HIGHCLIFFE CASTLE PHILATELIC EXHIBITION

CELEBRATING

THE

DIAMOND JUBILEE

OF

HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II

6th FEBRUARY 1952 – 6th FEBRUARY 2012

BY

JOHN DAVIS FRPSL

From Wednesday 1st to Friday 10th February 2012 an exhibition of stamps and philatelic material to celebrate and commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will be on display. The display comprises 12 double-sided frames making a total of 24 frames with 382 sheets of stamps and philatelic material on display.

Designed to attract new collectors to the hobby, the exhibition will use British, Commonwealth and foreign material to cover eight themes. These will include the Queen's ancestory; a time-line of royal visits; and a family tree of European royal monarchs.

Highcliffe Castle opening times for this exhibition are Sunday – Thursday 11am - 5pm (last admission 4.30pm) and Friday and Saturday 11am – 4.30pm (last admission 4pm). Admission will be £3.00 (accompanied children under the age of 16 and Season Ticket Holders, Free).

Contact: Highcliffe Castle, Rothesay Drive, Highcliffe, Dorset BH23 4LE

Tel. 01425 278807. www.highcliffecastle.co.uk

The Ferndown & West Moors Philatelic & Postcard Club is privileged to

have John Davis as a long standing member and wishes him every success

with this patriotic philatelic exhibition at Highcliffe Castle.

Meeting Report

(December 19th 2011)

CHRISTMAS EVENTS ~ TALK ON FERNDOWN – SUE LAWRENCE

A lively audience, some with their wives, turned out for the annual festivities. The new Treasurer, experiencing his first Christmas in charge of the wines and mince pies, produced the goods on time in plentiful amounts. After the few announcements Geoff Hood, standing in for the Chairman for the last time this year, introduced Sue Lawrence from the Ferndown Historical Society to give us a potted history of our home town. 

Even those members who live outside the area agreed that the talk was extremely interesting and informative as Sue traced the history of the area from Neolithic times to the present day. At the end there were many members putting questions to the speaker proving that her talk had been a great success. The refreshments were waiting and members made their way to the bar where Don Seaby, in his usual role as barman, had the drinks lined up with hot mince pies to accompany them. 

After the interval, during which the kitchen was full of volunteers helping to do the washing up, the raffle was held. With the raffle being run by Veronica Sinclair according to the W. I. format, it appeared that almost every member received a winning ticket. During the raffle the Secretary highlighted various members who contribute a great deal in the background to the smooth running of the club; he also mentioned a special guest for the evening, Chris Wheeler, who gives so much of his time to running the website on behalf of all the local clubs.  

A vintage bottle of port which had been kindly donated, was then auctioned and went for £15 to a member who had already been fortunate enough to have won a large piece of Stilton cheese in the raffle – just the ticket to round off that Christmas meal.

Terry Kirkman 24th December 2011

Meeting Report

(January 9th 2012)

“6 in 2” Olympic Sports Members display ~ Auction

A large audience of 60 members turned up for this first meeting of the New Year and welcomed back the Chairman, Bob Small, returning from his extended holiday around the world. 

Despite the large turnout only seven members managed to find enough material to display. 

First off the mark was Don Seaby with a variety of memorabilia covering the football events which included tickets, programmes and signed autographs of some of the top players. A much coveted autograph of George Best was the highlight of the display. 

Harry Tabeart followed with a brief history of the logo and managed to find stamps of all 29 sports. 

Paul Lear traced the Olympics back to the first modern games in 1896 and followed with all the subsequent years up to the Beijing Olympics of 2008. 

Hugh Jefferies searched through his collection and found a Jamaican stamp featuring the female javelin event. The stamp was reproduced every time the Olympics were held. 

Terry Tuck looked back to the infamous games held in Berlin in 1936, which was used by Hitler as a propaganda exercise. The display consisted of 6 sheets of photographs showing various aspects of the games. 

Gerald Scanlon had a variety of stamps covering the Rome Olympics of 1960, the Shanghai Olympics of 1972, the Sydney and the Beijing Olympics. To add to his display he brought along a model of the Munich Olympic train.

John Davis featured the 1964 Olympics in which Mary Packer won a gold medal in the 800 metres. He also produced a school photo of her winning a local athletic event at the age of 14. 

After the interval a small auction was held. 

Terry Kirkman -11th January 2012 

Forthcoming Events

23rd January - T.P.Os of Central & South America - Barry Hobbs.

13th February - 9 in 4 100 Years Ago, Members Auction.

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