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.

DIRECTIONS:      Jurys Inn map: https://www.jurysinns.com/hotels/milton-keynes/map

                              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

DINNER BOOKING:

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 _____)

                               

                              PAYMENT METHOD (tick): On-line: ________ or Cheque: ________

                       

 

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                                     

 

 

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:

                                                http://www.shuttleworth.org/

                                                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