50th anniversary

50th Anniversary 2009

Dunston Hall

Celebration were held at Dunstom Hall Hotel, Nr Norwich. Over a glorious weekend 28 Ex brats plus 23 ladies attended. The main gathering day Friday 22nd May 2009, was spent catching up on all the gossipas is appropriate when renewing aquaintances, and also making use of the fine amenities available at the hotel, including an excellent golf course. It was here thatb a new event was added to The European Golf Tour, in the form of “The 82nd Entry Open “. This was hotly contested by Chas Dewar,’Rip’ Kirby, Mo Conybear and Mike Pond, much time was spent in the local woodland, ably assisted by Eileen, Mikes caddie, studying the local flora and fauna, whilst looking for the odd golf ball! In the evening we dined casually, a buffet style meal held in the Bunkers Bar. We welcomed some new faces(that are still coming out of the woodwork), Alan Walker, Nigel and Brenda Bacon and Julian (Yank) Francis. Yank brought with him (still in pristine condition) the original entry banner, which took pride of place in the dining room. Saturday dawned with weather made for taking in the delights of the lacal area, which meant for most, the beautiful city of Norwich. The gathering in full refinery on Saturday evening ready for the celebration dinner. Following the now customary photo session, the 82nd Entry was given a rendering of all the old favourites by Piper John Walker (83rd Entry), before being called into dine by Maurice Conybearof General Parade on his cornet. As was to be expected, following a fine meal, drinking and reminising went on until the late hours. Mike Pond gave ‘short ‘ address see photo, running through one or two members service careers, showing the some of us had certainly been around a bit. Mike and Martin Harvey had also gone to great trouble and managed to borrow from the archives details of the entry from day one and even the final examination marks for all subjects which proved tom be of great interest. Gearge Wade provided a rolling display of photos from previous Reunions, many other intersting snippets were on display. Many thanks to Mike and Eileen for the work they put in to make the weekend such a success. Plans have already been made for 2010. Next year we will be meeting at the Hilton Hotel Portsmouth, during the weekend of 28/29 of May. the formal dinner will be on the Friday. All information will be available on the site. If you have any questions prior to that you can contact : Mick Simmons on 01428/724470 or by email ….. micksimmons@exbrat.freeserve.co,uk

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