Wishing all ex 6 BTR and Junior Leaders from Denbury Days. A very Merry Christmas to you and your families and every Happiness and good health for the coming New Year 2017.
Winston and Hilary Manning
Ottawa Canada

Guys
The Barnsley re-union is October as you know. Around 30 have booked through this site but I know some of the regulars are not on this site. If you have booked direct with the hotel can you drop myself or Phil Kirk a mail confirming. Come end of August Phil will have to release rooms not taken.

Hi Steve Wright, still with us then, I hope Karin is well, Marianne sends her regards. I think the groups' problem is, the age time span. I am 79 this month, not many of us left and most dont comment or answer comments or leave nasty remarks . So what is the point? The younger ones are more active and thats fair enough. I left the group, I did not intend to, but I was clearing the Facebook detritus, and everything went, I have never bothered rejoining. Stay well both of you! JB!

Just heard from Jock Kelly. His flu has cleared and he anticipates Wednesday 27th December for his heart operation...

I have just had my appointment for a knee replacement, postponed for the fourth time. When I questioned why "The military Covenant" was not working for me, my surgery say that my notes do not identify me as a Veteran (despite my telling that I was).
There is a special NHS code to be placed on your Medical Record, it is, "13JY", you should question whether that code appears on your record and if not, insist that it is or words to the effect "The patient is a Military Veteran". The point is that having served your country and by virtue of The Military Covenant, you are entitled to some priority in the diagnosis and treatment process. It is imperative that that NHS Code 13JY or it's Queens English equivalent is noted on your record. I have been advised that each time I visit the Dr, I should also remind them of my entitlement to the benefits of that code. Good luck...George

Tony, sorry mate, how do I attach photos on the Canada Reunion section. Cheers

Went to see Dave Kelly yesterday. He is in fine form and very positive. We had a good laugh over one thing and another. I gave him best wishes from all the group. Also s bottle of single malt for a dram at Christmas and his birthday which is on Boxing Day. If you are on Face Booc there are some photos. He is in ward C6 room 30 at Queens Alexandra Hospital Cosham Nr Portsmouth Hampshire if you want to visit or send a card. As George Days he has been given the all clear for his op in Southampton

Further to Chalky’s post on the 2019 Barnsley reunion, at present we are short of 40 to attend to ensure we get the same fixed price for the food and rooms. I have spoken with Donna at the hotel and she has furnished me with a list of bookings for the event. We have 14 rooms in total booked and we have 24 listed on the Denbury Days website. We were short last year of about 9 places, but Jim managed to talk the general manager, Anne into letting it go last time.
Barnsley is a great reunion and, in the past, has been well attended and even oversubscribed. If anyone has any suggestions on how we can improve the event to encourage people to come, we are open to ideas. We have about 4 weeks to make the decision to reduce the scale of event or at the last resort cancel altogether. If the numbers don’t go up we can have a buffet as an alternative to the sit-down dinner. This would mean we would be in the downstairs event room. We could still have the disco, but we would have to pay for this on top of the buffet costs.
The Newton Abbot 2017 was an exceptional reunion and the Barnsley 2018 although wasn’t as full as we would have liked was a good reunion. Maybe guys don’t like the formal reunions with wives. I don’t know.
We have introduced a raffle and each ex boy gets a memento gift as a keepsake for attending which never happened before. This year I have introduced a new item on the menu of Devilish Desserts award-winning steak and ale pies which we are donating to the hotel to keep the price down of the Dinner down.
Also, we have a scheme that we can assist financially any ex boy that can’t afford to come to the function by paying for food and accommodation. Just needs to pay for drinks and arrange transport. This is finance through the amazing raffle prizes that are donated by ex-boys at the reunions in which in 2018 I think most people won something.
I have not had any applications for assistance just yet. This is totally confidential, and it will only be myself that has knowledge of who is selected. So, if you know of anyone please let me know and I can vet the application and arrange everything for them.
It’s the 100th anniversary of the Royal Signals next year. This should be a mega Barnsley Reunion with even more surprises than usual but if we can’t get Denbury Boys to commit, I’m not sure if this is going to proceed. We will have to get some advertising done. Phone some of your mates and get them to book on Denbury Days and book the hotel room. If you don’t have a PC facility let me know and I will book for you. I will contact Tony Gask and see if he can get some enthusiasm from Facebook or the Web Site. I look forward to any of your comments.
Talk Soon
Phil Kirk & Jim (Chalky) White
07802 683910
Dave Kelly: perhaps you could copy and paste this on the other website. Thanks.

Hello Winston - Their is a link at the bottom of the page called 'File Upload' that will send me the images etc. If not then just attach to an email and send to denburydays@gmail.com . If you need further advice then please let me know - Tony

Onya Phil for taking time to go and see Jock. Merry Christmas. Dave