CREEA
COWES RADAR EX-EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
ISLE OF WIGHT

OUR REMAINING PROGRAMME FOR 2010:

CREEA -
Cowes Radar Ex-Employees Association

meet at the Isle of Wight Community Club, Park Road, Cowes.
Check out the venue for our meetings: Isle of Wight Community Club Website

Download a copy of our 2010 Programme HERE

All meetings start at 2.30pm unless otherwise stated.

This Association was founded in 1978, open to the retired employees and their spouses/partners from all the PLESSEY RADAR sites but primarily those from COWES, Isle of Wight.

Whether the name of the company in your day was
Decca
Plessey
Siemens-Plessey
Siemens
British Aerospace
AMS
or
BAE Systems,
we welcome all ex-employees.

Please scroll down to see our selection of photos taken during our various trips and events.

If you have any items which may be of interest to other CREEA members and which you would like to see displayed on this web-page, please contact Alan Welfoot -
Email: nneditor@northwoodvillage.org.uk

Could all members who have an email address please register it with the secretary:
Mary Mead
Tel: 01983 298154
mary.mead@talktalk.net

as this will help to reduce the cost of communication in the event that any announcements need to be made or if there are any changes to the programme.

Monthly meetings (alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays)
Bar, Tea, Coffee and Raffle.
Quarterly College lunch.
Christmas Party with Entertainment
New Year Luncheon.
Local outings (2 or more a year) and mainland trips (1 a year).

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PHOTOGRAPHS

Visit to Brading Station and Heritage Centre on Tuesday 27th April 2010, courtesy of Malcolm Shaw:


















Visit to Athelhampton House on Wednesday 21st April 2010, courtesy of Stan Brooke:





Visit to Athelhampton House on Wednesday 21st April 2010, courtesy of Barry Bates:















New Year Lunch 19th January 2010 at the New Holmwood Hotel, Cowes, courtesy of Mary Mead:













Visit to Nunwell House on Wednesday 1st July 2009, courtesy of Barry Bates:









Visit to Kew Gardens on Thursday 14th May 2009, courtesy of Barry Reeves:










Visit to Denbies Vineyard near Dorking, Surrey, on Tuesday 30th September 2008, courtesy of Mary Mead and Alan Welfoot:


A small section of the group


The main building


Display vats


The wine tasting


Wall map of the vineyard showing the locations of the various grape varieties


Visit to Moorfields Alpaca Farm at Brighstone on Thursday 24th July 2008, courtesy of Alan Welfoot:















Visit to Wight Salads on Thursday 17th April 2008, courtesy of Wight Salads Group:




The Christmas Party 2007 held at Northwood Cricket Club on Tuesday 4th December 2007, courtesy of Mary Mead:















Visit to Highclere Castle on Tuesday 31st July 2007, courtesy of John Pewsey:


 

Visit to Arthur Reeder's Postal Museum on 10th May 2007 (in the rain), courtesy of Barry Bates:



Why not join us and put another smiling face in the picture?

For details contact: mary.mead@talktalk.net

New members very welcome!

Tel: Mary Mead on 01983 298154

or email: mary.mead@talktalk.net

This Association was founded in 1978, open to the retired employees and their spouses/partners from all the PLESSEY RADAR sites but primarily those from COWES, Isle of Wight. Whether the company in your day was called Decca, Plessey, Siemens-Plessey, Siemens, British Aerospace, AMS or BAE Systems, we welcome all ex-employees. Since the take-over by BAE Systems, qualifying membership has been extended to all ex-employees from any BAE Systems site. To date we have a membership of 57 with eight new members joining this year.

Our programme of monthly meetings has, over the years, seen members entertained by a variety of speakers on subjects as diverse as the "Photography of Julia Margaret Cameron" to comedy scriptwriting by Island resident Raymond Allen of "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em" fame.

Other activities include quarterly lunch dates at the IW College, an annual post-Christmas Lunch, and visits to local and mainland (Southern England) attractions. We have just returned from a very successful day trip to Highclere Castle which everyone thoroughly enjoyed with beautiful sunny weather.

President:
John Pewsey      01983 407300

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Chairman:
Barry Bates         01983 296303     batesbarry@onwight.net

Vice Chairman:
Barry Reeves     01983 527804     b.m.reeves@btinternet.com

Treasurer:
Joy Ash               01983 298731     chinou@talktalk.net

Secretary:
Mary Mead          01983 298154     mary.mead@talktalk.net

Committee Members:
Enid Aylward
Joyce Knight      01983 294497

SEE OUR VILLAGE DIARY ENTRY FOR OUR NEXT MEETING OR EVENT AND OUR REGULAR ADVERT IN THE LOCAL PARISH MAGAZINE, NORTHWOOD NEWS. IF YOU DO NOT LIVE IN NORTHWOOD YOU CAN STILL DOWNLOAD A COPY OF NORTHWOOD NEWS FROM HERE:
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