Social Events 2009 - 10

124th Annual Dinner - Saturday 13th March 2010 6.30 for 7pm Venue: The Clarendon Hotel, Montpelier Row, Blackheath Village Principal Speaker: Mrs Brenda Bailey, Chairman of Penhaligon's Friends Menu: Char-grilled asparagus Duck á la Orange OR Vegetarian Option Dark and white chocolate torte Cost: £35 per person (Please make cheques out to 'The London Cornish Association') Tickets are available from: Mrs Rhoda Riddette-Wynton ...cornerstone 72 Stour Road Christchurch Dorset BH23 1LW Tel: 01202 484501 Dress: Dinner jacket or lounge suit. Insignia of Office is usually worn. Accommodation is available at the hotel at a special rate: Double room - £90, Single room - £75. Prices include a full English breakfast. If you would like to avail yourself of this offer, please let Rhoda know when you book so that she can give you the appropriate code. Details of the hotel can be found on www.clarendonhotel.com or by phoning 0208 3184 321. Family History Day - Saturday 24th April 10am - 4.30pm Speakers: Tony Pawlyn, Head of Research, National Maritime Museum, Cornwall Falmouth Packets: Traders in Treasure Michael Ball (LCA member) How I traced my Cornish ancestors and found interesting topics along the way Venue: Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church 235 Shaftesbury Avenue (Nearest underground stations - Holborn or Tottenham Court Road) Cost: (Includes pasty lunch and cream tea) (Vegetarian pasties can be provided if requested in advance) £15 for LCA members (and also members of affiliated societies and Cornwall Family History Society) £20 for non-members. BOOKING ESSENTIAL Contact: Francis Dunstan (Tel: 01494 531703/ Email: cornish@francisdunstan.plus.com) OR Lorna Leadbetter (Tel: 0208 989 7634/ Email: leadbetter@lineone.net) Group Tour of Bletchley Park - Saturday 15th May 2010 Time tbc The LCA has arranged an outing to Bletchley Park - 'Home of the WW2 Codebreakers'. We will have our own guide for this full day tour and members will have the chance to visit the many exhibitions and collections now open on the site. Much of the site is 'disabled friendly'. Getting there: The Park is situated just to the south of Milton Keynes and has adequate car parking (Cost £3). There is also an excellent rail service from London Euston to Bletchley Park Station (40 minutes). Cost: £20 per head which includes lunch. Please let Dick Richards know if you would like to join the tour. (Tel: 01235 530623/ Email: dickrichards10@hotmail.com) AGM and Trelawny Lecture - Wednesday 2nd June 3 - 5pm Speaker: Kingsley Rickard (Vice Chairman of the Trevithick Society) The Trevithick Society - Looking forward in the Industrial Archaeology of Cornwall Venue: The Naval Club, 38 Hill Street, Maybair, London W1J 5NS Contact: Francis Dunstan (Tel: 01494 531703) Annual Picnic - Saturday 10th July 2010 Venue: Golders Hill Park,North End Road Getting there: Nearest tube station: Golders Green Bus: 210 or 268 Contact: Tony Wakeham (Tel: 020 77037378) Informal Lunches 12 noon 22 February 2010 22 March 2010 26 April 2010 17 May 2010 21 June 2010 Venue: Methodist Central Hall, Westminster (Nearest tube station - St James's Park, Circle and District Line) __________________________________________________________________ Further details of social events, will be available in the LCA Newsletter and on this website. A warm welcome is extended to non-members of the London Cornish Association who would like to attend any LCA events. If you have any queries about our social events, please contact our Publicity Officer on publicity@londoncornish.co.uk

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