All Aboard for Bolton
Forty members and their families from Bolton
branch enjoyed a trip aboard the Emmeline
Pankhurst of City Centre Cruises - for a three
hour trip around the Manchester and Salford
waterways.
The group set off from the Castlefield area of
Manchester, the site of an old Roman Castle,
destined for the Leeds Liverpool canal and Central
Manchester and Salford Quays.
Bill Lloyd, Bolton branch Secretary, described the
journey,
“We passed
the old and new as
we wandered along
and enjoyed the engineering delight of the 20
foot drop lock into the Manchester Ship Canal
and River Roch - before sailing into the heart of
Manchester. Some amongst us strained to see the
new location of the Coronation Street TV set, as
well as the Blue Peter Studio, Lowry Centre and
British War Museum.”
Was the trip a success?
Bill told Web News,
“Judging by the laughter and
banter on board and the fact we are already
planning to visit the Leyland Transport Museum in
September - then YES!”
Being Social
Northumbria branch have reported that
their social calendar this summer was not
only very enjoyable but also raised funds for
the charities they support.
The Northumbria Charity Golf day at
Rothbury, in June, raised the sum of £1082.
Donations of £541 were made to Macmillan
Nurses and Cancer Research UK.
In July, the the branch enjoyed an afternoon
at St George’s Hospital Bowling Club with an
event organised by Anne-Marie Wilkinson.
The branch made a £20 donation to St
George’s Bowling Club for the use of the
facilities.
Northumbria's other sponsored charity, Guide
Dogs for the Blind, has reported that Scooby -
the current sponsored dog, is now in his final
stages of training and will soon be placed
with his new owner. Keith Laidler, branch
Secretary, said
“Scooby has impressed
everyone with his temperament and has
developed into an impressive looking dog.”
The next Northumbria IPA event is their
‘Christmas Weekend Away’ - for more events
such as this visit:
The Spirit of
Friendship
The Arthur Troop Centenary Whisky has been
safely delivered thanks to the efforts of Euan and
Sheena Forbes.
Euan Forbes, from 1 Region, who organised the
production and delivery of the 10 year old and 25
year Speyside single malt whisky reports,
“120 bottles
of the 25 year old were produced making it a very
special, rare, limited edition. You are very lucky if you
have one as it will only increase in value.”
The most valuable, No 1 for 1 Region, Scotland is
going to be raffled - look out for details on Web News
in the near future.
Euan went on to explain,
“The biggest hurdle in this
project was distribution but with help and generosity
from many IPA Regions, and my wife Sheena
and I acting as ‘White Van’ people, delivery was
completed.”
Euan was touched by the Spirit of Friendship as he
began the process of working out how he was going
to organise deliveries across the UK. Help came from
Vice President Mark Kernohan who arranged for
collection from Scotland and delivery to customers in
Northern Ireland - coordinated by Pete Connolly and
Fred Boyd.
IPA HQ - Section UK took a bulk delivery where it was
kept in safe custody until Euan’s arrival. This prompted
Section UK’s Communication Manager Lib Jones to
post Web News and Facebook entry ‘Driven to Drink’.
As Euan and Sheena continued on their deliveries they
were aided immensely by Jeff Hurd who volunteered to
organise the onward journey of all 5 Region’s order.
Hearing of our epic journey Roger and Helen
Falklingham, from 3 Region, offered a bed for the
night - IPA friendship at its very best. Steve and Lynn
Palmer from 8 Region also offered accommodation.
Steve Hunt coordinated the orders for 10 Region as
they headed into London to visit their daughter - doing
a couple of deliveries en route.
Euan said, “Three 11 Region members kindly called
at our daughter’s home to uplift their orders and
others were delivered by train, tube and car during our
few days there. Our daughter even got in on the act
delivering one for us on a day out.”
He then summed up by saying,
“1700 miles from
the start we arrived safely home in Aberdeen rather
weary as you might imagine but having met many new
friends along the way and with the phrase so often
said ‘if you are down this way again, please let us
know’ it was well worth the effort.”
Euan and Sheena Forbes
with Steve Palmer (centre)
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POLICE WORLD
Vol 59 No. 4, 2014
IPA News
IPA Attend COPS
Annual Memorial Service
Birmingham West Midlands branch Chair,
Andy Gregory, attended the Care Of Police
Survivors (COPS) Annual Memorial Service
Survivors’ Day on behalf of President Mick
Luke.
Chief Constables from across the UK and the
heads of all the other associations attended
(including the Superintendents Association,
the Police Federation and British Association
for Women in Policing (BAWP).
Andy told Police World that he was honoured
to lay a wreath, on behalf of Section UK,
to commemorate colleagues who have
been killed or died on duty serving their
communities.
Andy said,
“Days like today make you fully
appreciate the sacrifices that people make
day in, day out, to make the UK a safer
place. To hear the stories of families who
have lost loved ones, with the knock on
the door in the middle of the night, to tell
them their family member has died on duty,
makes you realise how lucky we are every
single day to be able to go home to the
people we love... Some people don't get
that chance.”
New
IPA
Information Guide
The IPA International Administration Centre has
been busy re-designing the Information Guide - which
contains contact information for all IPA Sections.
The aim of the re-design was to provide members with
an easy-to-use, colourful and interesting-to-look at
digital document.
As the guide contains many IPA members’ private
email addresses and contact details please treat the
contents of this guide as confidential.
The new Information Guide can be downloaded at:
