Bishop’s Stortford Branch Report: The Old Contemptible – No. 65, May 1939

The Old Contemptible – No. 65, May 1939 BISHOPS STORTFORD:  Branch Standard was Dedicated on Sunday, April 2nd by the Rev. G. H. Woolley, V.C., M.C., at St Michael’s Parish Church. Some 50 Chums of our Branch and a good muster from Hertford with detachments of the British Legion and other local patriotic bodies, formed

Bishop’s Stortford Branch Annual General Meeting – 11 March 1958

Hertfordshire Mercury and County Press – 21 March 1958 Membership of Branch Decreases Captain Julian Smith, President of the Bishop’s Stortford Branch of the Old Contemptibles’ Association, reported a decreased membership at the Branch’s annual meeting on Tuesday of last week. Attending the meeting were members from Ware, Puckeridge, and Old Hall Green. The Branch,

Bishop’s Stortford Branch Report: The Old Contemptible – No. 394, November 1966

The Old Contemptible – No. 394, November 1966 BISHOP (sic) STORTFORD                 I must apologise for your scribe missing the last couple of months but if there are no Branch activities there is very little to report. I am sorry to announce the passing of our Chum Luff after a very long illness in and out

The Death of Chum Captain Herbert Victor Stock M.S.M., of the Bishop’s Stortford Branch – 18 October 1954

Herts and Essex Observer – 29 October 1954 Old Contemptible Dies A detachment of the Bishop’s Stortford Branch of the Old Contemptibles’ Association, headed by their Standard, attended the funeral of Capt. Herbert V. Stock, of Sheering, Lower Road, Sawbridgeworth, their oldest member, at St Mary’s Church on Saturday. Captain Stock died at Haymeads Hospital

Bishop’s Stortford Branch Report: The Old Contemptible – No. 57, September 1938

The Old Contemptible – No. 57, September 1938 BISHOP’S STORTFORD BRANCH. – Whilst we have not obtained many new members of late, we seem to have roped them all in. We have found it necessary owing to full gatherings at our monthly meetings, to have to seek a larger headquarters, and we are now to

Bishop’s Stortford Branch Annual General Meeting – February 1943

Herts and Essex Observer – 27 February 1943 Old Contemptibles’ Annual Meeting Past Year’s Activities Of Stortford Branch The fifth annual general meeting of the Bishop’s Stortford Branch of the Old Contemptibles’ Association was held recently at the Half Moon Inn. Captain Julian Smith, Chairman of the Branch, who presided, reported that meetings had been

Chums of the Bishop’s Stortford and Hertford Branches meet at Ware – 19 July 1957

Herts and Essex Observer – 26 July 1957 Old Contemptibles Meet at Ware The Bishop’s Stortford Branch of the Old Contemptibles Association held their meeting on Friday at the French Horn, Ware, where they were welcomed by Mr and Mrs A. Thurgood, their former hosts at the Reindeer Hotel, Bishop’s Stortford. The Branch’s offspring, the

Bishop’s Stortford Branch Annual General Meeting – 10 February 1942

Herts and Essex Observer – 14 February 1942 Bishop’s Stortford Old Contemptibles Annual Meeting The 4th Annual Meeting of the Bishop’s Stortford Branch of the Old Contemptibles Association was held on Tuesday at the Half Moon. Captain Julian Smith (Chairman of the Branch) presided, and reported that the Branch kept solidly together in spite of

Annual General Meeting of the Bishop’s Stortford Branch – 23 January 1953

Herts and Essex Observer – 30 January 1953 Few Old Contemptibles Under 60 Although it was stated by the Chairman, Col. W. A. Cole-Adams, at the annual meeting on Friday, that few members of the Bishop’s Stortford Branch of the Old Contemptibles Association are now under 60 years of age, reports indicated that the Branch

Bishops Stortford Branch Annual Supper – 26 November 1954

Herts and Essex Observer – 3 December 1954 OLD CONTEMPTIBLES’ SUPPER The Bishops Stortford Branch of the Old Contemptibles Association held their annual supper at the Reindeer Hotel on Friday, when 19 Chums and their wives attended. In the absence of the Chairman, who was unable to be present through illness, the chair was taken