Our outing to Everton Football Club’s new stadium was so popular that we filled two coaches, one leaving from Hull and one leaving from Cottingham. Unfortunately, the coach leaving Hull had an eventful journey to Liverpool. It...
Read MoreOpening the meeting, Pat Ellis thanked everyone for supporting this first meeting of 2026 and gave a brief but positive update on the progress of Allen Bagshawe, our Chair, following his recent illness, saying he was now back...
Read MoreUnfortunately, on the day of the lunch, our Chair, Allen, was unwell, so Pat welcomed everyone, including our guests: Anna Mills from KCOM, Tim Smith from Acklams Coaches, and Pete Magee from Jupiter Web Solutions, who are all...
Read MoreOn Thursday, May 1st, we held our end-of-season meal. Over one hundred seventy members sat down to a lovely two-course meal in the Kingston Suite at the MKM Stadium. As the country will be celebrating VE Day the following week,...
Read MoreThe National Holocaust Centre and Museum was the brainchild of Stephen and James Smith and their mother, Marina. They are a Christian family. In 1991, they visited Yad Vashem, Israel’s National Museum. On returning to the UK,...
Read MoreOur outing for February was local. A group of members went for lunch at Croft Park Café in Little Weighton. As you will see in Allen’s March Newsletter, he reported on the lunch, and it looks like they had a good time. After...
Read MoreOur outing in December was to the City Varieties Music Hall in Leeds, to see their annual Rock ‘n’ Roll pantomime, which this year was Jack & The Beanstalk. Rock ‘n’ Roll pantomimes at this theatre have become a tradition...
Read MoreOur November outing was to Blackpool to watch a Blackpool FC match and see the Blackpool Illuminations. The Blackpool match was chosen because their manager, Steve Bruce, was once our much-loved football team manager. It was...
Read MoreOur outing for October was to the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. We once again had the use of Hull City’s first-team coach. On arrival, we had refreshments and then had time to look around the gift shop before...
Read MoreOur outing on 15th August was a boat trip along the River Don onboard the Sprotbrough Riverboat, The Wyre Lady. We boarded the boat at Sprotbrough near Doncaster and spent three hours on a return cruise along the River Don...
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