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PENSIONERS’ NEWSLETTER
WINTER 2014
Welcome 2
Commissioner’s message 3
Chairman’s message 4
From the summer... 5
In Memoriam 6-7
Owen Kelly QPM 8
By the way... 9
Southend on sea 10
CID Reunion 11
Wellbeing 12
Captain Trebilcook 13-14
Cloak Lane Cliff 15
Lunch with Steph 16
Tony’s Thoughts 17
The Pilgrim Fathers 18
Jan Hatt is a CLOT 19-20
NARPO NEWS 19
Alan Francis OBE 21
City Slickers Part 3 22-23
LMS 24
The Senior Brigade 25-28
And more... 29-31
Image courtesy of Kaddy64 at FreeDigitalPhotos.net
THE
ISSUE
MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Welcome to the Winter 2014 issue of the Pensioners’ Newsletter. 2014 has
been a special year of remembrance. Especially pertinent due to the 100
year anniversary of the beginning of the Great War. Anyone who has
managed to visit the Tower of London during this time and seen the 888,246
poppies that have been spilling from the Tower, each one representing a
British and Commonwealth death during World War One, will have paused
and thought and remembered.
The nights are now drawing in, the weather is turning cold and Christmas is
on its way. And of course at this time of year our thoughts always turn to those that we have lost.
Family, friends and colleagues. I would suspect that many of us will raise a glass and spare a quiet,
personal moment remembering those that are no longer with us. It is with this in mind, that ex DC
Alan MacLennan (still with us, fortunately) has been spending a lot of his spare time recently
(er… not so much the raising a glass bit, although he does seem to have been photographed at
every City pensioners ‘do’ this year). No, Alan has been focussing on the remembrance part.
Alan has been looking at setting up an ‘In Memoriam’ or ‘Remembrance’ section on the Pensioners’
website. This would be a section where details of officers who are now deceased could be posted
along with photographs, anecdotes, stories of shared experiences perhaps and career details,
postings and promotions etc. Nothing detrimental would be permitted and certainly nothing that
might cause offence would be allowed. In time there would be a comprehensive alphabetical record
of all City of London Police officers who have passed away. And instead of just a few lines as we
usually get in the ‘In Memoriam’ section of the newsletter, we could read about and picture, and
what’s more remember, our colleagues as real characters and people.
This would initially involve retired officers to nominate people that they have known and served with
and were perhaps influential on their own career. Also, (without becoming too morose at this festive
time), we the ‘living’ pensioners could provide photographs and anecdotes of ourselves that we
would like people to share and remember us by, in the future
This would require a lot of donkey work by Alan MacLennan to start with but if we can keep him
away from all these ‘get togethers’ and pensioners’ reunions for a while, that might not be a bad
thing. I would be interested to hear people’s thoughts on this (the remembrance idea not the ways
in which we could stop Alan from appearing at do’s). If you have the time, please contact me on
[email protected] if you would like to voice your opinion.
Many thanks and let’s raise a glass to all our loved ones and friends that we are missing at this
festive time.
I wish you all a very healthy and happy Christmas and
New Year.
Best wishes,
Chris Pearson
(Guest Editor)
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Commissioner’s Message
2014 has been an exciting year for the City of London Police. It is our 175th
anniversary and to celebrate we had a float in this year’s Lord Mayors Show, where we unveiled our new official City of London Police flag and patrol uniform. Volunteers, staff, cadets and officers paraded in modern and historic uniforms dating back to 1839 whilst supported by a range of police vehicles old and new. It was a fantastic day and one which made me very proud to be Commissioner of such a unique force.
We have settled in to our new structure to meet the recent budget constraints and are on track to achieve yet another year of crime reduction. City of London Police are firmly focused on providing a world class service through innovative and modern ways of working. We are rolling out new laptops and mobile devices to all of our officers which will allow them to work more flexibly and spend more time on the beat as opposed to filling out forms at the station.
In order to continue to counter the increasing threat from terrorism, the City of London Police has developed and introduced a pioneering new initiative named Project Servator, designed to make potential terrorists feel uncomfortable and unwelcome whilst reassuring the public through unpredictable deployments of officers. It has been a great success, so much so it was adopted by Police Scotland for the Commonwealth Games.
This year we also took on responsibility and ownership for ActionFraud – the national fraud reporting system, and as we move into 2015 I am keen for our Economic Crime Directorate to continue to grow and develop in its national lead force role. We are working closely with several industries to target major fraud threats to the UK including the Insurance Industry and Intellectual Property. These self funding collaborations are proving extremely effective at deterring and prosecuting offenders. In addition, the reputation of the new Economic Crime Academy also continues to flourish. It is my firm hope and belief that we will continue to be at the forefront of crime prevention and detection in the Fraud arena.
Finally - and most importantly - I would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and hope that you all enjoy a peaceful festive period.
Commissioner Adrian Leppard
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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE
The unseasonably warm weather we experienced in late October took my mind back to NARPO’s annual conference that was held on 5
th September at the Grand Hotel, Brighton. Four
members of the Executive Committee, including myself, represented the City of London Branch and joined about 350 other delegates from branches across England and Wales along with representatives from the Scotland and Northern Ireland pensioners’ associations.
The highlight of the morning was the speech given by Sir Hugh Orde, the ACPO President, who gave his view on the current state of policing in his own forthright and humorous style. Whilst policing is different from when we knew it, he reassured the audience that it is still very much fit for purpose and something in which we can still take great pride.
Another main topic at the conference was NARPO’s “Later Life Ambitions” manifesto. By 2030 there will be almost 13 million people in later life, i.e. aged 65 or over. In advance of the 2015 general election, this manifesto aims to encourage today’s decision makers to confront the challenges of tomorrow.
Later Life Ambitions brings together the collective voices of over 250,000 pensioners represented by NARPO, the National Federation of Occupational Pensioners and the Civil Service Pensioners’ Alliance. These three organisations know the challenges that older people face in today’s Britain and also that the members have ambitious aspirations for themselves and the next generation of pensioners. The manifesto is an apolitical campaign to get older people’s issues to the political agenda. These issues include sustainable care services, accessible housing, regular and affordable transport services to maintain independence into later life and fair pensions. The objective is to change the terms of the debate to focus on the aims of pensioners rather than the perceived costs to the rest of society. If you wish to know more you can visit www.laterlifeambitions.co.uk
One such inequality within the Police Pensions is that under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme those in receipt of a widow’s or widower’s pension lose their pension if they remarry or cohabit. Although this was addressed in subsequent schemes the provisions were not made retrospective so most police widows and widowers are still in the position of losing their pensions in these circumstances. This clause within the 1987 pension scheme leaves older widows and widowers at a real disadvantage compared to their younger counterparts. Most are faced with the very difficult decision of either retaining the pension or ending their days in a relationship that provides the companionship so necessary to their quality of life.
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NARPO has recently been assisted in their campaign to see all widows and widowers treated equally by widow member Kate Hall. Kate has launched a petition to seek the change to legislation that I am sure we would all like to see. The petition has 65,600 signatures towards the target of 100,000. You can sign the petition by going to the NARPO website at www.narpo.org and clicking on Notices and follow the link or by following this link
https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-mp-grant-police-widows-pensions-for-life-don-t-make-them-choose-between-future-happiness-and-pensions?
I think that is enough from me. All that is left for me to do is to thank everyone who helps in producing this and the other newsletters and also to thank the members of the Committee for their support over the past year. May I also wish you all a happy Christmas and a very healthy, active and enjoyable 2015.
Best wishes
Alex Robertson
Chairman NARPO (City Branch) and City of London Police Pensioners’ Association.
FROM THE SUMMER NEWSLETTER
The photo (right) was taken outside the Old Bailey during the MP Jeremy Thorpe’s trial in 1979.
Chris Kearsy believes that the officer on the far left is Ron Barnes.
From Mike; (Above photo) Trevor Armstrong stands out a mile in the first pic but I am unable to name the other colleagues. I was at the Garage in those days and I was given the job of collecting Norman Scott from his 'Safe House' and taking him to the CCC. I then had to meet him at the door of the CCC and take him back or, to anywhere he requested. Good job he never knew I was authorised to take him 'anywhere' because he often said he would love to go back to Devon!! That's Norman in the last pic ( on the left, Jeremy Thorpe on the right ). And that's me at the steering wheel. I always turned my face away from the many photographers as I didn't want to be recognised. Anyway, he was found Not Guilty. He must be well into his 80's now.
Regards,
Mike
Mike Trebilcook has kindly
forwarded some more photo’s
from the trial.
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In Memoriam
Colleagues who have passed away since the last newsletter
Police Widow Joan Thorp 15h June 2014
Ex PC 507C Benjamin French 4th August 2014
Police Widow Emily Rose Cuff 18th August 2014
Ex Ch/Insp Eric William Ellwood-Wade 29th August2014
Eric Ellwood-Wade passed away on 29th August 2014 after a long illness. Eric joined the City of
London Police Force in 1947, achieving the rank of Chief Inspector.
Ex PS 100E Victor Wright 14th September 2014
Victor retired from the Force in November 1983
Control Room Staff Anne Lloyd 17th September 2014
The fastest typist In the room. Everyone on division knew her and called ‘Mrs many thanks’ as she
was always so polite. Anne was one of the best operators and never flapped which was a bonus
working in there. Norma Limond
Ex PS 79E Dennis Roy George Pratt 23rd September 2014
Dennis served at CP6 and then at CP5.
R.I.P.
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Wife of ex Insp Stanley Geale Florence Geale 12th October 2014
Ex Detective Ch/Insp Derek Couling 23rd October 2014
Ex PC 259 E Peter Miller 8th November 2014
Ex PC Tony Herbert 12th November 2014
Ex PC 134 B Royston Douglas Davis 20th November 2014
Royston, PC134B, joined City of London Police in 1951 and served for 30 years, retiring in 1981.
Ex PS Tony Long 24th November 2014
R.I.P.
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The Acting Court Inspector
By Owen Kelly
In 1962 I was a young sergeant on early shift at a large Divisional Police Station in South London
when I was called urgently to the telephone as the Superintendent needed to speak to me. My heart raced as I wondered what this was about. In the event his opening words were, "Sergeant Kelly, your country needs you!". My heart then sunk as I rightly suspected he was about to give me some awful job. He went on to explain that the Court Inspector, due at the very busy Magistrates Court across the road from the police station, had been knocked over while cycling to work and was now in hospital. "So", he said, "I need you to stand in as Acting Court Inspector. Come and get the papers." Needless to say, I had never done that job before. The Court sat at 10 am and it was now 9.50 am. I ran upstairs to his office and he handed me a huge bundle of
files. Those who have served in the Met will recall that before the Crown Prosecution Service came into being the Court Inspector was the Commissioner's representative at Court. His many duties included advising and supervising officers prosecuting cases that day, signing and timing the officers' court attendance cards, reading out to the Court the statement of facts in those lesser cases where there was a previously notified guilty plea - and many other things. Bearing this large bundle of files I rushed across to the court and took up my position in the court inspector's box. The courtroom was already full of people and there was a queue of officers seeking my attention. Normally the court inspector would have been there in good time to deal with all this. I had not even had time to look at the files. While dealing with the first few in the queue I was aware that the three lay magistrates had taken their place on the bench and the business of the court had begun, with some licensing and other applications being dealt with. I was also vaguely aware that at one stage the Chairman of the Bench was paying tribute to someone who had left the court service, during which I continued, head down, dealing with the needs of the line of officers. While this was happening, one of the waiting officers nudged me and whispered, "Sarge, I think the Chairman wants to talk to you." Sure enough, the Chairman was looking at me. When he knew he had my attention he said, "Sergeant, on behalf of the Police would you like to say something about Mr Matthews?" With no idea about whom he had been talking, I lurched to my feet and then waffled on for a bit on what a great servant to the court this man had been and how sorely he would be missed. Then I finished by wishing him a long and happy retirement. At this the Chairman looked at me over his spectacles for a long moment and then said, "Yes, I suppose that is one way of putting it. He died early this morning."
Owen K
Q.P.M.
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By the way...
I revisited my old patch with some friends last week & was reminded of the pedestrian crossing
point by Cannon Street railway station and traffic duties of yesteryear (early 1960's). In those days
we had to stand on a portable podium of course and trust in hope that oncoming vehicles were able
to see us amid the sea of pedestrians oozing from the busy station.
On one such occasion a short sighted motorist was focused on the populous ahead of him. but he
failed to notice me from my position in the gods, despite my lowering the right hand almost to his
eye level hoping he would stop. Alas, the unexpected occurred and yours truly felt the podium begin
to shift and clunk I ended up across his car bonnet as we both stared into each others startled
faces. All of this witnessed by an amused audience of city gents and scurrying char ladies who no
doubt enjoyed the sight of the law being brought down a peg or two.
Fortunately help was on hand and the newspaper sellers (the cavalry) came rushing to my aid
calling reassuringly 'Alright Guv' as they wrestled the podium and me with it, into an upright position
whence the due dignity of the law was promptly restored. Then it was 'roll on refs' before enjoying a
slap up breakfast at the old Cloak Lane nick for something like ten pence in today's money, if I
remember correctly.
Phil Whittick
ex PC 755D
FROM THE SUMMER NEWSLETTER
Pete Bosworth says that the photograph on page 15 of the Summer newsletter
is of him and it was taken in 1962 by John Gay.
ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY?
FORCE LOTTERY RESULTS
August 2014
£1000 ticket number 5365 – PC Shaun Duff
£300 ticket number 27 – John Ayres (Retired)
£200 ticket number 3945 – PC Dan Shead
£100 ticket number 1825 – DC Tony Bandy
£100 ticket number 4222 – Kay Britton
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Southend Seaside Meeting
by Anne Lancaster
A very good turnout for the Southend seaside meeting on Thursday 9th October held again at Sands Bistro. On a wild and blustery day, 34 attended an excellent afternoon tea in this restaurant overlooking the sea. Attendees were: Geoff & Doreen Ashton, Barry & Val Bowles, Fluff Bryan, John & Anne Conroy, Bob & Kathy Cottrill, Brian & June Cramp, Ken Dodsworth & Sue, Eileen Fellowes, Mick Finn, Margaret Gorman, Bel Harding, John Hume, John Hussey, John & Anne Lancaster, John & Linda MacLean, Alan MacLennan, John & Barbara Rew, David & Ann Smith, Roland Tann, Peggy Taylor, Christine Thornborrow, Don Warwick. Thanks to Ken Dodsworth for his photography skills.
Anne
John & Linda MacLean, David & Ann Smith Brian & June Cramp, Barry Bowles
John Conroy, Don Warwick, Fluff Bryan John Hussey, Peggy Taylor
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CID Reunited
Jim Jolly The Reunion Lunch at the Drapers Hall went well, with 113 members and guests sitting down in the main Livery Hall to an excellent lunch of Salmon, Drapers's Beef Wellington and Treacle Pudding!.....plus lots of still and sparkling mineral water. Dick Keating welcomed everyone present, in particular a table of serving CID officers and stressed how important it was to continue the link with these officers to ensure the Association had a healthy future. Dick also stated that the Associ-ation was determined to maintain a welfare function and Alan Goodman taking on the role of Almoner was evidence of that.
On this the 20th Anniversary, Alan Goodman the first Chairman then talked about how at the funeral of Peter Toy in 1994 the idea of an Association was first discussed and then evolved into the fellowship we have today with over 170 members. His present role was to watch out for those members and partners who were going through difficult times and he needed the help of every member to identify those colleagues. Alan finished up his speech with a mixture of amusing stories and anecdotes that left everyone in good spirits.
Adrian Leppard, the Commissioner updated us on how the City Police was faring, particularly with continued pressure on budgets and emphasised how confident he was that the Force would maintain its independent status in the heart of London. Mr Leppard recounted some of the excellent work carried out by current detectives in the City and said that the success of serving CID officers owed much to the legacy left by many of those retired officers present that day.
A collection for the Comforts Fund of the Association raised £940 and many thanks to members and guests for their generosity. Bob 'paparazzi' Tilbury was responsible for the attached photos which include a 'selfie' of the man him-self! Best wishes,
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WELLBEING DEPT.—Taiwo Olaiya
Force Wellbeing Unit
Walbrook Wharf
78-83 Upper Thames Street
EC4R 3TD
Clarification of services.
For financial assistance / Flint House application / Assistance with funeral arrangements of ex-serving police officers. (Please note that Flint House no longer offer Convalescent Home facilities for retired police officers and said this was stopped a while back). Contact—Taiwo Olaiya Wellbeing Advisor 0207 332 3982 For Summer luncheon or Lord Mayors Show Contact—Anne Lancaster 020 8777 0618 ([email protected] )
For changes to name or address for newsletter
Contact—Anne Lancaster ([email protected] )
For Newsletter content issues or Pensioners’ website queries
Contact – Chris Pearson ([email protected])
For Pensions queries/updates
Contact - Claire O’Malley 0207 332 1370 or Rebecca Weir 0207 332 3982
*EDITORS NOTE
The report of the death of ex PS Michael Coles in the last
issue contained a spelling error. A letter ‘s’ was left off
Michael’s surname. I would like to apologise for this
omission and I hope this did not cause any offence or upset.
Chris Pearson
The late PS Michael Coles.
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Sailing the Sea’s with Captain Trebilcook.
2014 Adventure for my 65th Birthday — PART 2
New Year’s Day 2014.
Salamanca Cathedral bells were tolling and, after our breakfast and a check of the car, we were on
our way south to Huelva in the South of Spain and some four hundred miles away. The closer we
got to Huelva the warmer the temperature got too. We saw sunshine as well which was so very
welcome as the skies had been grey since we arrived in Spain. Huelva, made ‘famous’ during
World War 2 for the greatest deception the UK ever pulled against Nazi Germany.
The dead body of a vagrant, found in a derelict building in the Kings Cross area, was to be used by MI5 for the ‘War Effort’. The corpse was dressed as a Royal Marine – Major William Martin, was jettisoned from a submarine. Chained to him was a briefcase containing fake plans marked ‘Top Secret’, for a supposed invasion of Greece. This brilliant plan was made into a film called, “The Man Who Never Was” as well as being the subject of several books. It was a plan called, ‘Operation Mincemeat’ and was suggested by the Spy Boss of Ian Flemming. It was a plan that was said to have brought about the end of the war thus saving many lives. But I digress…. t was late afternoon when we arrived at our destination in Huelva where we stayed with a Spanish friend for three nights.
Saturday 4th January 2014
The time had come for us to board our next ferry that would take us to Lanzarotte. This Spanish ferry (Naviera Armas) was totally opposite to the Brittany ferry we were on first. Boarding was a dangerous nightmare and it is a wonder we actually ever boarded at all. There was no discipline and vehicles were being driven straight at us as we were being told by Security to cross the motor deck to get to the stairway. How the Staff manage in cases of emergency doesn’t bear to think about.
We eventually made it to the Reception where we had to wait in line to collect our cabin key, two pillow cases and two tow-els each. We were on this ship for the next thirty hours and we spent most of that time in our cabin talking or reading our books as there were no amenities on board.
The sea was extremely rough and I found out that I am not a sea farer at all. I couldn’t wait to get back on land again. But that would have to wait another day. This voyage was to last another thirty hours.
NAVIERA ARMAS
IT WAS A LONG VOYAGE FOR MICK.
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Sunday 5th
January 2014, and we arrived at the port of Arrecifen Lanzarotte. Phew, it was hot. The afternoon sun was bright and the temperature was a welcoming twenty four degrees. Now for the drive to Playa Blanca and the next ferry, to Fuerteventura. This was a pleasant drive and the Fred Ohlson ferry we boarded was a huge catamaran which was clean and very comfortable.
Twenty five minutes later we drove off this lovely ferry at Coralejo in the north of Fuerteventura. It was now six thirty in the evening and the sun would be going down soon. We set the Tom Tom for Antigua, the former Capital of Fuerteventura (prior to Antigua the capital city was Betancuria. The capital is now Puerto Del Rosario.)
Tom Tom took us to Antigua but were unable to locate our Rural B&B. We thought this would be a quiet town but there were so many people walking in the road as well as covering the foot-paths. We knew then that something must be going on. We stopped the car as several camels walked past us. An elderly English couple informed us it was the night of the Three Kings, the long awaited Christmas for Spanish people. This is the time when children were allowed to open their presents.
Having never seen a camel before we parked our car so we could join the throng of people rushing to…we didn’t know where. Uniformed police officers were all over the place. One officer walked over to our car waving his hands at us and speaking in Spanish and obviously telling us we couldn’t park there. I just had to ‘show out’ as he came over to the nearside passenger door all ready to berate my wife whom he believed was driving. I got out, walked around to the other side of the car and showed him my Pensioner’s I.D. Card!! He saw the City Crest on the front of the wallet and suddenly he became me newest best friend. His face beamed a huge smile as he forgot about the traffic and all the pedestrians. He threw his arms around me telling me in (very) broken English that he had been to London once…when he was thirteen! He told me to leave my car where it was and that we must quickly join the ‘others’. We walked twenty or so yards along the road with our new friend and he introduced us to the lady mayor of Antigua. More cheek kissing and hugging. Everybody knew who she was because she owns the local sweet shop.
She had supplied the Three Kings with sweets to fill the baskets that were strapped to the sides of the camels. The Three Kings would throw the sweets for the children to pick up off the ground. The children would run around collecting as many sweets as they could carry. We waited for the procession which was led, not by the Commissioner in his plumed hat but, by a John Pattendon look-alike on an old Local Police motor cycle with Blue Light flashing. He was followed by a group of Hippie-looking fire eaters and they were followed by the equivalent of a Salvation Army Brass Band.
The five camels came next and you really could you smell them! The Three Kings were on the first three camels and the last two camels held extra supplies for when the Kings had thrown their sweets into the crowd. The procession of two hundred or so people including children running around picking up sweets and annoying the camels by running in front of them, took twenty minutes to pass us. The camels carrying the Three Kings suddenly stopped and folded their lanky long legs and lay down for the Kings to dismount. It was at this point the Three Kings took the part of Father Christmas and children came running up to sit on the knee of each ‘King’. Having never witnessed such an occasion before I thought it was (sort of ) well planned and a good spectacle.
To be continued...
MIKE AND LYNDA
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Cloak Lane Association
The CLA held its November meeting last Friday (07/11/14) at our new venue, the Crosse Keys in Gracechurch Street. For those of you who served at Snow Hill, that’s the big wide road that joins Bishopsgate to London Bridge.
Sadly, we no longer have the use of the Wakefield Mess for our meetings, but we had to adapt to survive and the manager of the Crosse Keys is very good to us and provides with our own room free of charge. Perhaps the sight of us lot in the main bar would be bad for business, but it suits us well.
Ernie Plumb brought two Belgian SAS Veterans with him, and I found myself sat between these two formidable gentlemen. Over the years, the likes of Jock Watt, Ron Smith, John Cardwell and Bill King tried their hardest to toughen me up, but despite their best efforts I felt quite vulnerable between two such impressive men. Knowing that I could be killed with a single blow, I tried chatting to them about all the interesting things I knew about Belgium.
That lasted for seventeen seconds and so I made some excuse about getting the beers in and spent the rest of the evening hiding behind Dick Keating (or almost) who promised to protect me. I then noticed that they’d starting to chat to Troggy who was more than a match for them as within a few minutes they looked dazed, confused and suicidal. Any one who’s chatted to Trog at a Cloak Lane do will know what I mean
Inevitably, our numbers have been shrinking for some time, and our turnout last week was down to nine or ten, leaving us wondering if it’s really worth continuing with the Association. I send out about a hundred or so invitations and I know that efforts have been made to encourage more recently retired people along, but there’s no point in twisting arms – you have to want to come. We are very keen to get your views and ideas as to how we can continue as an effective Association, especially any changes we can incorporate to increase attendance.
As the City is so busy on Fridays, we think our future meetings would be better held on Mondays, and in the afternoon to make travelling easier, so our AGM will be held on Monday 16 March at 2.30pm at the Crosse Keys. If you’re keen to keep the Association running, we really need you to support it, so please come along to the AGM and have your say. It really is a case of the more the merrier, and the sad alternative is that it will just wither and die through lack of interest. As they say, once it’s gone it’s gone!
Cliff Rowlinson
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SNOW HILL LUNCHEON CLUB
Steph Whitfield
I was asked to be the Honourable Secretary at the beginning of this year after Mike Surgett stood down as he had personal commitments and was unable to continue. He had been the
secretary for more than 10 years and according to all other members he had done a fantastic job. We all thank you Mike for all of your hard work. I was hesitant at first as I am a new retiree and I had big shoes to fill. I didn’t know many of the members very well but I have been made very welcome and I really enjoy the light hearted meetings which are held four times a year, they are normally the first Tuesday of March, June, September and December at the Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, Fleet Street, EC4. Starting at 12pm and lunch at 1pm.
We meet in a private function room with a bar and have a few drinks and a chat before lunch. Then have a collection for charity at the end of the meeting. All retired officers are very welcome to attend and it would be great to welcome new members even if you can only make one meeting a year. If you would like to come along then please contact me via the pensioners’ website or E-mail me( [email protected]) The next meeting which is the most popular is on Tuesday 2nd December 2014 at 12pm. If you would like to go on the mailing list please let me know. It is a great way to meet old colleagues and friends for drinks and a chat. The last meeting was on Tuesday 3rd September 2014 and was as always very well attended with the usual City Police banter and great stories from times past and present. I have posted a few photographs of the last meeting on the City Pensioners’ website. Dates for next year Tuesday 10th March 2015 Tuesday 2nd June 2015 Tuesday 1st September 2015 Tuesday 1st December 2015
ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY?
FORCE LOTTERY RESULTS
September 2014
£1000 ticket number 1610 – Helen Smith
£300 ticket number 3525 – PC Martin Raine
£200 ticket number 1004 – PC Mark Bannon
£100 ticket number 1185 – PS John Shickell
£100 ticket number 488 – PC Mark Lowe
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Flying Reindeer and Earthbound Robins
by Tony Thomas
Have you noticed the anomaly on our Christmas cards. Many picture flying reindeer whilst others depict Robins (a bird designed to fly) that are never in flight. Now is it me or is the natural world turned upside down? But of course its Christmas so we suspend reality for the season. During quite a bit of my police career it wasn’t only reality that was suspended during the run-up to Christmas. Police work and integrity, if not actually suspended, were given something of a back seat. As a young DC, for me (and whilst I can not speak for them, I suspect also for many of my colleagues) Christmas was largely about drinking, and all that went with that. At such times many things weren’t quite what they seemed. For example:
OTS didn’t mean ‘out taking statement’ The invitations to landlords to attend the CID Christmas party weren't simply (or in many cases, actually) invitations. If today you were to use the name we used back then to describe the ‘CID Christmas Party’, you would be charged with using inappropriate language. There were no cocktails served at the ‘Fraud Squad Cocktail Party’
Of course these sort of things don’t apply to the police service today, (“more’s the pity” some would say, others - “thank goodness”). And as individuals we are all more mature and have a much more balanced view of Christmas. So what is Christmas all about? It’s about getting together with the family, it’s about the children, its about celebrating with special meals and plenty of wine. “Yes” to all of that. But like flying reindeer and standing robins, the world at Christmas is upside down. We give priority to the celebration whilst forgetting, ignoring or even denying the thing we are celebrating. The secularist in our society would even have us change the name so as to obliterate from our culture the root of this celebration, referring to it simply as ‘The Winter Holiday” The original Christmas was such a momentous occasion that it is the centre of History, it is the start date for our calendars (albeit that they set it in the wrong month and year). What exactly are we celebrating? The clue is in the title, Christmas. I.e it is about Jesus Christ. It is celebrating the birth of a real man in history. And not just a good man or a great man but God who became man. In the first century there was much opposition to this new ‘sect’ that we now know as Christianity. The Bible records the counsel one of the Jewish leaders who were persecuting the early Christian church. Having described how a number of other emergent sects had withered and died after the death of their leader, he spoke of the early church, whose founder, Jesus the Christ, had also died and he said. “if this this undertaking is of man, it will fail; but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them...” (Acts 5:38-39) Well, 2000 years later it still has not failed. There-fore..... Happy Christmas
Tony Thomas
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The Pilgrim Fathers
By Barry Bowles
Having chatted with them at the last two Southend do’s I believe that many of my friends and
colleagues of COLPPA may be interested in the developments with my pet project that I have
mentioned in times past.
I attach a Press Release from the Association that I founded back in 2005 - The Pilgrim Fathers
UK Origins Association - to promote the incredible story of those who eventually became the
founding fathers of the United States Constitution and also Thanksgiving. These brave men (and
women, who are rarely given any credit) originated in my local area - Scrooby, Babworth and
Sturton-le-Steeple in North Nottinghamshire and Austerfield just over the border in Yorkshire.
As our Association has grown it has been our determined wish that we should establish a Visitor/
Heritage Centre in Scrooby where William Brewster was born. His home is still there.
After many false starts and dashed endeavours we are now getting quite excited as we are get-
ting very close to achieving our goal, hence the Press Release last week (30th October
2014). We plan to open in 2017 in time for the 400th Anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower
in America. We have many links now with Descendants in America, who come over to us on a
regular basis, and with the world famous Plimoth Plantation.
Further details can be found on our website - http://www.pilgrimfathersorigins.org
The Heritage Lottery Fund have indicated that they are supportive of our Bid for around £800,000
but we need to raise match funding of around £40,000. This can be in cash or in kind. We are
currently collecting Pledges which will only be called in if our Bid is successful.
Of course, if any members are interested in our country's history and heritage and how we have
influenced the world, or have interest in religious history, we would more than welcome pledges
of support by way of financial donations or in kind, say materials etc required for the building/
conversion of the Centre. Perhaps the purchase of one of the bricks on the floor might be
attractive to some? It would have their name on it!
Any suggestions of Funding sources would also be appreciated; we may not have thought of
them.
Regards,
Barry
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THE CITY OF LONDON OLD TIMERS SYNDICATE (THE CLOTS)
RECRUITMENT DRIVE
2015
I hope you had (or will have) a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Introduction
Many of the readers will already know me but for those of you who have never heard of the old timer pictured above, my name is Jan Hatt and I retired from the job as an inspector 21 years ago in Nov 1993.
You may recall that I was very fortunate to win a Jackpot worth £1.2m with Littlewoods Football Pools in July of 1993. I shared it all with the 26 members of the Wood Street Process Office Syndicate which I had formed ten years earlier. We each won in excess of £45,000 plus which nowadays, after inflation, would approximate to about £87,000 in value. I still have to pinch myself that it all really happened!
Since that time, the football pools have faded into insignificance with the rise in popularity of the National Lottery. For this reason I abandoned the pools and inaugurated The Clots in February of 1995. Initially we played the National Lottery on a Saturday night. Today, though, we have pinned all our hopes of fame, glory and wealth on the Friday night draw of the EuroMillions Lottery. The jackpots nowadays are downright obscene. They are never less than £12 million each week and can reach a maximum of £149m approximately as was the case in October 2014 when a ticket holder in Portugal won just that amount.
How does the Syndicate operate?
The membership of The Clots consists mainly, but not exclusively, of serving or retired City Police officers and civilians. The rest are all friends, neighbours and acquaintances. At the time of writing we have 201 members staking £668 per week which equates to £34,736 per year or 17,368 boards. That must surely make The Clots one of the biggest syndicates operating in the UK! You can see how pooling our resources can magnify the potential benefits to an enormous degree. You can pay your stakes to the Clots own Santander bank account by quarterly standing order or as a lump sum once a year.
December 2014
SYNDICATE MOTTO
Any millennium now!
Deputy Organisers
PETER BURROWES
ROBERT SHEELEY
THE
CITY OF LONDON
OLD TIMERS
SYNDICATE
JAN HATT
THE CLOTS ORGANISER
107 THE LINDENS
LOUGHTON
( +44 (0)20 - 8508 5895 ESSEX
2015 Recruitment Drive
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Uniquely, the minimum cost of a weekly stake, should you decide to join us, is pegged at £1 despite a EuroMillions board actually costing £2.00. This is made possible as the Rules which govern the syndicate permit you to purchase a half of a board. If you wish, you can stake more as there is no maximum stake. Remember that we are doing this for fun, so do not stake more than you can comfortably afford. Winnings are paid pro rata in accordance to how much you stake per week, e.g. a £2.00 stake wins twice as much as a £1.00 stake, etc. Winnings are sent directly to your bank account at our year end every February.
Each Friday night I stay up until about midnight analyzing that night’s draw and compile a personalized weekly Clots Report which I send to every member by e-mail detailing our success or lack of it. Twice yearly I also send to each member a Clots Newsletter which summarizes the previous six months. Incidentally, the Syndicate is run for the mutual benefit of its members and apart from my share of any winnings, I personally make no money from running the Syndicate. It’s a labour of love and great fun.
Come and join us!
My simple question to you is: do you want become a fully-fledged Clot? If the answer is yes, (or if you have any questions) please get in touch and tell me your name, full postal address and tele-phone number. I will then send to you a membership application pack in January 2015. You must return your application form promptly as your first eligible draw will be on Friday, 6
th
February 2015.
I would like to thank Chris Pearson for permission to include this article in the Winter Newsletter.
Fingers crossed and my very best wishes to you and your families for 2015.
Jan Hatt
NARPO NEWS The NARPO circular number 29 of 2014, gives details of the subscription increase from the 1
st January 2015. In line with inflation.
Subs will increase by 2p per month. For the City, who pay quarterly, the increase will be 6pper quarter, or the yearly subscription will increase from £19.56 to £19.80. 24p per year. Regards,
Phil Gilbert Hon Sec and Treasurer
NARPO City Branch…
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The Zeebrugge Bell, Dover
Alan Francis O.B.E.
As I write this, the Nation is about to commemorate 100 years since the First World War (WW1).
HM Queen Elizabeth will be at The Cenotaph on Sunday and the massed bands of the Brigade of
Guards will play the emotional Nimrod by Elgar... a time for reflection. When joining the beloved
job I was particularly respectful to colleagues who had service medals of both World Wars and
those who had been decorated for bravery. In these 100 years we have gone from bi-planes
and cavalry to planes which can fly through the sound barrier, drones which can be operated
from another continent and nuclear weapons.
In the field of police-work could we have envisaged - even 50 years ago - instant number plate
recognition, passive infra-red, pin-hole cameras and small personal telephones with more power
and capacity than some of the first major computers?
Here is a story of nearly one hundred years ago – 1918.
At the conclusion of WW2 in May, 1945 grandfather Thomas Thorpe moved to a bungalow at
Capel le Ferne, a village between Folkestone and Dover. Already in this village was a retired
City Policeman, father of Keith Lewington, also of the City Police (Cloak Lane). Furniture had to
be carried long distance and at shoulder height through a maze of barbed wire and tank traps, for
Capel le Ferne was still fortified. Robin and I used to visit him which was always a good
experience, for we enjoyed fishing in Dover. Dover had been severely damaged by cross-
channel gun-fire shelling but the bait shop was standing. Fish stocks in the Channel were
plentiful because there had been little fishing in the war and there were occasions when
porpoises chased mackerel seeking their prey (white bait) into Dover harbour.
Thomas Thorpe always made a special point of indicating the Zeebrugge Bell, displayed high on
the wall of Dover Town Hall – a trophy awarded by the King of Belgium after the April 1918 raid
on Zeebrugge. This bell is rung annually on 23rd
April to commemorate the event. Thomas
Thorpe had completed several tours at the Somme in the Royal Flying Corps (balloons) and
coming home on leave had seen many Royal Marines dead in Dover market square. 200 had
lost their lives.
The attack was carried out with enormous heroism, the objective being to sink three
concrete-laden block-ships across a canal entrance to prevent
activity by enemy submarines. Under cover of a smoke screen
designed by Wing Commander Brock (of the Brocks fireworks
family) HMS Vindictive landed the assault party of the 4th Battal-
ion, Royal Marines whilst the ship was held in position by two
Mersey ferries, Royal Iris and Royal Daffodil. The fighting was
fierce and the casualty toll very high.
Eight Victoria Crosses were awarded, some by ballot, since it
was impossible to choose between deserved recipients. The raid
failed in that the slow block-ships were sunk prematurely.
The total WW1 toll was over 8.5 million military deaths and 65 million had been mobilised, an ex-
traordinary conflict. In 1939 – just 21 years later - WW2 started. The Nation had hardly
recovered from the first one.
THE ZEEBRUGE BELL
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CITY SLICKERS
Part 3
Day 3 – "Just a couple of miles to the bridge”
Sunday March 23rd
Leaving Exeter at 8am, it began to pour with rain and did not let up for two hours. We got soaked
but the A38 was a good fast road and relatively empty on an Easter Sunday morning. We entered
Somerset and reached Taunton around 11am much earlier than expected. We attempted to
follow a cycle path along a canal and passed a church bells
ringing next to a pub called ’Ring of Bells’. We lost the path,
and rode around until we found the Bridgewater Canal. The
sun came out and we had a lovely towpath ride next to the
canal. It was flat and very scenic.
As we approached Bridgewater for lunch, it started to rain
again and then we were attacked by a hailstorm. Gerry had
our picnic ready, and we attempted to dry out. Bridgewater’s
car drivers were the worst we’d come across - aggressive
and impatient and we were happy to get onto quieter roads again.
At a village called Mark, we were directed up a lane which turned out to be the
wrong way but the detour was not too bad. At least, it was not as bad as the
climb through the Mendips towards Bristol. Hill 15 will forever be etched
on Steve’s legs. Then it flattened out and we headed towards Portishead,
where we had been offered rooms by the Somerset and Avon Police HQ. We
had time and daylight to spare so decided to push on to the Seventh Bridge.
We crossed the Avonmouth Motorway bridge with strong winds blowing from
all directions and could see our destination in the distance. We cycled through endless ugly
industrial estates (‘Juggernaut City’) heading for Aust Services.
Part three of Steve Gibbs account of a charity cycle ride from Lands End to John O Groats un-dertaken by DCI Richard Jack, his brother Bob and with retired Met Officer Gerry Roos as the support driver. They raised several thousand pounds for the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and the CoLP Children’s Charity. They called themselves the ‘City Slickers’.
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Gerry was waiting for us at the South Gloucestershire sign. "Just a couple of miles to the bridge"
he said. Rich and Steve went off like men possessed. Rich was going strong for a couple of miles
and suddenly Steve blasted ahead - this was a first during the trip. He took off and left the other
two behind only to have the better paced tortoise, Bob pass him. It turned out that just a couple of
miles was actually six. Rich crawled in third claiming he had ‘bonked’ (run out of energy). Gerry
drove us back to Portishead and lovely warm rooms at the Police HQ. We dined on takeaway
Chinese and lagers and had the place to ourselves.
What you (don’t) need to know:
Distance covered: 97 miles
Total distance so far: 242 miles
Place reached: (Old) Seventh Bridge
Cycling time: 8 hrs 20 min
Number of hills climbed: 25
Fastest speed: 30.2 mph
Average speed: 11.4 mph
Calories burnt: 6373
Most common moan "These cycle paths are a waste of time"
Weather: Rain, hail, wind
Accommodation: Somerset Police HQ
Roadkill spotted: Dog
Steve Gibbs
ARE YOU FEELING LUCKY?
OCTOBER
FORCE LOTTERY RESULTS
£1000 ticket number 18 – Doug Cooper (Retired)
£300 ticket number 3080 – DI Edelle Michaels
£200 ticket number 1962 – Steve Hutchins (Retired)
£100 ticket number 2488 – Andrew Bailey
£100 ticket number 3987 – DC Nicola Allen
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THE LORD MAYOR’S SHOW 2014
Photo’s courtesy of Alexis Betts, Chis Peearson.
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‘THE SENIOR BRIGADE’
80 or over on 31st October 2014 Age Pensioned Rank
Philip Coppack 93 30/05/78 Det Chief Supt
George Fell 91 04/10/82 PC 172B
Cyril Breeze 90 17/09/79 PC 658D
Stanley Geale 90 01/07/77 Insp
Kenneth Short 90 10/05/76 Ch/Supt
John Aitken 89 23/12/76 PC 274B
Ernest Jordan 89 03/09/79 PC 678D
Marcus Kirkwood 88 21/11/84 Det Ch/Supt
John Leppard 88 01/11/82 Det Ch/Insp
Donald Bull 87 01/03/78 Insp
Gordon Muffett 87 13/06/83 PS 104C
John Thacker 87 04/07/77 PC 477B
Charles Torrance 87 06/02/78 PC 606D
Gerald Wallace 87 06/02/87 Det Insp
Leslie Hollett 87 03/09/79 DC 458E
William Webster 87 21/02/77 DS 912E
Ronald Enston 87 17/08/83 DS 921E
Ronald Scriven 86 05/11/73 PS 78E
David Pronger 86 05/09/83 PC 644E
Ernest Jones 86 01/03/78 PS 108E
Donald Smith 86 29/02/84 Ch/Supt
Robert Wilson 86 18/02/84 PC 445E
Leonard Wilson 86 28/02/83 DS 904E
Andrew Graham 86 05/10/83 PC 420C
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‘THE SENIOR BRIGADE’
80 or over on 31st October 2014 Age Pensioned Rank
Albert Garry 85 22/12/84 PC 237E
Edward Hughes 85 14/09/83 PS 94D
Stanley Roberts 85 01/09/83 PC 453E
Peter Emeny 85 01/12/82 DS 939E
Michael Golden 85 28/01/85 DC
James Miller 85 28/01/85 PS 61E
Ronald Westgate 85 29/10/84 PC 192E
Douglas Cooper 84 01/10/87 PC 411E
Roy Barron 84 24/09/84 PS 99C
Brian Cramp 84 23/07/84 PC 452E
Ron Buckland 84 14/11/83 Ch/Insp
Alan Francis O.B.E. 84 01/02/78 Ch/Supt
Anthony Batson 84 01/10/76 DC 429E
Royston Elsey 84 18/03/85 D/Supt
Angus Thomas 84 18/03/85
Roland Gilbert 84 10/06/85 DC 640E
Eric Newton 84 01/07/78 Insp
Terrance Sandy 84 05/09/83 Ch/Insp
Lionel Seymour 84 06/08/82 PC 125C
Eric Gladman 83 23/02/87 Insp
Joseph Allen 83 01/11/83 PS 71E
Royston Davis 83 27/10/80 PC 134B
Roy Bender 83 05/09/83 Ch/Insp
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‘THE SENIOR BRIGADE’
80 or over on 31st October 2014 Age Pensioned Rank
Brian Fisher M.B.E. 83 08/09/80 Supt
Alan Holverson 83 16/08/82 Insp
Clive Jackson 83 02/08/82 Det Supt
James Mason 83 30/01/86 PC 386E
Francis McAfee 83 01/04/85 PC 238E
Thomas Morgan 83 03/09/84 DC 175E
Harry Rafferty 83 02/09/85 Insp
Keith Thomasson 83 24/09/84. PS 91B
David Wallace 83 30/07/84. .Det Insp
Jack White 83 06/09/82 PC 166B
Thomas Simpson 83 25/01/82 PS 33C
David Sparkes 83 07/11/83 Ch/Supt
Joseph Heathorn 83 08/05/84 A/PS 361C
.Dennis Rouse 83 06/09/82 PC 698D
Ralph Harrison 82 02/12/85 PS 82
Bernard Townsend 82 03/09/84 Supt
Harold Minshull 82 03/09/79 Insp
Allingson Webber 82 30/01/84 PC 418B
Peter Rowe 82 10/12/79 Supt
Thomas Bevan 82 27/04/87 DC 435E
Anthony Brady 82 28/02/83 DS 902E
Alan De’cort 82 05/10/87 PC
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‘THE SENIOR BRIGADE’
80 or over on 31st October 2014 Age Pensioned Rank
Owen Kelly 82 08/12/93 Commissioner
Frank Wood 82 01/04/89 PC 398C
Peter Ray 82 17/04/78 PC 160B
Raymond Holland 82 14/05/84 DC 447E
Dennis Harrison 82 25/02/85 DC 652E
Hywell Williams 82 09/06/85 Insp
Frederick Jolley 81 .10/09/80 .DC 465E
Wallace Unitt 81 19/04/82 PC 732D
Robert Fowlie 81 04/07/88 Ch/Supt
Chester Hawkes 81 23/03/87 PC 615B
Robert Barnes 81 07/10/81 PS 73
George Murrell 81 01/09/81 Insp
Michael Owen 81 04/06/84 PC 158E
Brian Platt 81 25/07/83 Det Ch/Insp
Alistair Ross 81 07/01/85 DC 428E
Kenneth Sivell 81 17/06/85 PC 412B
John Lancaster 80 24/03/85 PC 712C
Brian Cluney 80 04/08/85 PS 632D
Robin Francis 80 01/02/87 Det Ch/Supt
EDITORS NOTE.
The City of London Police Pension’s office will now only supply information
that you are still alive and drawing your pension. In order to keep the Senior
Brigade list accurate please inform me of any changes necessary .
Thank you,
Chris Pearson ([email protected])
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NARPO & COLPPA
Your Committee (NARPO & COLPPA) for 2014/2015 is: Alex Robertson( Chairman) [email protected] Ron Friend (Vice Chairman) [email protected] Phil Gilbert (Secretary) [email protected]
John Lancaster [email protected]
Harry Bastable [email protected]
John Rew [email protected]
Derek Coster [email protected]
Vic Benson [email protected]
Lionel Seymour [email protected]
Anne Lancaster [email protected]
Ken Dodsworth [email protected]
John MacLean [email protected]
Suzie Webb [email protected]
Dennis Bryan [email protected]
Mick Lee [email protected]
Andy Odell [email protected]
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
From Anne Lancaster
Tuesday 10th March 2015 ** Snow Hill Lunch Club. 12.00 noon – Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BU. Contact Stephanie Whitfield. Thursday 12th March 2015 NARPO/COLPPA AGM 6.30 p.m. – Red Herring Pub, 49 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7EH. Light buffet available after meeting. Thursday 9th April 2015 Lunch ** 12.30 p.m. – Metropolitan Police Sports Centre, Wickham Suite, The Warren, Croy-don Road, Hayes, BR2 7AL
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Wednesday 13th May 2015 Afternoon Tea ** 2.30 p.m. Bosworths, The Green, Finchingfield, Essex, CM7 4JX Tuesday 2nd June 2015 Snow Hill Lunch Club ** 12.00 noon – Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BU. Saturday 20th June 2015 Summer Luncheon (by invitation only)12.30 p.m. – Apothecaries Hall, Blackfriars Lane, London EC4V 6EJ Thursday 13th August 2015 (tbc) NARPO/COLPPA meeting 6.30 p.m. – venue to be advised Tuesday 1st September 2015 Snow Hill Lunch Club ** 12.00 noon – Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BU. Tuesday 15th September 2015 Lunch ** 12.30 p.m. - Metropolitan Police Sports Centre, High Road, Chigwell, IG7 6BD Thursday 8th October 2015 Afternoon Tea ** 2.30 p.m. Sands Bistro, Western Esplanade, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1EE Saturday 14th November 2015 Lord Mayor’s Show 10.30 a.m. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BU. Tickets will be issued for those requiring lunch (£7 per head) and further details on booking will be advised in the August Newsletter. Monday 16 November 2015 Cloak Lane Association AGM starting at 1430 at the Crosse Keys pub in Gracechurch St. Tuesday 1st December 2015 Snow Hill Lunch Club ** 12.00 noon – Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BU. Monday 8th December 2014 CID pre-Christmas get-together at the Crosse Keys in Gracechurch Street on from 12 noon. As usual there is no need to book for this, just turn up if you can, it usually turns out to be a good fun gathering Please note events marked with ** must be pre-booked in advance. A reminder will be
emailed and listed on the COLPP website. However, for those not on email, please contact
the organiser listed below to book your place 4-8 weeks in advance.
Contacts: Cloak Lane Association – Cliff Rowlinson [email protected] tel. 07949 858731
Ex-CID Association – Jim Jolly [email protected]
Snow Hill Lunch Club - Stephanie Whitfield - [email protected] tel.
07910257992
All other events - Anne Lancaster [email protected] tel. 020 8777 0618
2015 newsletters will be distributed in April, August and December. Deadline
for copy to be included is 15th
of previous month.
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CONTACT SHEET PLEASE COMPLETE OR USE TO UPDATE YOUR DETAILS
Full name ..............................................................................
Address ....................................................................................
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Postcode....................................................................................
Email address............................................................................
Telephone no. Including mobile..................................................
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Next of kin.........................................................
Date of yours or spouse’s joining City Police (if known)............................................
Date of retirement ...................................................................................
Date of birth...................................................................................
Other retired members ask us for contact details of retired colleagues/friends. Please select ‘NO’ if you do not want your details provided to a third party....................YES/NO
Do you wish to receive the City of London Police Pensioners’ Association newsletter YES/NO
(if you have email, the newsletter will be emailed to you to save costs)
Completed form to be returned to Anne Lancaster, 88 Woodland Way, West Wickham, Kent BR4 9LT (or by email to [email protected])
