Diary Dates
Preview: Forthcoming Events
Please check the full list of Diary Dates below for all our meetings and events.
Annual Quiz
Wednesday 2nd July 2008
Our Annual Quiz this year will be held on Wednesday 2nd July, at the Dukes Head Hotel as usual. If you know of anybody who would be interested in receiving information about this please let one of your committee members know. As usual Jeff Hoyle will be setting the questions - all quite easy… if you know the answers.
Our monthly meetings
Cutting the cake
Click for a larger image (481 by 414 pixels). Picture courtesy of The Lynn News and Citizen.
At our friendly and informal monthly meetings we discuss the latest osteoporosis news, as well as our plans for future events (such as the Peripheral DXA Scanning Days we organise locally). You’ll also be informed and, hopefully, entertained by the different speakers we invite to talk to us. Topics range from those closely linked to osteoporosis, in talks given by professionals in the field, to a whole variety of interesting, engaging and amusing subjects.
What, When, Where?
All meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of every month at the London Road Methodist Hall, County Court Road, King’s Lynn, and start at 7.30 PM, unless otherwise stated (map and directions). Everyone is welcome. Entry is free for members, and costs £1.50 for visitors (excluding our annual January Social event). See below for information about the speakers and topics at each of our meetings.
Getting to our monthly meetings
We are now providing a minibus service to some of the surrounding rural areas to coincide with our meetings. For more information, call Pat Reilly on 01485 572271.
Our Diary Dates in full
| Diary | Details |
|---|---|
| June 2008 | |
| 26.06.08 7:30 - 9:30 PM | Osteoporosis Update |
| Methodist Hall, King's Lynn | |
| Meeting, Talk | A talk given by Dr Norman Williams, Consultant Rheumatologist. |
| July 2008 | |
| 02.07.08 TBC | Annual Quiz |
| Dukes Head Hotel, Tuesday Market Place, King's Lynn | |
| Quiz | Our annual quiz with Quizmaster Jeff Hoyle, who as usual will be setting the questions. Ros and her team will be marking, and there will be a large raffle. If you have any contacts who might give raffle prizes, again we would be glad to hear about them. |
| 05.07.08 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM | NOS Members' Day and AGM |
| Novotel London West Hotel, Hammersmith, London | |
| Flower show, information stand | This is an opportunity for any NOS member to find out more from a programme of expert speakers. No admission fee. |
| 12.07.08 10 AM - 1 PM | Coffee Morning |
| Snettisham | |
| Coffee Morning | Tickets are £2.50. Coffee and home-made cakes, a plant stall, a book stall and raffle. All money goes to research. Anyone able to bake a cake for the morning would be much appreciated. Do come along and support us and also join in the fun. |
| 30.07.08 TBC | Sandringham Flower Show |
| Sandringham, King's Lynn | |
| Flower show, information stand | Come and meet us at the flower show, and peruse our information stand. |
| August 2008 | |
| No August meeting. | |
More Fund-raising
Get Your Copy of Our Notepad — Just £2.00
Greetings from King’s Lynn
A handy gift in any season
Our notepad, for sale for £2.00 to raise funds. The cover illustration is from a painting by Helena Anderson, donated to the group by the artist.
Our notepad consists of 100 pages of good-quality white paper. The front cover shows a full-colour detail of a watercolour painting of Captain George Vancouver’s statue in front of the Customs House in King’s Lynn, by local artist and friend of the group, Helena Anderson.
Captain Vancouver is one of our town’s most famous sons. He explored & charted regions of the Northern Pacific coast of North America in the Eighteenth Century, parts of which now bear his name (most notably Vancouver Island, and the two cities of Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, USA respectively). The Customs House in King’s Lynn, at which Vancouver was Deputy Collector of Customs for a time, has become a symbol of the town, resonant of its maritime heritage and widely regarded as one of its prettiest old buildings.
Our notepad makes a very useful gift for people holidaying in this area to take back home. It’s also handy to have around for those short letters we often need to write. What’s more — all proceeds go to helping people locally with osteoporosis (helping us pay for our free scanning days, for example). We are selling each notepad for £2.00 (plus £1.00 postage & packaging if required). We are also offering them for sale as a ‘Baker’s Dozen’ — 13 notepads for the price of 12 — £24.00.
Well, you’ll want to get hold of at least one! There are several ways you can contact us to let us know. We’ll get back to you promptly. Please make cheques payable to NOS, and contact the Secretary, Edith Finbow, in the first instance.
