The IBM Retired Employee Club (South Hants)
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The IBM Retired Employee Club
(South Hants) Newsletter

February 2012

2012 Trip Schedule
The full trip schedule for 2012 can be found under Calendar.

Forthcoming Trips

The Annual General Meeting

Come along and support your committee.
The Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held at the Langstone Hotel, Hayling Island, on Thursday 1st March. In line with recent years we are offering members the opportunity to have a two course lunch prior to the meeting for £8 per head excluding drinks. If you would like to take advantage of this offer you will need to complete and send in a booking form in the usual manner. Lunch will be served at 12:30pm.
Following lunch at 2:00pm there will be a speaker from the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance.
After a break for tea and biscuits the AGM itself will commence at 3:30pm with the Chairman’s Report, The Treasurer’s Report, acceptance of the accounts, election of committee, etc., etc.
If anybody would like to raise a question at the AGM it would be appreciated if they would let the Secretary know 14 days beforehand either by telephone or e-mail.
Finally a reminder: as we need to know the numbers for lunch you will find a booking form attached to this newsletter for the AGM lunch. You only need to complete this if you
want to take lunch, and then return it in the same way as for other events.
If you just want to come to listen to the speaker and / or attend the AGM you only need to turn up at either 2 or 3pm as appropriate.

Chelsea Flower Show

Come and experience the greatest flower show in the world at London's Royal Hospital Chelsea.
Every year the grounds of the Royal Hospital are transformed into show gardens, inspirational small gardens and vibrant horticultural displays that make up the world's most famous flower show.
The show has become an important venue for watching emerging gardening trends.
New plants are launched at the show and the popularity of older varieties revived before the eyes of the horticultural world. It's the garden design equivalent of Paris Fashion Week

Brooklands Museum

Brooklands was the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit, constructed at Weybridge, Surrey in 1907. It was the birthplace of British motorsport and aviation, home of Concorde and the site of many engineering and technological achievements throughout eight decades of the 20th century.
The Museum displays a wide range of Brooklands-related motoring and aviation exhibits ranging from giant racing cars, motorcycles and bicycles to an unparalleled collection of Hawker and Vickers/ BAC-built aircraft, including the Second World War Wellington Bomber, Viking, Varsity, Viscount, Vanguard, VC10, BAC One-Eleven and the only Concorde with public access in South East England. Entry to Concorde is at an additional cost. Mercedes World is a few hundred yards away if you have spare time. This is the largest Mercedes showroom in the UK and contains many historic Mercedes cars.