Chairman’s Corner February 2013 Hello sailors! This month we have a nautical theme. Dr Willem Bijleveld, who some may remember as a fellow member, is coming to talk to us. Formerly responsible for the Madame Tussaud’s museum, he is now…
The Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race Dinner Come and join us watch the annual Cambridge vs. Oxford Boat Race. After last year’s strange happening, Oxford is planning to even the total score, but can Cambridge beat them? The event…
SOUTH AFRICA Vs NETHERLANDS ODI ON FRIDAY MAY 31, 2013 Fri 31 May 11:00 – 19:30 VRA ABN Amro ICC Cricket Netherlands (KNCB) is delighted to announce that following negotiations with Cricket South Africa (CSA) the South African Castle Lager ODI squad will…
Chairman’s Corner January 2013 The December lunch Jokathon was as funny as ever. Louise Hunter, John Donnelly and Judith Hope were all extremely funny, but in the end John Richardson’s elephant and mouse joke – timed to perfection – just…
When Mike Waters asked me to put together a few words about Metz my first thought was “panic, I’ve never done an obituary before” and my second was “OK, it can’t be too hard”! How wrong can you be? I’ve…
A boy chained this bike to a tree in Washington when he went off to war in 1914. The tree is now fully grown. pic.twitter.com/XPknh4Np A boy left his bike up against the tree when he went away to War in…
Incredible story of pilot who survived a Russian gulag and trekked 830 miles to India before making it to Britain to fly Spitfires for the RAF in WW2 Tony Rogers braved 830-mile trek on foot across Russia’s frozen wastes He…
Three Aussie blokes working up on an outback mobile phone tower: Mongrel, Coot and Bluey . As they start their descent, Coot slips, falls off the tower and is killed instantly.. As the ambulance takes the body away, Bluey says,…
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