MOTORING NATTER EVENING
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nattering away (Martin Chandler).
rolls and mince pies as usual. Various competitions were held to keep everyone on their toes and Chris Bass provided background music.
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The annual enthusiast awards were presented to Jill and Alan Wakefield, Anna McCafferty and Dave Keen, Dennis Burge, Jane and John Hinds, Mary Clark and Nigel Taylor. The Keith Judd award for Enthusiasm and Endeavour was presented to Colin Reynolds who, despite being unwell during the course of the year, still managed to participate in most of our activities.
Danny Byrne
The Motoring Natter Evening is held on the second Tuesday of every month in the Members’ Bar from 7.00pm – all are welcome. More details are available from Danny on 01932 829814.
BOOK REVIEWS
Tomorrow is D-Day by Stella Rutter,
the story-line does not get to the point where the author knows that tomorrow will be D-Day until towards the end. The reader must bear this in mind as the story begins when the author is very young. So, to consider the rather alarming title, has there been a major security leak? Surely not! It is in fact an amazing story that the author has
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published by Amberley, ISBN 978 1 445632 940, hardback £16.99, paperback £8.99
n reviewing this book, it is the title that de- mands an explanation straight away, and yet
Amongst the award-winners was Mary Clark – receiving her trophy from Danny Byrne (Martin Chandler).
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to tell. She was born as Stella Broughton in 1923 in Havant, and her upbringing was typical of that time. And yet she was destined to play a major role in a truly unique event planned by General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery for the Senior Officers of the D-Day landings the next day, and she was barely 21 years old at the time. It was late in the afternoon of the day before the landings when she knew she had been selected for the task. In her employment up to that time she had previously signed the Official Secrets Act twice so she knew of the importance of keeping 'schtum'. It was, of course, this knowledge that gave her the title for her book. Again, because of the act, the book was not published until 2014.
e had one of our biggest Christmas attendances to date, with hot sausage
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