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01 Feb 2008
Obituary the late Sir Oliver Millar
In Memory: SIR OLIVER MILLAR (1923 – 2007)

It was with deep regret that we had to report in the last issue of the Newsletter the sudden death on May 10th 2007 of a former President of our Soc

 

 

 

 

 

 

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01 Sep 2007
Newsletter 2007/8 - The Chairman
A View from the Chair - “A Man in the Chair!!!”

For the first time in over 40 years a male of the species is Chairman of Chiltern DFAS and I feel honoured to have been elected to this high

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Henry Moore
Henry Moore – A Double Bill
(an abbreviated form of the report from the Newsletter)

Our April lecture on Henry Moore was followed in the afternoon by a trip to Perry Green for a guided tour

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Holiday in Northumberland
Visit to Northumberland Day 1

Members met as usual at the bus stop in Old Amersham. The weather was cold and unpromising as we started the long journey North. Mid-morning we arrived at Harewo

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Obituaries 2008/09
During this period four members died. They were Sally Maine, Rob Stanners, Mary Gideon Thomson and Elizabeth Sterling; they will all be sadly missed.

Sally Maine was Chairman of the Society f

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Of Meissen Men
OF MEISSEN MEN...
Snaps and snippets - CDFAS Holiday Dresden/Meissen & Berlin/Potsdam Sept 2006

Great demand, so two parties. Both led by ever-erudite Eveline Eaton. Dresden Florence on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Oxford Visit
The Chairman's Lunch 20 September 2006

A Sunny day, a cheery coach driver and a lively crew of passengers off for a day amongst the dreaming spires. Lunch to be taken in one of the most ancien

 

 

 

 

 

 

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St. George's Chapel Windsor

December 2008 saw 49 of us at St. George's Chapel, Windsor, for a truly enjoyable "Christmas Feast in Words and Music" in which we admired the choir, the Onyx Brass Quintet, and finally our own vo

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summer Visit 2008 to Wilton House
On a warm and sunny day in June 2008, 36 members went on the summer visit to the 17th century Wilton House where we were given a magnificent tour by two very knowledgeable and amusing guides. We were

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Visit to Penshurst Place and Tudeley Church
The 2009 summmer visit took place on 10th July to Penshurst Place and Tudeley Church.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Visits to the British Museum 2008/09
There have been two visits to the British Museum and on both occasions our enjoyment of the exhibitions were considerably enhanced by the curators' lectures. The first visit, in September 2008, was to

 

 

 

 

 

 

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