President Christine Farquhar welcomed 35 members and 6 guests to the December meeting. The Lads’ Club was looking suitably festive as were members. The record of the last meeting was approved and signed. Mary W was thanked for her Christmas floral arrangement and Christine B, Kate D and Julia M were thanked for organising the refreshments.
Our Annual Meeting will be on 13 February 2026, and Christine asked members to consider joining the committee .
As it was Christmas we then enjoyed mulled wine, mince pies, ginger cake; coffee, tea and chat were also available as usual.
We then settled down to listen to Tony Harris whose illustrated talk was entitled My Life as a Film Star.
Tony was secretary of the Baptist Church in Whitstable when he was approached by a film company which was looking for locations for an episode of a BBC series about the evacuation of Dunkirk. Whitstable was to become Leigh-on-Sea
In the second part of his talk Tony told us of the three men from Leigh on-Sea who were the subjects of the BBC film. Frank Osborne, Leslie Osborne, and Harold Potter were fishermen who volunteered to take their “little ship” to Dunkirk and lost their lives on the return journey. There is a memorial to them in Leigh.
Marjorie Mitchel gave the vote of thanks which was heartily endorsed by the members.
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