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South African
visitor
South African IPA member and Retired Reserve
Police officer, Ashley Herbst recently visited his
family in Upper Bucklebury, near Newbury.
He was invited to a local walk and pub lunch
with members of the Reading Police ‘E Division’
Old Comrades Association. Ashley was hosted
by Thames Valley Branch member Richard
Buckingham. Ashley took the opportunity to visit
the Thames Valley Police Museum at the Training
Centre, Sulhamstead near Reading.
Thames Valley
welcomes
IPA France
by
Michael Vince MBE,
Treasurer - 7 Region
At our social in the Livermead House Hotel, Torquay, we welcomed
IPA France members Eric and Valerie Calvet and their dog “Whiskey”.
Eric is a senior Sergeant with the Scuba Team, in Paris (Brigade Fluviale) Police Nationale.
Region Chairman John Bull presented Eric with an IPA paperweight
and Eric reciprocated by giving
IPA France badges to many UK
members. During the evening
we dined on an excellent 4-course
meal with a ‘Boris Karloff’ look-alike
pianist providing the background
music. The social continued in the
bar with fond tales and local beers.
IPA Devon Branch visit Seaton Tramway
The magic of a tram ride is enhanced when poured into a half size scale model.
Seaton Tramway runs on a 2’ 9” narrow gauge electric tramway and features replicas of many classic British tram
cars, number 19 being the only one from the old Exeter Tram system. Our day started with Sunday lunch in the
station cafe at Colyford (free parking always attracts!) and then in sunshine we were able to ride on the top deck
for 3 miles down the wide River Axe Valley from Colyton, through Colyford where the track crosses the road with car
passengers taking photographs and waving, and along the estuary with its bird hides and abundant wildlife to the
beautiful seaside town of Seaton. Our party then split up with a choice of old town shops, cafes and ice creams,
the beach with its boats and harbour, the offer of the newly opened Jurassic Centre complete with sound effects
or, if you were not up to too much exercise, the pub. The smiling faces on the return journey told its own story!
50 years membership
Norman Rimmer, a member of Rochdale & District Branch, joined the
IPA in 1963.
He received his 50 year
membership certificate
at a recent function. The
photograph shows Norman
and his wife May receiving
the certificate from Neil
Baldwin. Norman also
celebrated his 90th birthday
earlier this year.
Congratulations Norman.
Region 11 recognize
selfless dedication
John Spence has been a member of Surrey Branch since he joined the
IPA in 1990, very early on John got involved at a Branch level holding first
Secretary and then the Treasurer position. In 1996 John became Treasurer
for Region 11, a position he has held continuously for two decades now.
On retiring John moved to Scotland with his wife Lou where they own their own
hotel. Despite putting in incredibly long hours every day at the hotel and also
facing serious health issues in 2013 John has never let his IPA duties slip and
in fact travels from Scotland down to the south east of England for every Region
meeting - and he does not claim mileage.
Region 11 wanted to recognize John’s outstanding service and selfless
dedication to our friendship association over the last two decades which we
felt epitomizes the motto of our great friendship association ‘Service Through
Friendship’, as a result at our half yearly Region meeting held at the Warren
on the 1st of October 2016 it was with
great pride that Donna Powell, Region
11 Chair and Tom Witney, Region 11
Secretary surprised and presented
John with life membership of the IPA.
John said ‘I’m astounded & surprised,
very proud and honoured, thank you’.
Richard Buckingham (left of photo)
with Ashley (3rd from left).
Group photo Eric (light blue shirt) with Valerie (blond hair)
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POLICE WORLD
Vol 62 No. 1, 2017
IPA News