PSNC Officers Reunion 2020

NEW! IMPORTANT
NEW!

The 22nd Reunion will NOW take place on

Friday 30th & Saturday 31st October 2020

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Please remember to bring a Memory Stick (USB) with any photos you wish to have projected on screen on Saturday evening.

If you have changed your email address in the last year or so and have forgotten to let me know,
do please send me an email with "Address update" in the subject line.   Thanks

Page created 26th March 2019 and updated 18th March at 13:15

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NEW!   "Greetings all,

Due to the spread of the "bug" and Government advice we made the only decision possible and that is to cancel this weekend’s re-union.  (20th and 21st March 2020)
All of us are "of age" (except Adrian) and I am sure several have underlying health issues themselves or within their families that precluded us going ahead.
All whom we knew were attending should have been informed already and the majority, if not all, would like to have a go at another reunion later in the year;
October seemed to be a favourable month.

Those who booked this weekend (20th and 21st March) on a "Non Flex" basis need to know soonest when we will be having the next meet to be able to re-book without charge.
Due to time delays sending out emails to the masses for preferred dates I have had to make an executive decision (way above my pay grade!) . . . . . .
and have gone for Friday/Saturday 30th/31st October in the hope that things will have improved.
Apologies in advance to those who cannot make those days.

For those who had booked "Non Flex" and wish to return in October or for that matter use the booking anywhere in the UK, subject to availability,
you need to log on and go to guest.comments@whitbread.com.
The lady who I have just spoken to at Bootle says you will need to put in your booking reference number, phone number and obviously who you are
and I assume the new dates and venue you require.
I was going to do it as a dummy run but sadly I must be going senile as I had forgotten to book in the first place!

If you are interested in coming along in October can you let Barry know in the usual way please.
We have two candidates lined up with some new photos.
Hope you all stay well.  : Lockdown will not be too bad, got the jigsaws out, into a good book and the garden will never look as good again!
I hope to see as many as possible in October.
All the best,
Bernie"

 

The information below relates to the Original Planned Date and is left here purely out of interest and for the record!

I will be setting up a separate page for the NEW 2020 Reunion! Barry

 

  • Event
  • Attending
  • Hoping
  • Apologies
  • Crossed the Bar   
  • Photographs (after the event)

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    The regular venue - the Beefeater Packet Steamer, Northern Perimeter Road, Netherton, Liverpool L30 7PT   (TEL 0151 531 1497)  - will be the venue for the Twentysecond Annual Reunion.
    (However, it would be the 23rd if we counted the Inaugural Meeting when four of us went on a trip up the Manchester Ship Canal in August 1997.)

    All former uniformed sea-going Officers of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company (and latterly Royal Mail & Furness Withy) are welcome to attend; both evenings are informal.

    It has been customary to have a "slide show" (or now a Powerpoint Presentation) of nostalgic photos of personnel and ships etc from the old days on the Saturday evening.

    As the Restaurant intended charging for the Room if we were eating in the Restaurant it was agreed that whoever wished to eat would do so in the Meeting Room.

    Frequently during the year rooms are offered at discounted prices on-line at the Premier Inn website.
    These can be better than the normal rates so keep an eye on the Web!

    On 9 Aug 2019, at 09:01, Merv Richardson wrote:

    Hi Barry,
    Just booked for £70 for the 2 nights
    Can you let the rest know please?


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    Please let me know on which night(s) you intend to be with us, and your spouse or partner's name.   Thanks. Barry.

    Attending:-

    (2) means both evenings

    Hoping:-

    If you have indicated you will be attending and your name is missing from the list, or you are now unable to attend, do please send me an email

    Apologies

     

    Former PSNC Officers and family who have "Crossed the Bar" since our 2019 Reunion

  • Sad News email from Mike Quirk on 16th April 2019

    " Hi Barry.  Sad news.   Peter Boyle passed away suddenly yesterday - 15th April 2019.
    Can you let "Gentleman John" know?   We went to see him last year.   Peter sailed with John as 2nd Lecky."
    Peter's Funeral was on Thursday 25 April 2019 at the Star of the Sea Church (Not far from Gladstone Dock.)
    Any former colleagues were welcome to attend.

     

  • Kenneth Alexander Farr
    Sadly, on 8th July 2019 I received an email from Mrs Elaine Farr:-
    "Hi Barry, Just thought I ought to let you know that my husband Kenneth Farr, ex Purser, passed away (in his sleep) on 19th June."

    {9th Aug - I hope to post an entry under Obituaries soon - Barry}

     

  • Len Hughes
    On 30/10/2019 I received another sad message. . . this one from Pat Tanner:-
    "Barry, are you aware that Len Hughes died on 24 September?  His wife Claudette let me know.
    We were lucky that we managed to meet up with them on his last visit this summer."

    Obituaries Additional information and photos may be posted here when, or if, available

     

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