It’s finally happened, our sister GB company now has an online home. I’ve added a permament link in our links section, but here’s their URL in all its glory;
The site has been created by the members themselves and I think they’ve done a great job. Well done.
I’ve just added to the Company History section a page that details all of the DofE Award winners. Take a look, are you there or can you find some familiar names.
Mark.
This Sunday was our last Uniformed (Parade) Service of this session. We were fortunate to be able to use the occassion to present two outstanding awards.
Mat received his Junior Section Gold Award; well done ! This is the culmination of 3 years of hardwork in the Junior Section and is so special that he will be able to wear it in the Company Section next year.
Sam has officially taken his first step on the DofE ladder in gaining his Bronze award. I understand that he is working towards his Silver as I type.
Well done and congratulations to both boys !
Mark.
Well, the previously mentioned juggling evening turned into a full blown evening of circus balancing skills … and was great fun !
Our thanks to Sarah for coming along and working hard all evening with all our age groups (including some of the ladies from the Craft Club). If you want to know more about circus skills please take a look at Sarah’s website.
Please click the image below to see the full gallery of pictures from the evening.
Just before Easter Tim Young managed to get back home for us to be able to present him with his DofE Gold award.
During the presentation we had a quick chat about what he’d got up to and so on. You can listen to the audio recording by clicking the gadget below.
I’ll update things once Tim’s and the Duke’s diaries line up and he visits the palace to receive his certificate.
Click her to listen to the audio
Gold Award Presentation
This Tuesday, the 21st April, we have a special evening planned. We have a professional juggler coming to teach us all to juggle.
The evening is open to all, so if you want to learn to juggle please come along at the age appropriate times below.
Hope to see you there.
Mark.
Last night saw members of the Junior Section take part in their first Bible Quiz. All of the questions were from 1Kings in the Old Testament and were about the life of the prophet Elijah. These included;
Well we didn’t win, but came 5th out of 11 teams. I think this is a great result for our first go. Congratulations to the team and well done !
The other week the Juniors and Anchor Boys had a special visitor. I was there with a camera, enjoy the video below.
Super Dog visits 1st Bletchley from Mark Churchill on Vimeo.
Many thanks to Rosie for bringing along her super dog. The boys loved the visit.
It’s with heavy heart that I have to write another post like this so soon after the last, but that’s just the way it goes sometimes.
It’s with sadness that I have to report the death of Ron Manners, who died on Thursday night. Ron had a long BB career, some of which I’m just learning about. As far as it concerns our company; Ron moved, with his family, to Spurgeon’s in the late 60’s just as the Milton Keynes Battalion was being formed in the newly started city. Ron was invited to be its first President and provided strong leadership for the new Battalion.
Not content with looking after the existing companies Ron also helped to start the 1st Woburn Sands Company in 1974 along with his sons Andrew and John, who were NCOs in the company at the time.
Ron stayed at the helm of the Milton Keynes Battalion until the late 80’s, when he retired. This didn’t stop his association and interest in all things BB and he could always be counted upon to offer encouragement and pointed observations to keep us all honest.
Ron is survived by his wife Margaret, with whom our prayers are with at this time. There will be a Service of Thanksgiving at Spurgeon Baptist Church on 16th March at 12.30 p.m. Please advise if you intend to attend.
Today sees the funeral of Frank Rose who died just before Christmas last year from a fairly agressive cancer. Frank, for some of his life, was an officer in the 1st Bletchley. In fact he plays a big part in my memories of those first few months in Junior Section all those years ago. I could never get round him in a game of British Bulldog and I remember him challenging me when I missed church one week due to heavy snow.
And that was Frank when it came to his faith, you couldn’t dodge round him; it was there central to his life for all to see and he was faithfull to His church.
Our thoughts are with Jeanette and the rest of the family today and pray that the Lord may wipe away their tears as we celebrate the life of Frank.
Mark.
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