2003
The 1st (of many hopefully) UK Boniface reunion

The Original Invite:

June 14th 2003 is the date.
Eastbourne Fishermans Club is the place.

Chris Bareford  writes that,
"They have agreed to open earlier than there normal 11.30 for us
 so we can turn up from 10am".

"I must have all names of people attending to give to the club
 before the day which is June 14th."

You can contact Chris at barefordrft at tiscali.co.uk
(I removed the email address as a link because of spammers, where the address has the 'space at space' put @)

Original Invite Followup:


Everything is in order for everyone to have a good natter and meet the family.
115 on the list so should be a good gathering. The weather forecast is
a nice sunny day, they could change there mind before saturday but
hope not. We dont want any rain if anyone brings sandwiches for the
beach. 
Don't forget meals can be got in the club restuarant or a short
distance away in Seaside.If anyone is not on the list the Fishermans
will be a little flexable, but I will give them a new one Saturday
morning.
Kick off 10 o clock till late if you want. They have a group playing
in the evening and anyone is welcome to stay all day and all evening.
Caroline, we probably will be staying on at the fishermans in the
evening instead of the Alex, I will mail you my mobile number so you
can check when you finish work if you like.

Anyone who does not know where the club is, it is on the seafront
east end between the Redout and Princes Park / Soveriegn Centre.
There is a large council car park, charges are 1 hr - £1.40, 
2 hr - £2.20, 4 hr - £3.00, all day - £4.50. No charge with disabled
blue badge. There is on street parking around about but it does fill
up quickly in the summer season.
I haven't managed to get name badges yet but I am trying a couple
of places Thursday or Friday.

I have asked the local paper if they could come and take a group
photo for publicity and further coverage of the BIG family.
The local radio gave us a further boost this week when I emailed 
a thank you to them.

Don't forget your cameras, old photos, and bits of family gossip,
and come to enjoy yourself at this BIG family gathering.

Sorry I havn't been able to arrange anything on the activity side due
to shortage of time, family bereavement, daughter in hospital with
appendicitus, holiday in Scotland etc.,but Nuala and I will be taking
Pauline and Louise up to Holywell around 3pm to show them where the
old fishing village and our ancesters cottages use to be, weather
permitting, and then to dinner somewhere before we go back to the club. We may even have dinner at the club, have to play it by ear a bit.
Anyone who wants to join us on the Holywell trip is welcome, or
perhaps as a previous update you may want to walk, or Dotto train up
to the pleasure boats for a trip.

See some of you on Saturday, and those who can't be there watch out 
for the report and photos.
Chris and Nuala.