Lutterworth

Denbigh Arms Hotel

The picturesque market town of Lutterworth was the venue for the first reunion of 260 Signal Squadron (SAM) Royal Signals Association. Once a posting stop for the Royal Mail the Denbigh Arms Hotel provided a friendly atmosphere in which to exchange or memories of the past, to share our news of today and our plans for the future. Getting over the initial greetings was eased by the presence of warm and familiar faces and any awkwardness of the moment was soon overcome as the dark amber nectar began to flow.

In the frame pictured left to right:

Mick Cranny, Bill Lawrence, Bob McSeveney, Norman Ladds, Goldie Peters, John Seymour, Tom Burdett, Roy Andrews, Tony Morgan, Geoff Scott, Jack Davy, Eddie Turnbull, Mike Stanger, Bill Cunningham, Ray (Tich) Fallowfield, Steven Freeman Pannett, (Not in the picture ) Eddie Ridley & Dave Thomson

I guess they were camera shy or could it be that they slipped back to the bar for a fly one.

Denbigh Arms Hotel

Dating from the 18th Centuary, the Denbigh Arms Hotel is a handsome building with a PEND running through the centre of the building. Here our group paused for a time to record our visit to Lutterworth and to remind ourselves of the great time we had meeting old and dear friends.

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Denbigh Hotel

Dave Thompson, Jack Davy, Mick Stanger, John Seymour, Bill & Margie Laurence

The Girls

Margie Laurence, Anne Seymour, Marlene McSeveney, Mrs Davy, Pat Andrews, Ulla Freeman-Pannett & Angie Fallowfield

Sorry ladies the photo quality is poor and several ladies pictured are not known to the webmaster.

Dengbigh Hotel

Roy Andrews, Eddie Ridley

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First Reunion June 1998 at Denbigh Arms, Lutterworth, Leicestershire.

Reported in the October 1998 issue of the WIRE by our Association correspondent Stephen Freeman-Pannett

The Squadron had its first reunion and meeting on the 5 /6 June 1998 at the Denbigh Arms, Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Twenty members and their ladies attended. We now have thirty-six members on our mailing list. Do you know of any others? After an excellent dinner our President, Maj. Bill Cunningham ex-Squadron Commander 260 Sig. Sqn, thanked everyone concerned in helping the reunion take place. He said how delighted he was to meet us all again. The reunion was voted a great success and it was agreed to form a committee.

AN ODE TO US
by Steve Freeman-Pannett

Narrated at the First Reunion in June 1998
by John Seymour

Twenty five years have gone by, at some we laugh and some we cry.
To see the faces so old and drawn, god you must have been ugly when you were born.
We meet again this time ahead, who`ll pop up next I dread.
You have`nt changed a bit we say, we lie once more to save the day.
All the old stories and tales of woe, from our mouths and lips they flow.
Of the great deeds done by all, hey guy`s we had a ball.
Since then we`ve gone our seperate ways, remembering the good old days.
Sitting here and looking around, what will be the next thought to be found.
Alas we part the times go so fast, did we remember that chequered past.
Not to worry Oh never fear, please come back again next year.

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