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ANTIQUES EVENING
It's a relief when the treasurer turns up at a social evening with
something other than a demand for subs ! And so it was that Robin
appeared on our Antiques Evening with historic items relating to a life
saving mission on the high seas back in the 1890s. The medals and
certificates told the tale of fine leadership by one of his forbears,
who had rescued some forty three crew members of an American sailing
ship during a fierce storm. Regular Runnymede members know that you can
never tell what may turn up on the night and our October meeting proved
the point for following Robin we had John W and his collection of
Service memorabilia, some of which featured his father and the
communications branch at D Day.
A Carrot Puller ? A Cabbage Pusher ? A Wheel for measuring distance ?
None of us recognised Eric's items - all drawn from the collection at
the Tilford Rural Life Museum. However we did get the device that made a
flat portion of ice cream and located wafers top and bottom. I suspect
it took us back to the days when our hard-earned pocket money was wisely
spent ! "Sixpenny wafer please mister ". Less familiar were
Penny's ebony glove stretching tongs.
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RUNNYMEDE & THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
November wouldn't be complete without a performance of
one of Muriel's pantomimes , so this year a fully rehearsed cast - Oh no
they weren't ! - as I was saying, cast of eight presented
"Runnymede & the Sleeping Beauty". Eric played Eric and
Pam played Pam but it took no little imagination to see the busy body as
Sven Goran Ericsson and the Treasurer as David Beckham. ! To save our
readers further embarrassment I'll just leave you with a reminder of
part of the finale , sung lustily by all - Oh no it wasn't ! - by all to
the tune of "Jerusalem".
And did our cars in modern times
Whizz along England's roads all green
And is our well-loved marque MG
At England's summer shows oft seen
I shall not cease from paying subs
Nor shall my sponge sleep in my hand
'til we have built our Runnymede
In to a great and happy band
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SKITTLES & SUPPER Variety being
the spice that 1007 enjoy our November outing was to a skittle supper at
Bagshot. Soon the bowls were flying down the alley with great accuracy
(Kevin !), destructive zeal (Tony A !) or with gentle demolition in mind
(Rosemary !). The members of "A" Team had just won by a small
margin when salad, fish & chips, chicken curry, beef stroganoff etc
followed by treacle pud and custard walked in from the kitchen. Who felt
like exercise after that you may ask ? Well the elimination rounds saw
Kevin win the overall prize with Rosemary taking the Trophy for highest
score. Our thanks to Pam and Eric for all their efforts in making the
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