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I have now received confirmation of Angie Moxon’s funeral details as folllows:
Location: St Denys Church
Church Lane
Kirkby-la-Thorpe
nr Sleaford
Lincolnshire
NG34 9NU
Date: Tuesday 29th September
Time: 11:00 am
Anyone wishing to attend please contact DAVID HILL by text or WhatsApp.
07866 892609
Webmaster
Sadly I have been informed of another death within the Swift Family.
Honorary Life Member Freda Pedder died recently but Derek did not want the information published then. Her funeral took place yesterday with only family and close friends invited. We respect their decision to not want it widely publicised.
Derek & Freda became members of the club in 2009 and attended a number of Swift rallies and then had to give up caravanning in recent years due to Freda’s health and became Honorary Life Members of the club.
Our thoughts are with Derek at this sad time.
RIP Freda.
John Brailsford, President
Allen and Andrew would like to thank everyone who attended Joan’s funeral yesterday. Many current and past members attended and £385 was raised to be donated between Alderhey Children’s Hospital and the children’s ward at Whiston Hospital. Some members have donated by post too. Allen & Andrew will add their own personal donations before sending the money to the respective locations.
Webmaster
We were so sad to learn of Cyndy’s passing from her family’s announcement on her Facebook today.
Cyndy & Tony joined the club in 1993 and attended and marshalled many rallies at home and abroad. After Tony’s death Cyndy became an Honorary Life Member and she always kept in touch with many of us in the “Swift Family”.
We only managed to visit her when we were in the area as we live 260 miles away. It was great when her daughters Tonya & Jo took her to visit on rallies that were not too far away from her home which enabled her to chat with old friends. We had arranged to visit her 3 months ago but she had to cancel on the last minute due to illness.
Cyndy never lost her sense of fun and her great sense of humour, no matter what life threw at her. She was a unique character and always fun to be with. We can all cherish the special memories that we have of her.
RIP lovely lady, there will never be another Cyndy Elkins.
💔Our thoughts are with all the family at this very sad time. 💔
John Brailsford, President & Val Brailsford
For those who prefer, or are unable to join the SOC online, an updated Membership Application Form has been added in the Miscellaneous Information & Forms section on the General Information page.
Webmaster
🎃 You don’t have to be a witch or wizard to come along and enjoy a great weekend. 👻
The local pubs, takeaway and shop are within walking distance of the site.
You can take a bus ride into Lincoln with all it has to offer.
Then what better way to spend your evenings than socialising in the onside hall with fellow ralliers and even making new friends.
You have an excellent experienced team of marshals of Lynn, Steve, Sarah & Malcolm who are really looking forward to you joining them that weekend. So as they would love a few more of you to join them, why not send your booking to Lynn now.
Check out the details on page 95 of your Rally Venues Book for full details.
There is only one hard standing place remaining on the New Year celebration, the grass is fairly firm but this will very weather dependent! If you would like to attend this rally and celebrate the new year with us then please contact the marshals, details are on page 101 of the Rally Book.
Gareth Roberts, Marshal
‘Join us at Teversal in January to celebrate Barry Brown’s 90th Birthday. Barry is SOC member number 005! He is the longest member still rallying with the SOC. Bookings will be available on this rally from the 1st of November when the next edition of Going Places should land on your doorstep!
Allen has not had firm confirmation that Joan’s funeral will be on Tuesday September 15th @ 2pm but it is highly likely to be that date and time. This is why the information has not been published beforehand.
However as the legalities are hopefully due to be confirmed within a day or two Allen needs to know now the numbers for catering asap.
Dress code is optional of black tie or smart casual.
Family flowers only.
There will be a collection box available at the Wake for those who wish to give.
The money will be split between Alderhey Children’s Hospital and the children’s ward at Whiston Hospital. Joan worked as a nurse at both of these.
If you are attending the Southport Rally then please reply to Sue’s email of this afternoon.
If you are not going to the rally and wish to attend the funeral then please contact me by any of my usual available methods.
Location :
St Helens Crematorium
Rainford Road
Windle
St. Helen’s
WA10 6DF
Val Brailsford
07711 263395 / val@thebrailsfords.com
Sadly the Burns Night Rally scheduled for January 2027 has been cancelled due to lack of initial interest. Unfortunately as a lot of planning has to be done well in advance for such an event, this decision had to be reluctantly taken.
The GOOD NEWS is that the marshals David & Yvonne Lovett will now run the rally in 2028. You will find full details in your 2027 Rally Venues Book towards the back of the book. Remember that January 2028 rallies can be booked when rallies open for 2027 at the agreed date in January.
There will now be an alternative rally on that January 2027 weekend so watch this space and see October Going Places.
Webmaster
The Latest Rally News section contains all the rally announcements for this year’s rallies that I have been made aware of. Some of these are low importance but others such as incorrect contact details, locations or dates are very important and I recommend viewing these when booking rallies.
All the following rally numbers have at least 1 associated news item in this section:
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 33.1, 34, 34.1, 35, HR60, HR61
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