Meetings


Notice Board

Members please note that

1.) Our meetings are now held at Potten End hall. If you need a lift there andback please contact Graham Dorsett.

2.) Use the link on this page to email the Secretary to apologise for your absence in advance for any meeting.

3.) See the attached map for additional parking at Potten End

4.) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm screening is available for over 65 year males by calling 01727 897719 and leaving your phone number for a call back. Scans take place in HH, are free and take only 10 minutes with an instant result. Please tell your friends. See http://aaa.screening.nhs.uk/screening

5. Club activities may be added to your gmail or Outlook calendar by clicking to download the CALENDAR file below and then clicking the download to open it and add to your online calendar . This has been shown to work with PC, Mac, Android and iPhone

6. Live Longer Better in Hertfordshire www.livelongerbetterinherts.co.uk

CALENDAR

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COVID-19 Please Note

Under the Government's "Living with Covid"  plan, we are no longer subject to any legal constraints; nor are there any significant restrictions imposed on us by Potten  End Village Hall. Therefore, after careful consideration and discussion, your Committee has decided that, in the interests of getting back to something  like normality, we should dispense with most aspects the Protocol which means, amongst other things, that: 

  1.  we will no longer be operating a one-way system;
  2. entry and exit  to/from the Hall  will be via the side door;
  3. we will revert to use of the ante-room for the booking in desk and
  4. go back to using cups and saucers for the tea and coffee, which will now be served through the hatch, not in the corridor.
However, we must  recognise that  we remain a vulnerable age group and that , in addition, there are  some members who have medical conditions which place them  in a higher risk category . Because of this, we  still need to keep the following risk  control measures:
  1. A strong recommendation  that, where possible, those attending will have had a negative LFT result within 48 hours of the meeting. This will obviously depend on availability of  test kits, which, contrary to general expectations, may not be freely available to all over 75s,
  2. A recommendation that face coverings  continue to be worn when  moving about, or in congested  areas e.g. around  the booking desk. Because members remove  their masks  to drink their tea, and are often engaged in conversation with others while doing so, it seems pointless to  put them back on  again when returning to their seats. However, I would stress that the wearing of face coverings is a matter for individual judgement and some may prefer to keep their masks on throughout.
  3. You MUST NOT attend the meeting if you or anyone in your  household, or anyone with whom you have had contact, has had Covid-19 symptoms and/or has produced a positive LFT within the last 7 days. If you develop symptoms or test positive within 7 days of attending the meeting, then you MUST alert the Secretary and anyone with whom you have been  contact
It is recognised that  the increased transmissibility of   the Omicron BA..2 variant has resulted in high levels of infections nationally, although generally symptoms appear to be mild and outcomes good. There is also good news in that members are beginning to get their second booster jabs and by May the 90%  of our members who are over 75 should  have been offered jabs.

Dave Norris Secretary

 

Our Speakers for the next few months are: (subject to change)

2025
April 2nd Keith Hamshere is interviewed about his life in film pictures  
May 7th Sentinels of the Sea. The History of Lighthouses Mark Lewis
June 4th Riot and Insurrection in West Hertfordshire

Mike Stanyon

July 2nd

Picasso’s Wives, Lovers and Muses

 Judy Karbritz
July 30th Battersea Power Station Gary Eastman

September

 3rd Lighting The Fuse Lucy Lewis
October 1st Tom Way - Photographer Tom Way
November 5th Cheese and wine  
December 3rd Happy Christmas Adrian Broadway
2026
January 7th Sail to Steam Mike Beavington
February 4th

Curiosities in the Chilterns – Part 1

 Alan Copeland
March 4th The Beatles, Their Heroes and their Music Martin Orkin
April 1st Community Action Dacorum Charity
May 6th PC Yvonne Fletcher and the Libyan Embassy Siege Paul Barwick
June 3rd Football in the 1950’s Mike Payne
July 1st TBA Colin Oakes

Committee Members - 2024/2025

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Chairman

John Gross

Secretary

Charles Hibberd

Treasurer

Ian Burton

Social Secretary

Andy Cunningham

Vice Chairman

Richard Lyne

Care Secretary

Chris Gower

Speaker Secretary

Dave Norris (acting)

Assistant Social Secretary

Jim Binyon

Past Chairman

Dave Norris

Member

Peter Nathan

Member

Graham Dorsett

Assistant Secretary

Tom Bloch