Boldre Parish Historical Society Newsletter Spring 2016 - Autumn 2016 Volume 2 - Issue 4 History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. Konrad Adenauer Konrad Adenauer served as the first post war Chancellor of West Germany from 1949 - 1963
Welcome from your Chairman Dr James Horsfall I am very pleased to report that our membership total is now 108. This helps to explain why we are getting such good turnouts at our meetings despite other local meetings taking place at the same time! Any ideas for future talks are very welcome. My thanks, as ever, to all committee members and especially James Puttick for producing the newsletter more or less by himself. Alison Bolton has offered to organise some local walks in the summer to view local history - see page 7 for details. It is acknowledged for a business to succeed it must always be looking to the future to ensure it makes improvements to its services or products. To stand still can lead to contraction and eventually closure. This is also true of societies and our historical society is no exception. On Wednesday 6 April this year we have an open meeting, which I hope many of you will attend. The meeting will give you the opportunity to ask questions about your society and Boldre parish. I would therefore ask you, prior to the meeting, to think about your society and what you would like to see it achieve in the coming years. You may like to consider how to attract more younger members to join us, or you may like to know how to research your family history. A very ambitious goal would be for the society to purchase or lease suitable premises in the parish, which could form a meeting room and a research/reading room with storage facilities. John F Kennedy's famous quote is quite appropriate when you are deliberating about the society and I paraphrase "ask not what your society can do for you; ask what you can do for your society".
In this Issue Welcome from your Chairman AGM November 2016 Forthcoming Events Events Review
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2nd World War Correspondence Snippets Parish Walks AGM 20 November 2015
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The 7th Exhibition Society Officials
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Forthcoming Events at The Boldre War Memorial Hall at 7.00pm Wednesday 23 March 2016 Talk by Philip Unwin The SS Great Britain in Bristol The Concorde of the Day Wednesday 6 April 2016 Open Meeting Where you can ask anything concerning the history of the parish of Boldre. Discussion, questions and maybe answers.
The Annual General Meeting November 2016 This year's AGM will be held on Friday 4 November 2016 at the Boldre War Memorial Hall at 7.00pm. After the meeting Brian Goodall will talk on the History of the Lymington Rowing Club - a date for your diary.