The Burton Wednesday Afternoon Club

BURTON WEDNESDAY CLUB
The Burton Wednesday club was formed some 21 years ago with the idea of friends getting together in the locality to keep in touch. The club was originally started by a few people such as Elvit Bowen, Nancy Bowen, Jack Campbell, Dylis Campbell, Betty Blight to name but a few, to give and receive pleasure in the community by getting together once a fortnight to have tea and biscuits in the 'Houghton Village Hall' to discuss places of interest, holidays etc, and generally keeping in touch as to what's going on in the area. It was decided in those early days that members should be from areas such as Hill Mountain, Burton, Sardis, Llangwm, and Rosemarket and generally around Burton parish, by and large the areas from the club have stayed the same to this day.
SO WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BEING A MEMBER OF
THE CLUB?
Members are invited to lunch at 'The Jolly Sailor' at Burton Ferry, for a two-course meal, which is altered each time we visit. The meal is subsidised by the Pembrokeshire county council, which means that at present we only pay a low cost of £4.00 each (where can you get a meal today at this price?)
After lunch, we all gather at the Jubilee Hall Houghton where we usually have a guest speaker followed by tea and biscuits, so that we can chat to all our friends, making it a splendid afternoon out. For some people, this is their only way of meeting new friends (including new ones as a result of being a member of the club).
Not only this, but we organise four day trips a year to various places of interest, and members are asked for suggestions on this subject, and what's more, the coach trips are mostly FREE- all we ask members to pay for are meals. The trips are free as a result of the club having raffles, coffee mornings etc.
At Christmas time, all members are invited to a Christmas dinner, usually at no cost again (apart from drinks) during December.
The most important thing about the club is FRIENDSHIP.
The cost of the benefits is a mere £10.00 per year (split in two parts-£5.00 every six months). You can obtain full details from any of the committee members listed below or indeed any member- WHY NOT MAKE CONTACT NOW?
Rhys Jones- Chairman on 01646 601193.
Margaret Wildman- Vice Chairman 01646 602116.
Jill Phillips- Secretary 01646 601709.
David Wildman ( Treasurer) 01646 602116.
Ceredwyn Jenkins 01646 600422, Hilda Jones 01646 601193,
Rosemary Coles 01646 601391, Bob Chappell 01646 602065,
Betty Symonds 01646 600855, Marion Tudor-Williams 01646 601316

CLUB NEWS

On November 11 th we received a visit from Matthew Rickard who introduced us to the Silcox 2010 brochure with its many exciting and interesting outings and offers.

Our Christmas Coffee Morning was held on Saturday 5 th December. The weather was excellent and the event was well attended with many new residents in Burton Parish attending.

December 9 th was again one of our fortnightly meetings and we were pleased to welcome a local business from the community ‘Wilson Wines.' The owner, namely Robin Wilson (Wine Connoisseur) gave us a most interesting talk on how to recognise and choose a good wine complete with taster session ‘- hiccup- ‘. Robin runs the business, with his wife Ann from their office at Swn-y-Gwynt Ashdale Lane. An afternoon enjoyed by all.

We had our annual Christmas Dinner at the Jolly Sailor on the 16th December
Chris Campbell did us proud as usual. Entertainment afterwards was provided by Ray Chappell on his Keyboard.

January 14 th 2010 came only too quickly and we were soon on our annual visit to the Grand Theatre Swansea. As usual an excellent production, this year it was ‘Sleeping Beauty' and much enjoyed by all members.

At our first meeting in February Jean Lewis gave a most interesting and enlightening talk on 'Quackerism' and the strong local connection with Milford Haven.

We have a full diary of events planned for the next few months, one to highlight is our visit to the 'Red Kite Centre' at Tregaron during the summer.

New members living in the Burton area are always welcome.
Please contact Jill Phillips ( Secretary) on 01646 601709

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