the cost of this event! With such an excellent value meal, produced by their newly-recruited “award-winning chef”, hopefully we shall have a really good turnout at the Best Western.
I hope to see you there.
Andrew Green, Hon. Secretary
A View from the Chair and your Finances
Since our April newsletter, we have enjoyed a coffee morning at Froginwell, a lunch in May at the Sidmouth Harbour Hotel and a very successful cream tea afternoon in June, again at Froginwell. Whilst our numbers have been slightly down with 25 at the coffee morning and 58 at the lunch, we did see 42 turn up for the wonderful cream tea on 28th June. There we enjoyed large home-baked scones, Cornish clotted cream, jam and copious cups of tea or coffee. We must do that again, especially as it was free to our members. For those that didn’t make it – you missed a treat!
As mentioned by Andrew, our next event is the lunch at Tiverton on 13th September (click here for details). As your Treasurer, I am able to metaphorically “pull a rabbit from one of my caps” and offer this lunch to you at just £10 per member. See details later in this newsletter and do please come along to give our numbers a boost.
See you there!
Garry Adams, Chairman and Hon. Treasurer
Welfare
As I sit and turn my thoughts to this Newsletter, summer seems to have finally arrived. Sincerely hope that you are able to enjoy the weather and our glorious countryside. Just a couple of thoughts for you: Christmas Grant This is now administered by the Bank Workers Charity, and their contact details have previously been advised, and are also on our website (click here). The final date for submission is 28th October, and as ever, please do not hesitate to contact your Welfare Officer, or BWC direct. Blue Rewards Subject to a couple of conditions, you can earn a minimum of £4/month for free with your Barclays Bank account. If you have yet to take advantage of this, please do not hesitate to give me a ring. As they say, what’s not to like!
Ray Cavill, Welfare Co-ordinator
Functions
Our next function is Lunch on Tuesday, 13th September 2016 at the Best Western Tiverton Hotel, Blundells Road, Tiverton EX16 4DB at 1 p.m.
Menu/booking form is attached (click here) and should be returned to me with your cheque by Monday, 30th August 2016. Cheques will be banked on Thursday, 2nd September. No refunds will be given after this date. The cost per head for members is £10.00 or £21.00 per head for non-members. The cost includes a glass and a half of wine OR a glass of orange, apple or grapefruit juice.
Please also let me know when replying of any special dietary requirements you may have, e.g. if you do not want sauces or gravy.
For those who like to make this event more of an occasion, you can arrive from 11.00 a.m. to purchase tea/coffee and the bar will be open from 12 noon.
Please collect your menu choices form from me and place on your chosen table by 12.40 p.m. Please do not move them after this time.
Future dates for your diary
Tuesday, 18th October 2016 free Coffee Morning at Halfway Inn, Aylesbeare EX5 2JP on the Sidmouth Road (A3052)
New venue – car parking, level entrance at front, steps from car park
Thursday, 1st December 2016 Christmas lunch at Victoria Hotel, Sidmouth
Thursday, 9th March 2017 Annual General Meeting and Lunch at Exeter Golf and Country Club
Do please try to come to at least one event in the year. If getting to an event is difficult for you, please do not hesitate to contact any member of the Committee and we will do our best to arrange transport for you. We would like to see you – and it helps our finances!
Lynne Ring, Functions Co-ordinator
(email: lynne_ring@hotmail.com telephone: 01392 879446)
Quiz Answers
1. If you add eleven and two, the result is thirteen. Taking the two words ‘eleven’ and ‘two’ what other words can you make which give the same result?
Twelve & One
2. Mary’s father has five daughters. Nana, Nene, Nini and Nono are four. What is the fifth daughter called?
Mary – as Mary’s father had five daughters
3. Can you make one word out of the letters of “New Door”?
Yes – One Word is an anagram of New Door
4. How many animals of each type did Moses take into the ark?
None –it was Noah’s Ark!
5. You are alone in a deserted house at night and there is a lamp,
firewood, and a candle. You only have one match. Which do you light first?
The match – to light the others
6. You are running in a race. You overtake the person in second position.
What position are you now in?
Second
7. Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain
on earth?
Mount Everest – it was always there!
8. When I was 14 my mother was 41. She is now twice as old as me. How old am I?
27
9. When do Christmas and the New Year ever fall in the same year?
Every year – though at either end
10. By adding two letters to it, which word becomes shorter?
Short