Reunion 2010 Update

All the details ofthe Reunion Weekend, AGM and Tree Dedication Ceremony will be published in the April Edition of the JUPS' NEWS sent out to all Association Members.

In brief the weekend Itinerary will be as follows:-

Friday 25th - those staying for the weekend in the Cathedral Lodge Hotel will probably meet in the Hotel Bar around 1800 and either Dine in the Hotel or take a walk in to the Town for an evening meal.

Saturday 26th - 0900 AGM at the Cathedral Lodge Hotel.

Saturday 26th - 1015-1030 - Transport by coach to the NMA (pick up from The George if required) - 10 min journey.

Saturday 26th - 1100 - Act of Remembrance in the Chapel

Saturday 26th - 1130 - Tree dedication Ceremony - 10 mins from Reception

Saturday 26th - o/c - Choices available - stay for walk around NMA with lunch in the Cafe, or Coach trip to Burton upon Trent for Shopping/Brewery visit or possible coach to Lichfield/Cathedral/shops, collected by coach back to Cathedral Lodge/George for the Evening Reunion Dinner.

Saturday 26th - 1930 for 2000 Reunion Dinner in the Cathedral Lodge Hotel

Sunday 27th - late check out - visit Cathedral , walk in to Lichfield - o/c disperse.

Hotel Costs:

Cathedral Lodge

Double Room @ £69.50/room/night Incl. full English Breakfast, double room single occupancy £59.50/room/night incl. full English Breakfast.

Saturday Reunion Dinner 3 course @ £10/person

The George - 3*

Double Room @  £88.00/room/night Incl. full English Breakfast, Single Room @ £56.00 Incl. full English breakfast.

All the above arrangements/timings may be changed later as numbers as finalised. Because of the catering and transport requirements an Attendance Form will need to be completed and returned to me at least 2 weeks before the Reunion Weekend. Members will receive this Form with the next Newsletter, there will also be a downloadable version available very soon from this web site.

Reunion 2010

The Associations 2010 Reunion & AGM will be in Lichfield Staffs. near to the National Memorial Arboretum. We have been given permission to plant a Tree in memory of the WW2 Jupiter and its Crew which sank in the Java Sea in 1942 and as part of our normal Weekend we will have a Ceremony at the NMA next to our Tree at 11.30 on Saturday the 25th September 2010.

The Cathedral Lodge Hotel in Lichfield has been block booked for all its Bed Rooms and a Large Fuction Roon for our Reunion Dinner, the George Hotel is nearby and rates have been agreed with them also, if the rates on both these hotels are not to your liking then there is a Premier Inn very close as well. Rates for both Hotels will be posted soon as will dates/times of all the events.

Reunion 2009

Most of us arrived Friday evening and our guest Harold Locke was almost the first to arrive in the afternoon with a case full of information and a life time of stories to tell. We immediately took over one of the Bars and after the usual couple of hours, we started feeling peckish and so the nose bags were put on and we cleared the Bar of tables/chairs/potted plants etc and moved into a larger lounge for chips with everything. Then back to the Bar until early morning with Harold still with us most of the way although he had not been too well recently, he certainly acted younger than his 80+ years.

Saturday morning was our AGM meeting where all the big decisions were made, including Pony Moore been conned into being Secretary and Bagsy Baker coming backto replace Pony in his previous position. We also decided to look into the possibility of our next Reunion near the National Arboretum so that we can attend and hopefully leave a Memorial Tree or Seat to remember all the previous Jupiters and their Crews. We will of course keep you up to date through this web site and the Newsletters.

Saturday afternoon we hired a Mini Bus to the Clarkes Centre where the ladies got lost shopping while we got lost in Wetherspoons in the village of Street, the sensible ones took the opportunity to visit Wells Cathedral and even take advantage of the Hotel swimming pool, sauna and other liesure facilities.

The Reunion Dinner started on time and progressed at a very easy pace, interspersed with the usual Prayers, Toasts and TOT TIME!!

We drifted off to the Hotel Bar and continued our Lamp Swinging and again succeeded in leaving the Bar at the close of play, the Jupiter being the last to leave as expected.

Sunday morning was a 'quiet affair', after a late breakfast everyone drifted off to return to their homes around the Country, we met some ex Jupiters who called in on spec. and hopefully they will make contact again to join our Merry Band of Brothers.

Further details will be in the next JUP'S NEWS due out before Christmas.