REME Association
Widnes Branch Christmas 2021 Scribe: Steve Hampson (Secretary)
In the festive spirit
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Lots of excellent Christmas prizes to be won
Lisa and her team presented with flowers from Steve Hampson (right)
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inally, Christmas celebrations can go ahead, and go ahead they did at the Widnes Branch!! Members of the Widnes REME Association started the Christmas celebrations early with a meal at the Liner Hotel in Liverpool on Saturday 4th December 2021. The event was organised by our Social Secretary Jimmy Williams and was well attended by the Association. It must be said that a lovely Christmas dinner was enjoyed by all. The afternoon was rounded off with a few drinks together, enjoying each other’s company after a long time apart. We then continued the celebrations with the final meeting of the year on Tuesday 7th December 2021. The Branch hold a Christmas social each year following the meeting when members enjoy an excellent buffet and of course the odd drink or two, before holding the traditional Christmas raffle. This year our meetings have been hosted by The Eight Towers pub in Widnes, who have provided a delicious buffet after each meeting, and who did not disappoint for the Christmas meeting. Tickets for our Christmas raffle have been sold at each monthly meeting we were able to hold through 2021, and as usual there were lots of excellent prizes to be won. All who attended enjoyed the Christmas spirit and those lucky enough to win prizes were very happy indeed! Our thanks must go to our Social Secretary Jimmy Williams for the efforts he has made over recent months to ensure ticket sales allowed us to have such a great Christmas Raffle in 2021; despite the reduced number of meetings. Following the Christmas social, the Branch had a most enjoyable weekend at the Risboro Hotel, Llandudno between 10th and 12th December 2021 where we celebrated at the Christmas party with excellent food, great entertainment and very sore feet from dancing the night away. This is a regular social event within the Association calendar and the Risboro never disappoints. An
