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Pickwick Bicycle Club Magazine Volume 15 No.2 October 2018 @8

May 2018 - President’s Spring Luncheon

The Spring Luncheon availed itself of one of the rare dry days in early
May, (yes, we have all forgotten that it really was a very wet and cold
winter and spring, as I write this report, challenging 1976 for the
hottest summer on record). The usual pre-amble was added to by the
addition of the official photographer taking portrait pics’ for our
member’s 150th anniversary commemorative book which will be published
in 2020. (Remember - if you haven’t had your picture taken, the last
opportunity will be at the December Garden Party!)

Our Club Captain managed the order of service with military
precision and succeeded very well as it was only his second time as
Master of Ceremonies. After the usual fanfare from our regular
trumpeters, the President arrived with his guest in the usual
manner and proceedings continued. The ‘oldest member’ was
welcomed by The Captain, and Slum duly welcomed our guests to
the luncheon.

The Punch Bowl ceremony was a very different affair this time, - not so much of the
‘Boys’ of the Old Brigade, but no less big news, as we welcomed our very first female
Chelsea Pensioner! Everyone was delighted to see Sgt Marjorie Cole WRAC jointly wheel in
the Joseph Atto Punch Bowl to take wine with the President and she was warmly welcomed
by members and guests alike. And the toast was -“The Toast of Prosperity to the Pickwick
Bicycle Club” as defined by our benefactor whose 100th anniversary of his death is in June
of this year.