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Events Update
Looking forwards to 2010

Oldham Tattoo 2010
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Visit to the National Arboretum
on Sunday 28th March 2010,
Please note this trip is a Family day out all are welcome

Transport
Transport to the Arboretum will be provided free by the Association (Lancs) but we are going to ask for a deposit of £7.50 per person this will be used to pay for the lunch and is none returnable

Transport will leave The Regimental Club Wellington Barrack on Bolton Road Bury at 0900hrs and should arrive at the Arboretum for 1130hrs we plan on leaving the Arboretum at 1630hrs and be back at the Regimental club for 1900hrs

Please see your Branch Sec who will take your booking in the first instance there are a limited number of seats on the coach so please book early

Liverpool Branch please see Dave Coulter as there is a 2nd coach which will leave from Liverpool

If you wish to travel by your own car please meet at the Arboretum


Publications
Included in the comprehensive range of publications is our guide book “Remember – Their names will live for evermore …” (£5.00), as well as a separate site plan (£2.50). For those visitors who wish to explore the site independently and at their own pace, we have produced a range of three walk leaflets with self-guiding in mind at £1.50 each. These may be purchased at the Visitor Centre on arrival or contact Marianne Yates, Shop Manager, to obtain by mail order in advance of your visit.

Remembrance
A daily act of remembrance takes place in the Millennium Chapel at 1100 every day of the year incorporating Last Post, silence and Reveille. Seating in the Chapel is limited to 120 and may not be reserved. Occasionally private services take place which will restrict access to our visitors.

For those wishing to pay their own tribute at a memorial, poppy crosses and poppy sprays are available all year round from the Visitor Centre and wreaths may be obtained with two weeks’ notice. In the Long Gallery, there is the facility to light a candle in remembrance. Visiting groups wishing to hold their own act of remembrance, in whatever form, are requested to lay out their intentions in writing with timings well in advance. Ceremonies of more than 15 minutes duration or involving more than 120 persons are deemed to be a Remembrance Event and charges may apply (further details may be supplied on request).

Parking
The Arboretum’s car park is hard standing with a dropping off point outside the Visitor Centre. Coach parking is free and drivers are issued with a voucher to spend on the day either in the Arbour Restaurant or Gift Shop. Visitors arriving independently by car should be aware that a charge of £2.00 per day now applies, though disabled Blue Badge holders are exempt.

On certain days when large visitor numbers are expected or for special events, a Park & Ride service may be in operation via Catton Hall (2 miles). Wherever possible, advance notice of this will be posted on our website. Coach drivers may be required to drop off their passengers and return to site later in the day.

Special Needs
The Arboretum has taken great care to ensure that as far as possible it is accessible to all. We have a limited number of mobility aids available for our less active visitors and advance reservation is recommended. When doing so, it is helpful for us to have the surname of those using the facilities in advance. We respectfully ask that a suitable donation is made for use of a manual wheelchair and charge £5.00 for a motorised scooter.

Dogs
Within the Arboretum there is a community car park for the use of visitors accompanied by dogs and wish to walk them, under close control, along the riverbank and public footpaths. To access the community car park, enquire at the Visitor Centre reception desk.

Dogs, with the exception of working assistance dogs, should not be exercised in areas set aside for dedications to individuals or associations, including the Armed Forces Memorial. Dogs are also not permitted inside the buildings but

we are delighted to provide bowls of water near to the Visitor Centre for them.

Please note that the Arboretum is a young site with small trees which means that there is no shade on the main car park and little shade on the community car park.

What to Wear
The Arboretum is a large open air site with limited undercover activities during inclement weather. Ensure that your members come prepared with a waterproof if wet weather is forecast and warm clothing in winter months. Appropriate footwear is recommended at all times. Our gift shop sells umbrellas, wet weather garments, as well as sunhats.

Gift Shop
The shop sells a carefully selected range of products, including cards, books, souvenirs and seasonal gifts.

Catering
The Arbour Restaurant, situated within the Visitor Centre, is our licensed, self-service catering establishment offering a wide selection of hot and cold options, snacks and drinks throughout the day. We regret that we are unable to accept reservations Monday to Saturday.

Our popular self-service carvery option is available on Sundays (£7.50 per person for two courses). Reservations for 8 or more persons may be made via Susan Smith, Catering Manager on telephone number 01283 799854

Visitors are not permitted to consume their own food within the Visitor Centre. However, there are a number of picnic benches sited in the grounds and we supply pre-ordered “Picnic Packs” for this purpose, price £6.00.

To supplement our own facilities, the “Coffee Garden” outdoor café, situated adjacent to the Chapel, serves drinks and cakes between 0930 and 1645.


The Fusilier Meadow
Thatch Leach Lane
Bury
M45 6EP,
Opening
1400hrs Saturday 24th April 2010
Corp of Drums have been indented for, The opening will include Planting of trees in respect of Cpl Etchells, and Fusilier Annis,

It is hoped that whilst up for Gallipoli / St George's Day Weekend that this could be fitted in
it wont take more than an hour refreshments will be avail on completion,
Thank you in respect of all The Regiments Fatalities,
A new Memorial Bench ,will also be unveiled



Gallipoli and St George's Day Ball 24th April 2009

Gallipoli 2010 will be held in conjunction with Bury Council and it will celebrate Gallipoli and St George's Day it will be held at the Radcliffe Civic Hall tickets will be £25 and any profit will go to the Mayors charity Help the Heroes and the Fusiliers Aid Society


Radcliffe Civic Hall

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FUSILIER GATHERING 18TH 19TH SEPTEMBER 2010

The next Fusilier Gathering is in Warwickshire on the 18/19 September Tickets for the Saturday night will be £25, accommodation will be at the Royal Court Hotel , Coventry (booking will be the responsibility of individuals ) a booking code the Booking code is RRRC1809. The telephone number for bookings is: 0871 222 0096 0871 222 0096 option 3. 100 rooms have been allocated to the Association. The cost of a double room is £70

OUTLINE PROGRAMME

Saturday 18th September.

1700hrs onwards Association members arrive at The Royal Court Hotel Coventry

1830 – 1900hrs Beating Retreat by The Minden Band and Drums Platoon 1RRF

1930hrs onwards Dinner commences. Music provided by the Minden Band. Stick Beat performed by 1RRF Drums Platoon.

0100hrs Bar closes.

Sunday 19th September

1000hrs St Mary’s Church Warwick opens

1045-1130hrs Regimental Service Association Standards and Colours of 1RRF.

1130hrs Move to Market Square

1150hrs 1RRF Guard and Colour Party, Drums Platoon, The Warwickshire Band and 4 x Association Guards inspected by the Colonel and 4 Area Colonels. March past via Old Square, Church Street, (Eyes Left at War Memorial), High Street, Swann Street, Market Street, Old Square and falling out in Northgate Street.

1245 hrs onwards Lunch at the Guy Nelson Hall, Warwick School.
BEATING RETREAT & DINNER- SATURDAY 18th SEPTEMBER

3. The venue will be the grassed area in the front of the Royal Court Hotel and will involve the Minden Band of the Queens Division and the Drums Platoon of the First Fusiliers. The Retreat will commence at 1830hrs, the Association are requested to be seated by 1820hrs.

4. The dinner will be in the Britannia Suite at approximately 1930hrs. There will be no seating plan other than tables reserved for the Colonel and Area Colonels. Areas will be allocated tables based on numbers attending. The maximum number that can be seated is 500. A three course dinner costing £25.00 has been agreed with the hotel. House wine can be purchased at £10.00 a bottle. There will be vegetarian option. A private bar has been made available to the Association. The Minden Band will play during dinner followed by a “Stick Beat” by the First Fusiliers Drums Platoon.

REGIMENTAL SERVICE- SUNDAY 19th SEPTEMBER

5. This will take place in St Mary’s Church, Warwick on the morning of 19th September. There is a maximum of 600 seats; there will be no tickets therefore seating will be allocated on a “first come first served basis.” Seats will be reserved for senior members of the Regiment and Chelsea Pensioners. The Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire and the Mayor of Warwickshire will be invited to the service. The Association Standards will be slow marched to the alter during the first hymn and retrieved during the last hymn. Following the first hymn the First Battalion Colour Party will march in slow time to Rule Britannia. The Colours will be handed by the Colonel to the Rector, and will then be placed on the Alter. The Colours are retrieved immediately after the National Anthem. The Colour Party marches out in slow time to MacBean’s Slow March. Standard Bearers are requested to report to Mr Les Fowkes at the entrance to St Mary’s Church at 1000hrs in order to be briefed.

INSPECTION & MARCH PAST

6. After the service, the congregation will move to the Market Square for the inspection by the Colonel and Area Colonels. Guides to the Market Square will be provided by the Warwickshire ACF. The format of the inspection will be simple. The four Association Guards will fall in on a right marker provided by 1RRF. The Parade Commander will hand over the parade to the Chairman of the Regimental Association which will be followed by the inspections of the 1RRF Guard, Corps of Drums and the four Association Guards. The march past will take place after the inspection, the salute taken by the Colonel, Lord Lieutenant and Mayor at the War Memorial in Church Street. The march past will be lead by the Drums Platoon, followed by the 1RRF Colour Party & Guard, the Warwickshire Band and the four Association Guards in order of seniority.

LUNCHEON

7. This will take place in the Guy Nelson Hall at Warwick School after the march past from 1245hrs. A quality lunch has been agreed at £10.00 per head, there will be a bar offering drinks/wines at competitive prices. The Guy Nelson Hall can seat a maximum of 300 (30 x round tables of ten). Located in the entrance of the hall there will be stall selling Regimental items. There is ample parking at Warwick School School.


The Royal Court Hotel. See attached booking form. We have negotiated a competative price and the total cost of a room for two persons £70 a night including breakfast. We have been guaranteed 100 rooms for the Regimental Association, which will be available up to 6 weeks prior to the event, ie 6th August. Of course this will be on a first come first serve basis. Area HQ Warwick will provide you with an alternative list of Hotels in Coventry.

Royal Court Hotel
The Dinner. We will produce a separate booking form for the dinner which will be through Area HQ Warwick. There will be one menu with a veg option.

Sunday 19th September.


J N TURQUAND
Major (Ret'd)
Regimental Area Secretary
AHQ The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (Warwickshire)

Tel: 01926 491653
Mil: 94248 3633

Hotel Booking form


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Dinner Booking Form

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The Newest Member of the Association Lancashire
Oldham Branch


This is Lew Price aged 17
He has just completed basic training and currently on a driving cardre on route to the 1st Bn, As part of the Veterans parkage for the future Oldham Branch will monitor his progress for press release's involving veterans week as a local Royton Oldham Fusilier.Yes of course he actully got a pair of Assoc Regt socks from the Oldham PRI

Lew Price Update


1 Year on Lew Price with a tour of Iraq behind him
Sighted on homecoming Parades in the Midlands

Oldham Branch are selling a
Roll of Honour
in memory of all Fusiliers and children killed by Northern Ireland terrorist. We have included the M62 coach bomb which as you know concerned 2 RRF fusiliers.


This is the Roll of Honour in its Frame


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This is what is inside the frame

Lefthand side of frame


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Righthand side of frame


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The cost is £39.99 each. Due to parcelling we would be obliged if anyone wanting one could collect to save being damaged.
If you would like one Click Here to e mail Ronnie Owen