Dear Colleagues,
First of all we would like to express our gratitude to all 119 attendees for contributing to yet another very enjoyable and successful reunion.
Thank you also to those of you who have sent us messages to let us know how much you enjoyed the day.
We are delighted with the excellent attendance and by all the appreciative responses.
FACTORY VISIT
The feedback we received from those who went on the factory visit was also extremely positive and we would like to take this opportunity to thank Barry Hodgson and Steve Whelan for all their help and support in providing a very interesting and enjoyable tour.
INCOME & CHARITY DONATIONS
The total income for the 2017 Reunion was £595 (119 x £5)
The cost of hiring the museum for the day was £300
All other expenses were absorbed by members of T'Committee - in this respect we are particularly grateful to John Penrose for generously providing all the name badges.
The final surplus income was therefore £295 which we split between our two nominated charities - £148 to St Catherine's Hospice (Leyland) and £147 the Museum.
John Penrose, Robert Bent and Derek Jones delivered the donation in person to St Catherine's Hospice on 22 May (Note; we added £2 cash to round the donation up to £150)
REUNION BLOG
We noticed that several of you were also taking photos during the reunion. If you are willing to share any of these photos please send them to us so that they can also be added to the Blog website.
We will also continue to use the Leyland Reunion Blog website to share your thoughts and your memories about your time working for the Company.
NEXT REUNION
The feedback from attendees was that we should continue to arrange these reunions every 2-3 years. We will therefore continue to hold periodic meetings of T'Committe (otherwise known as an opportunity for grumpy old men to correct the wrongs of the world over a pub lunch!).
We will also continue contact you from time to time tin an effort to keep our email address list up to date and to get your views on our plans for future reunions (e.g. location, best month, best day of the week, font size for name badges etc.).
THE LEYLAND SOCIETY
Those of you who are passionate about the vehicles built by Leyland may be interested to learn more about The Leyland Society.
Members receive a very comprehensive and varied quarterly magazine (‘Leyland Torque’) and the Society works closely with the Museum to protect and archive relevant photographs, documents and articles.
Full details about membership can be found at their website ( www.leylandsociety.co.uk )
EMAIL ADDRESSES
When we send out email updates to the full circulation list we often receive 'undelivered mail' auto-responses informing us that certain email addresses are no longer valid - typically because people have changed their internet provider, changed jobs or recently retired.
There are also a number of people who simply did not reply to any of our emails - possibly because some of the email addresses we have on file are now 'dormant' and no longer used on a regular basis.
Therefore, if you wish to continue to receive updates about future reunions, please ensure the we have your current email address and, if possible, please give us your home/personal email address rather than a company address.
Thank you again for all your continued support.
Kind regards,
T'Committee
(Robert Bent, Lawrence Doyle, Derek Jones, John Penrose, Norry Wardrope)
Leyland Reunion
leyland.reunion@aol.co.uk
