IBM Retirees’ Club - Hursley Branch

CLUB NEWS

July Crossword Solution

Here is the solution to the July crossword:

July 2010 Solution.

An archive of crossword solutions and issues of Perspective, our e-mail newsletter may be found on the Links page.

Man on the Moon Letter!

One of our retirees recalls receiving a letter in 1969 to thank all IBMers for getting man on the moon but has lost the letter.  His grand children think he is imagining it!

Does anyone recall such a letter, or better still actually have a copy of it, if so please contact Rick (as below).

(I assume it is not the letter posted at www.ibm.com that was sent out - anyone remember receiving a copy of this?)

Hursley Historian Wanted!

The IBM Hursley Laboratory is seeking the support of a Retiree to take over at the end of 2011 as resident Historian from Len Peach.  Why 2011?  It is the centenary of the creation of C-T-R, the company that was to become IBM in 1924.

After 50 years in the role, Hursley's Historical Squirrel has decided to "retire" and so a replacement is sought to take responsibility for maintaining the Archive, Museum and Stores on one day per week and for mounting special focus exhibitions as required.

There are three principal areas of historical interest to this "Give Back" opportunity:

  1. The History of Data Processing
  2. IBM's History (worldwide and UK)
  3. The History of Hursley Park.
To express an interest or for more information, please contact Rick Kellaway via email at rick_kellaway@uk.ibm.com or on 01962 816161.

E-Mail Newsletter

As was announced at the AGM we intend to reduce our reliance on hard-copy mailings and progressivly introduce the option of electronic communications.  This year's set of application forms and our inaugural electronic newsletter has been e-mailed to those that opted-in for this service as an experiment.  If you would like to be added to our mailing list of IBM Hursley Retiree Club e-mail recipients, please send a request to news@hurrec.org.uk giving your full name, preferred e-mail id (if different to the one used to send the request) and your IBM employee number. -->

Emergency Mobile Phone Number: 07505-094887

We now have a dedicated mobile phone that will be taken on all future trips for emergency usage.

If you need to cancel your place on any future trip at the very last minute (prior to departure on the day of the trip) send a text or call 07505-094887 - giving your name and number of places.

Please also call 07505-094887 if an emergency arises during the trip, or if for any reason, you are unable to make it back to the coach pickup point for the departure time.

Please contact Harry Helyar as usual if you need to cancel your place prior to the day of the trip.

The committee would like to remind everyone that, because IBM financially supports our activities, each trip should have THE RETIREE on the trip. There can be no exceptions for “Limited Number” trips, unless, there are spare seats available.

All parking will be at the Southampton Lodge car park unless advised differently on the day.

Please note there are a large number of “early” starts this year.  Please be at the car park in plenty of time.

Due to the operational requirements of Avensis, the trip applications need to be with Harry Helyar one month before the trip, unless otherwise stated.

In 2004 we still had 4 couples that failed to turn up for the London theatre trip without telling us.  This meant we had spare tickets that could have been used by other members and the ticket cost of around £120 was wasted.  This year the committee agreed to continue the following scheme as 2005 was successful.

“Any person or couple that fail to cancel their tickets prior to a “Limited number” trip and subsequently fails to turn up on the day will be excluded from the following year “Limited numbers” trips.”

PLEASE REMEMBER TO PHONE HARRY HELYAR ON 01962 881392 IF FOR ANY REASON YOU CANNOT MAKE THE VISIT.
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