Issue 48

THE BALCHIN FAMILY NEWSLETTER Issue 48           July 2018   Contents page Nigel Cecil Balchin – Ruth Bond / edited by Tina Balchin 5 Summer holiday in Bordeaux and Le Moulleau 1937 – Diana Beamish 8 Colin Balchin – Treasurer / Membership Secretary – Outline Autobiography 17 The Horsham and Guildford Direct Railway proposal 1859 – […]

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NEW – The Balchin Family Lapel Badge!

We are pleased to announce the arrival of The Balchin Family Society Lapel Badge.  The badge, which shows the Balchin Family Crest, has been beautifully manufactured with excellent detail and colourful enamelling.  The badge is of a high quality metal construction with locking safety clasp.  The badge measures 30 by 25 mm and is supplied […]

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Dr. NIGEL CECIL BALCHIN

It is with our deepest regret that we have to report that Dr Nigel Balchin, the Society’s first Newsletter production editor, sadly passed away on 27th December 2017.  Many family members will have known Nigel, who contributed greatly to the success of the Society since it’s inception. It is, therefore, only fitting that we give […]

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