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Annual Dinner 2016
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FOC 68th Post-War Annual Dinner
Click here to register and pay on this web site
WHEN: Saturday 22nd October, 2016
WHERE: Jurys Inn, Midsomer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, MK9 2HP, England.
ROOMS: Book your room on-line: https://www.jurysinns.com/hotels/milton-keynes
Or telephone: +44 – (0) – 1908 - 843700
Hint: Occasional 24-hour "flash sales" may offer discounts of up to 25%. If these occur they will be publicised on the FOC members' reflector.
Driving: M1 junction 14, then A509, 3 miles into Milton Keynes
Train: Milton Keynes railway station, one hour journey from King’s Cross, London, about £18 one-way; then 5 minutes walk or taxi £5
Airport-miles: Luton-25; Stansted-50; Heathrow-50; Birmingham-60; Gatwick-80.
PARKING: Plenty of parking right across the road, pay & display, free overnight
DINNER MENU:
Main menu:
Chicken liver and cognac pate, dressed leaves, spiced plum chutney, artisan
bread
Roast leg of lamb, fondant potato, baby carrots, redcurrant and mint jus
Baked raspberry cheesecake
Vegetarian menu:
Roast Plum Tomato Soup with Petit pain
Vegetable Wellington with vegetable Provençale
The easiest way to register and pay for the dinner is to click the purple button below. Don't worry, it's really quick and easy.
Or....fill-out the form below and then copy and email it to: g3sxw@btinternet.com and don.field@gmail.com. Then, pay by draft using:
Sort-code: 40-08-02, Account Nr: 91369407
Reference: your call-sign and ‘Dinner’
Or....fill out the form, print it and send it with a sterling cheque, payable to First Class CW Operators’ Club, to:
Don Field G3XTT, 105 Shiplake Bottom, Peppard Common, Henley- on-Thames, Oxon, RG9 5HJ, England
Call-sign: __________
Membership number: _____
Dinner tickets _____ x £33 = £_________
(# of Vegetarian meals, if desired _____)
SUGGESTED PROGRAMME:
Friday 21st October: Check-in Jurys Inn, two nights
6-7pm meet in the bar
Dinner, location TBD
Saturday 22nd October: Afternoon: Tours of Bletchley Park from 10am (info G4FON) and National Museum of
Computing from 12 noon (info G3WGV)
5.30pm: AGM, EGM, Open Discussion
7.30pm for 8.00pm: Dinner
Sunday 23rd October: Solo visits to local attractions
BLETCHLEY PARK: http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
Home of the WW2 code-breakers
5 miles from Jurys Inn
Entrance £16.75 per adult, £14.75 over 60’s; RSGB members free, download voucher at:
http://rsgb.org/main/myrsgb-2/bletchley-park-free-admission-voucher/
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF COMPUTING www.tnmoc.org
The museum opens at 12:00 and the entrrance fee is just £7.50 (£5 for over 60s). There is no need to pay the much higher entrance fee for Bletchley Park.
WOBURN ABBEY: http://www.woburnabbey.co.uk/
15 miles from Jurys Inn
SIGNALS MUSEUM, RAF HENLOW:
http://www.rafsignalsmuseum.org.uk/
http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafhenlow/
25 miles from Jurys Inn
SHUTTLEWORTH COLLECTION:
Aircraft Museum, all aircraft fly; highly recommended
30 miles from Jurys Inn
BLENHEIM PALACE: http://www.blenheimpalace.com/
Birthplace of Winston Churchill
40 miles from Jurys Inn