News and Announcements

Gentlemen, please assemble in the bar of the hotel NO LATER than 7.15 because the AGM starts PROMPTLY at 7.30. The agenda for the meeting and the draft accounts will be on the chairs in the 1881 Restaurant which we have to ourselves. We eat at 8.pm. MENU STARTER    PLOUGHMANS TERRINE Ham hock, mature…

19th April 18 AGM Wrea Head Hotel 11th August 18 BBQ – West Indian – John & Jenny Edwards, Pay Bar, with partners. RT have been invited. 13th September 18 – SJT & George Michaels Book own tickets for theatre – Ayckbourn / Greek mezes 18th October 18 Trafalgar Night Details tbc + Business Meeting 8th November 18 – WW1 Armistice talk by Dave Henderson…

The 41 Club AGM will be held at the Wrea Head Hotel on Thursday 19 April. Remember to get your red hot motions to secretary Mike well in advance. Come prepared to quiz the treasurer about the club’s offshore investments, and to ask Tom why we have not celebrated St. George this year. We expect…

It was early evening on the second Thursday of March, 2030 at the Marchesi Retirement home on Scalby road. Three of the newer residents, Fred, Dick, and Harry were sipping a half pint of shandy. They had used to walk to the nearby Nags Head but it had been revamped into a coffee shop some…

The theme for the evening is Ireland, past and present, and the meal is wholly Irish on purpose. After the meal there will be a short talk on Irish history which, amongst other things will explain the origins of Dublin Coddle and soda bread which we will be having We meet up at the Yacht…

THIS IS AN OPT-IN MEETING WITH PARTNERS The Chinese have their own calendar where their New Year starts mid February and is based on the 12 year cycle of their Zodiac. This year is the Year of The Dog. Previous Dog Years were 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982 etc. Superstitious Chinese believe that bad luck…

Welcome to February (we’re already through the 1st month- time does pass quicker with age!) Our next event is a banquet to celebrate the Chinese New Year 16th February-( this is the official date not the day of the banquet!) as usual it follows the 12 year animal cycle and this year it’s the year…

Happy new year and here’s to good health, happiness and prosperity for 2018. STOP PRESS Aalten Round Table 88 and Aalten 41 Plus Clubs will be hosting their counterparts from Scarborough over the weekend of 13/14/15 April 2018. This will be a weekend of great fellowship, will cement many longstanding friendships and generate many new…

 Reflections on Passchendaele. A talk by our very own David Henderson on the subject of this momentous battle that took place one hundred years ago this year. David will bring a fresh and informative view to the subject. The meeting will be held at the Rugby Club. “Passchendaele is synonymous for mud and blood and…

Happy Christmas to all 41 Club members and their partners. I hope you all have a plan to avoid the worst ravages of the build up to Xmas which seems to start earlier every year. Last week one of our patients decided to try our new drive through dispensary which was a concept I only…